Live Music and Russian Fare at Moscow 57

The eclectic venue sparks NYC's artistic camaraderie in the Lower East Side

Restaurant and music venue Moscow 57 reverberates with the spirit of NYC’s Lower East Side. It is a natural extension of founder Ellen Kaye’s lineage, whose family owned the city’s famed Russian Tea Room for 50 years. Kaye herself is an accomplished entertainer who has performed at another 57th Street landmark, Carnegie Hall. Alongside her partners, Executive Chef Seth Goldman and Entertainment Producer Ethan Fein, …

Fashion Month’s Instagrammable Moments

If fashion shows weren’t already the most photogenic events in existence, designers have found a way to make them even more Instagrammable. In this day and age of instant gratification, it’s essential for these shows not only to be DSLR-ready, but quirky enough to be captured through the tiny cameras of smartphones. Last year, Chanel’s high-end supermarket took over social media feeds, but this year …

Architect Michael Graves Dies at 80

Michael Graves, one of the most influential architects in modern American design, died on 12 March 2015 at the age of 80. Graves was an early member of The New York Five, a group of architects whose works stood as the pinnacle of modernist design in the 1970s, but later defected from the group to pursue post-modernist design in the ‘80s. Aside from the staggering …