"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME TONIGHT'S DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER, CARROT TOP

You are robbing yourself of one of the quintessential New York experiences if you don’t check out the speaker program at the 92nd Street YMCA. It’s one of the most profound examples of the diversity of life in New York City. There’s something for everyone and the guest lecturers range from Morley Safer to Howie Mandel and Elie Wiesel and the topics run the gamut from “For The Love of Chocolate,” to” Charting Your Hormone Options” to “The Future of Islam.” Talk about a great first date. Or surprise your spouse and don’t tell him/her where you’re going. Image the “brownie points” you’ll accumulate when the cab pulls up to the 92nd Street Y… What a way to spend an evening!

The 92nd Street Y Schedule of speakers

Remember Tim Blake Nelson from Syriana or Oh Brother Where Art Thou? Well, Tim’s a multi-tasker. He’s also an accomplished director , author and producer. He has an off broadway play opening tonight. Eye of God officially opens at The Kirk Theatre on Theatre Row following previews that began Oct. 2.

“In Kingfisher, Oklahoma, an innocent young woman meets a strong man of faith,” according to press notes. “A young boy witnesses a brutal murder. Where is the line between moral and radical? A love story between the lonely, the troubled, the forgotten and the radical believer who can save them.”

Information on Playbill.com

"HEY, SWEETHEART. WANNA RENT MARLEY AND ME TONIGHT?"

We are! Craig Ferguson said it best the other night when he made the point that we are now holding talk show hosts to the same standards as elected officials-which is concerning. The thing we find the most disturbing is imagining this curmudgeon engaging in sex with women thirty years his junior. We’ll need intensive sex therapy to shake that image. Seeing Dave on his show every night acting the fool, all because he couldn’t keep it in his pants, is well…. kind of sad. Remember when Dave was the epitome of late-night edginess and cool? Seems like a hundred years ago…

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon is back on Broadway Oct. 2 with the first preview of his 1983 autobiographical play Brighton Beach Memoirs, at the Nederlander Theatre. The cast will feature Santino Fontana, Laurie Metcalf and newcomer Noah Robbins among its players. Brighton Beach officially opens on October 25th at the David T. Nederlander Theatre, located at 208 West 41st Street, NY.

Tickets are available at tickets.metrony.com

"I NEED A CLONAPIN AND A BIG CAN OF FOSTER'S LAGER..."

Cell phones really are becoming the scourge of live theater performances everywhere and there doesn’t seem to be a solution-especially since the offending parties seem to be mortified and never reach for their phones to shut them off for fear that the audience will tar and feather them. Hugh holds it together well here but definitely looks as though he wants to dive into the audience and get them in a headlock, just like he used to do to his brother growing up in Australia.

The ceiling in the lobby of the Empire State Building has undergone a $12.5 million renovation that has brought back two shiny Art Deco murals that disappeared from view in the 1960s. They are to be unveiled on Wednesday.

Two original Art Deco murals disappeared from view in the 1960s and  were left to deteriorate after being covered with white plastic panels and fluorescent light fixtures. Because the original murals were damaged, reproductions were installed.

The Black Crowes will play on the Central Park SummerStage on September 2nd. The Summer Stage is in Central Park.

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John Legend plays 1 concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. It’s a sold out show!

Madison Square Garden
4 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001

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Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode plays Madison Square Garden again tonight. This is their second concert at MSG. Last night’s performance was wildly popular!

Madison Square Garden Tickets
4 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001

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Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney plays Citi Field July 17th to July 19th

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Citi Field
Roosevelt Ave
Flushing, NY 11354