Category Archives: Performing arts

Without public comment, concerts coming to Pier 26

May 5, 2013- The good news is that some big names in music are coming to starved-for-culture-Downtown this summer. However, a cynic would point out that this is yet another stealth move by the Hudson River Park Trust and its … Continue reading

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Traditional Irish music

BatteryPark.TV is pleased to feature The Craobh Naithí Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, which is an organization based in Dublin, Ireland that teaches and promotes traditional Irish music. The group is on a New York tour and stopped by the … Continue reading

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Meet the new boss: Interview with The Who’s Roger Daltrey

In full screen 1080i HD More than 20 years ago, Roger Daltrey began forming special cancer units in the UK to treat patients in their teenage and young adult years. Now, with the other member of the legendary rock band … Continue reading

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Billion dollar performing arts center at Ground Zero saved from extinction

January 31, 2013 The WSJ is reporting that the all-but-dead billion-dollar proposed performing arts center at Ground Zero has been given a small breath of life. However, it is far from a done deal. In the WSJ, by Jennifer Maloney, … Continue reading

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Christmas Tree lighting 2012

Best viewed in full-screen mode, 1080i HD

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When pigs fly in Yankee Stadium

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The Wall tour

Update: May 20, 2012 CBS’s 60 Minutes interviewed Roger Waters about the 2012 tour of The Wall. A couple years ago, I had the privilege of being in the third row. October 6, 2010 By Steven Greer “It was 30 … Continue reading

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Tribeca: Still lame after 9:00 PM

October 20, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV rarely ventures to Tribeca now that BPC has the new stores on Vesey and North End. For the first time in about a year, we toured the nightly entertainment spots across … Continue reading

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We are pushing for a performing arts center in BPC

September 26, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD In the September 23rd “What we want from the new BPCA“, we listed a performing arts center as a new project for the BPCA that would be in demand. There is currently … Continue reading

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Marissa Webb’s Fashion Week show

Courtesy of BPC resident Mary Engels

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NYPD 9/11 bagpipe parade 2007

Over 118,000 views and counting (This is the file with the 100,00 views originally posted on YouTube at another location of ours)

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NYPD 9/11 bagpipe parade 2009

The annual NYPD commemorative bagpipe parade honoring the police killed in the September 11th, 2001 attacks.

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The Wall: Still personal. Still globally relevant.

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The Hudson River Pageant 2012

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Adrián Villar Rojas’ “Before My Birth” outdoor exhibit at WFC

The reviews from local residents and passersby seem to be uniformly negative toward this latest Brookfield outdoor artwork. In 2010, the same Brookfield people selected an equally baffling piece of work. A common comment from viewers is that the artist … Continue reading

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Is that one of them artsy things?

August 25, 2010 BPC has featured many interesting temporary art exhibits near the North Cove Marina. The latest one called “Weather Beacon” by Erik Guzman is quite a mystery. If the goal is to perplex, it has certainly succeeded. What … Continue reading

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Men in Black 3 filmed in Battery Park

March 1, 2012

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Huge crowds for Chinese New Year celebrations at the Winter Garden

January 28, 2012 (Click images to expand to full screen)

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The people have voted: “Bring quality music to the Conrad Hotel”

The results of our survey are in. Ideally, if the business model made sense, our viewers liked the idea of a high-quality jazz and performing arts venue to go into one of the remaining retail spots of the Conrad Hotel, … Continue reading

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The Christmas Tree Lighting in Battery Park City of 2011

December 8, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD (In full screen 1080iHD) Toy donations can be made by contacting Stockings with Care or caroline@stockingswithcare.org  

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