Co. (COMPANY)

REVIEW

February 12, 2009


CUISINE: Italian, Pizza
NEIGHBORHOOD: Chelsea

 

 

230 9th Avenue at 24th street

(p) 212-243-1105

 

Gourmet pizza can be as confusing a concept as boxed wine, but Jim Lahey pulls it off effortlessly at Company.  Touting long family-style tables and a warm modern decor, Company attracts a friendly and verbose Chelsea crowd like a flamboyant gastropub.  The menu is simple: pizza and it's derivatives.  The toasts are scrumptious as are the salads, although the small size of these starters warrant ordering a bunch or springing for the Chef's selection of meats and cheeses, which is an excellently crafted plate...

 


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Posted in FOOD on February 12, 2009 12:00am by Adam Samuels | 20 comments



Allora and Calzadilla

REVIEW - ART

February 11, 2009


NEIGHBORHOOD: Chelsea

 

 

Stop, Repair, Prepare

January 23- February 21, 2009

Barbara Gladstone Gallery

515 West 24th Street

 

Allora and Calzadilla's Stop, Repair, Prepare fosters a group psychology uncharacteristic of the gallery space.  Now being performed every hour, on the hour at Gladstone Gallery, Beethoven's Ode to Joy is played backwards and inversely by a pianist who stands in a hole that has been carved out of the middle of the piano.  This alone is challenge enough, but the 20th century Bechstein piano is also on wheels.  As the performer struggles to translate the inverted score to his fingers, he or she also must also grapple with the weight of the piano in order to move it around the gallery space.  Gallery viewers become spectators of this artistic sport, rooting for the pianist to find the right keys and avoid the looming piano lid. 


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Posted in ART on February 11, 2009 1:25pm by Seth | 23 comments