Weimer: How do you decide where in New York City to shoot?īyrne: We try and make it so the videos are shot at places in New York City that you’re not familiar with from movies. We started to look for individual characters who had interesting personalities, events like Knicks games, and public reactions - like when Andrew Cuomo got kicked out of office. ![]() So, we changed the style of the show up a lot. ![]() There was really no energy for us to go up and receive from people like we were getting before. ![]() After the pandemic hit, we came back and the city was so quiet. When we first started, we were pretty reliant on the host, Trent, to go around and talk to any stranger we could find. Weimer: When you first went out to make videos, was there a type of person or content that you were looking for? A stereotype of NYC that those that live there love and are obviously proud of. Nothing more, nothing less you’re handing the microphone to the streets of all five boroughs and what you receive is everyone’s funniest, rawest, and unapologetic versions of themselves. And the truth is, while New York City hates a lot of things, one thing every New Yorker loves is talking about.New York! So, you get a camera, one of you carries a hand-held microphone, and you walk outside your dorm and start recording videos letting almost anyone who wants to say something, speak their piece. Pre-internet, your dreams would have been a lot less realistic, but the invention of the smartphone has given a voice to anyone who wants to talk - and a world-wide receiver for anyone who wants to listen. You and a buddy are freshman in the biggest city in the country and you want to make a name for yourselves. bringing the wackiest people of the Big Apple to the internet's doorstep with hilarious one minute man-on-the-street videos. Get tickets.Jack Byrne (left) and Trent Simonian (right) are the two NYU students behind New York City's. JCC Manhattan, Saturday 7:30pm–1am $25, at the door $35. Hear traditional and egalitarian readings of the Megillah (or “scroll”) of Esther, then get ready to party for hours. This benefit for the Jewish Queer Youth support network packs an open bar, mountains of hamantaschen and diva pop ballads from drag DJ Mad Madame M. The 10th Annual LGBTQ Community Purim Ball Space Heater Gallery, Saturday 6–9pm free. ![]() Semitic AF: A Whole New Megillah Purim PartyĪrtist Ali Shrago-Spechler and composer Julie Hill host this interpretive night of songs, storytelling and interactive art based on the tale of Purim but reenvisioned in 2017 with Muslim protagonists. Get tickets.Īnalog BKNY embraces the joyous delirium of the West Coast desert festival at this insane night featuring DJs Juda and Matt Dubb, a red-carpet entrance and getups that leave nothing to the imagination.Īnalog BKNY, Saturday 10:30pm–4am $40, at the door $50. House of Yes, Friday 10pm–4am $15–$25, before 11pm free. Expect plenty of go-go dancing, body painting and aerial naughtiness into the night. Masquerade-based debauchery is pretty much House of Yes’s specialty, so bring your wildest look for this costume-mandatory rager. Highline Ballroom, Thursday at 8pm $25–$35, at the door $40. Look out for outrageous acts by LED-winged belly dancers and a live construction of a 3-D installation by artist Adam Thompson. If you’re up for the task, head out to our picks for the best Purim events this Spring.Īrtist collective Isramerica hosts this packed party at Highline Ballroom, where more than 800 revelers are expected to get wild to jams by DJ Louie Mole. Tradition dictates that to observe the holiday, we hide our identities in costume, drink like there’s no tomorrow and eat as many flavors of stuffed hamantaschen pastries as we can. This weekend, members of the tribe and their buddies celebrate the biblical story of Purim, when Queen Esther and her uncle Mordecai saved the Jewish people of ancient Persia from mass extermination at the hands of the despotic Haman.
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