Urban Mack

Broadway Week

Urban Mack — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:49:27 +0000

There are great deals on the Great White Way as Broadway Week kicks off.
Two-for-one tickets to select performances of more than 15 Broadway shows are now on sale through September 30.

Participating shows include “Mary Poppins,” “Wicked,” “Chicago,” and “Memphis”.

Broadway Week is produced by the city’s official tourism group, NYC and Company.

For a list of all the shows and to buy tickets, visit NYCGO.com/BroadwayWeek.

Drink of the Day

Urban Mack — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:45:38 +0000

[cocktails]

Aperol Spritz

Aperol, a bitter-orange based aperitif made by Campari, has only been available here for a few years. It’s less bitter than Campari and mixes really well with ingredients that more intense amari might overwhelm. This light and refreshing drink comes from the Veneto, which makes sense since that’s where Prosecco is made.

2 ounces Aperol
2 ounces prosecco
2 ounces club soda

Build over ice in a tall glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Red Tails [Movie]

Urban Mack — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:06:02 +0000

[MOVIE]

1944. To help win the war, the Pentagon brass has no choice but to consider the untested African-American pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program.

Just as the young Tuskegee men are about to be shut down and shipped back home, they are given the ultimate chance to show their courage. These intrepid young airmen take to the skies to fight for their country – and the fate of the free world.

Winter Restaurant Week

Urban Mack — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:35:03 +0000

[Food]

Monday – Friday, January 16 – February 10
Prix-fixe lunch $24.07, dinner $35
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

Reservation lines are now open for Winter Restaurant Week, with hundreds of eateries offering $24.07 lunches and/or $35 dinners participant in the popular event’s twentieth year, including 10 Downing Food & Wine, ‘21’ Club, 5 Ninth, Artisanal, B. Smith’s, Barbetta, Boulud Sud, Capsouto Frères, City Crab, Estiatorio Milos, I Trulli, Les Halles, Lure Fishbar, Maze, Megu, Mercer Kitchen, Nice Matin, the Palm, Petrossian, Quality Meats, Red Rooster Harlem, the Russian Tea Room, Shun Lee Palace, Steak Frites, TAO, Tribeca Grill, the Water Club, Wildwood Barbecue, and so many others. As an added bonus, if you use your American Express card on three or more Restaurant Week meals, you’ll get a $20 statement credit. As always, be sure to check your desired location online, since many of the restaurants post exactly what the special menu consists of so you know just what treats you’re in for.

Contraband

Urban Mack — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:00:55 +0000

Ex-smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) gave up his criminal ways long ago. But, he’s forced back into the game after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for a crime lord (Giovanni Ribisi), leaving Chris to settle Read More

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Genres: Action Thriller, Crime Thriller, Action

Joyful Noise

Urban Mack — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:00:18 +0000

Hard times have fallen on Pacashau, Ga., but the townspeople have faith that the Divinity Church Choir will lift their spirits by winning a national competition. The choir has always made beautiful music, but now, its two leading ladies have hit a sour note. Vi Rose (Queen Latifah) believes that a traditional style is the key to victory, but G.G. (Dolly Parton) thinks tried-and-true means tired-and-old. The two singers must find a harmonious chord or risk losing everything.

Opens January 13, 2012 | Runtime:1 hr. 57 min.

Cast: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Dexter Darden, Courtney Vance
Director: Todd Graff

Beneath the Darkness

Urban Mack — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:00:47 +0000

Ely Vaughn (Quaid) is a pillar of the community in tiny Smithville, Texas. The town’s mortician, Ely has been revered since his days as the high school’s star quarterback. But since the tragic death of his wife two years earlier, Ely has withdrawn from his neighbors, while local teens spread stories of supernatural goings on at Ely’s mansion—which is also the funeral home. When high school friends Travis (Oller), Abby (Teegarden), Brian (Lunsford) and Danny (Werkheiser) decide to check out the rumors, they are shocked to see the supposedly grieving widower dancing with a mysterious woman behind the curtains of his bedroom window. Their curiosity aroused, the four teens wait for Ely to leave the house before breaking in to investigate. But instead of finding clues to the woman’s identity, they stumble on a grotesque, long-hidden secret. The sadistic mortician next door will now stop at nothing to literally bury his past.

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Aimee Teegarden, Tony Oller, Stephen Lunsford, Devon Werkheiser
Director: Martin Guigui
Genres: Art House/Foreign, Suspense/Thriller

Drink of the day

Urban Mack — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:00:27 +0000

[THE RAMOS GIN FIZZ]

Invented in the 1880s by Henry C. Ramos, in his bar at Meyer’s Restaurant, this is one of New Orleans’ most famous drinks. The secret of its flavor and texture is orange flower water and egg whites. When Huey P. Long was governor of Louisiana he brought with him to New York’s Roosevelt Hotel the bartender from the New Orleans Roosevelt to train the NYC bartenders on how to make a proper Ramos Gin Fizz, just so he could have his beloved New Orleans gin fizzes whenever he was in New York. Yeah, sure, every man a king …

Orange flower water can be difficult to find, but is available in better liquor stores or Middle-Eastern markets. You can mail-order it from Fee Brothers, and in New Orleans you can also obtain it from Martin Wine Cellar or Vieux Carré Wine and Spirits.

Be EXTREMELY careful when adding orange flower water to this drink! It can very easily overwhelm, making the drink taste like perfume. You want a light, flowery touch, so no more than 3 or 4 drops.

2 ounces gin (Old Tom gin if you can get it)
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce lime juice
1 ounce simple syrup
3 small dashes orange flower water
2 drops vanilla extract (very optional; there’s some controversy over whether this was ever really used, but it does add a nice touch)
1 ounce cream
1 egg white
Soda water
Shake all ingredients except the soda water WITHOUT ICE very vigorously for at least one minute, preferably longer — the longer the better. Then add ice and shake for 1-2 minutes, as long as you can manage, until extremely cold and frothy. Strain into a tall thin glass, or a very large old fashioned glass, and top with soda water. Stir gently.

Hot Spot

Urban Mack — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:15:34 +0000

Opening just in time for the summer, Trust3 Hospitality is launching XVI, a bi‐level rooftop lounge located in the heart of midtown at 251 W. 48th Street, on the 16th floor of the Hilton Garden Inn. Trust3 is a fairly new company, but comprised of principals who have been behind some of the biggest hospitality ventures in recent memory, including Pink Elephant and Juliet Supperclub in NY, Todd English P.U.B. in Las Vegas and all F&B at the new Dream Hotel inMiami. With this sort of wrap sheet, giving XVI the identity of a midtown paradise was effortless. The venue features multiple indoor/outdoor bars, a gilded movie projection screen, LED candles atop giant tentacles, fireplaces and a lineup of renowned DJs.

Francois Frossard, the Miami nightlife designer behind Opium, Seminole Hard Rock, SET Miami Beach, Arkadia and Butter, delivered the unique aesthetic. The vision is consistent with Frossard’s signature style, infusing decadent glamour (such as stingray sofas in the style of Louis XVI), with whimsical elements (in this case, a 50ft wall covered in faux grass). Guests enter on 48th street and navigate a lengthy tunnel to reach the express elevator to the roof. Emerging from the lift, guests are given first view at a lavish midtown escape, replete with plush furniture, outdoor fire features and projection screens, all surrounded by a breathtaking view of Manhattan.

Tyrese Open Invitation Live

Urban Mack — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:42 +0000

[CONCERT]
Performing songs from the #1 Album in the country
“Open Invitation”

Also Special Guest Performance by

Melanie Fiona

[CONCERT]

TYRESE LIVE @ Paradise Theater

When:	Fri, Dec 02 at 7:00 AM
Where:	LOWES Paradise Theater
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Phone:	(212) 360-2777
Source:	On The Rocks Ent and Tiggaman Productions