Dec
04
The economy is tanking, the winter doldrums are setting in, and the tourists and the family are descending, but don’t let that bring you down: pull yourself up by your skinny jeans and hit BowieBall, a glittery, wild-haired, wild-eyed party in honor of the Thin White Duke, in all his gender-bending glory.
Deryck Todd, an artist, fashion designer and David Bowie lover, came up with the idea a few years ago when he was casting about for a party theme. (“I’m a big fan of alliteration,” Mr. Todd, 28, said.) It was an instant hit: by the second ball, at Don Hill’s, there was a line around the block, and the event has been attracting the zip-up-jumpsuit crowd ever since. “It’s gay, it’s straight, it’s bi, it’s hipster, it’s people who are trying to get in with a fake ID, and people who saw Bowie in 1968 in London,” Mr. Todd said. He added, “Bowie gave a voice to so many people, to inspire them to be individuals, to challenge who they are, to pretend they are from other planets and get away with it.” Read more..
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Dec
04
Department of Education officials informed teachers and administrators at three schools on Thursday that they would soon be shuttered, arguing that their failures to make gains among struggling students called for radical repair.
The three — Public School 90 in the Bronx, Public School 225 in Queens, and Junior High School 44 in Manhattan — are among several schools the city plans to close, with the others being notified in the coming weeks.
J.H.S. 44 will be phased out over two years, allowing current students to graduate but not accepting new ones. At the same time, new sixth graders will enter a reconstituted middle school, under different leadership, in the same building.
P.S. 90 will be replaced by two new elementary schools, initially serving kindergarten through second grade and expanding to fourth grade by 2011. Read more..
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