People of the Pride Parade – An extraordinary visual essay on love, courage, and finding oneself

For the 50th anniversary of the Pride March comes a visual celebration of the diverse, vibrant, and exuberant attendees of New York City’s Pride.

This gorgeous bright book honors the colorful celebrants of the New York City Pride March and Dyke March, capturing the faces that bring the rainbows and liveliness Pride shines with today. Through joyful portraits of two hundred LGBTQ+ community members and allies from New York City’s WorldPride, this is a resplendent one-of-a-kind volume, a portal to the spirit, sequins, and sexual liberty of the weekend, a keepsake tribute to the power of love over hate, and a meaningful touchstone, immortalizing the effervescence, excitement, and positive energy of those who attend.

To make this incredible volume, renowned Northeastern photographer, Alyssa Blumstein, who was featured on Vice’s Motherboard, photographed Pride attendees of all ages and races, sexual orientations, and genders – native New Yorkers and those who’d come in from around the world to attend the parade. The result is an extraordinary keepsake package that channels the essence and person-on-the-street nature of Humans of New York to showcase poignant and joyful portraits of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies.

Alyssa Blumstein is a renowned photographer who previously worked as a food photographer and the director of social media for Dale Talde’s Three Kings Restaurant Group. Her collections such as Weakest Link, where she documented hundreds of abandoned printers from around the world, have been featured by media outlets such as Vice’s Motherhood. Her vibrant work celebrates people and events. Blumstein works in Boston and New York City.

Courtesy of Apollo Publishers

(OUTview AMERICA) EXCLUSIVE: Screen legend Tippi Hedren on her new memoir, sexual harassment in Hollywood from Alfred Hitchcock, and her involvement with the Roar Foundation and Shambala Preserve!

by MK Scott 

Sexual harassment in Hollywood is nothing new, according to screen legend Tippi Hedren, who has finally written her memoir titled Tippi. In the book she writes about her harrowing experience working with film director Alfred Hitchcock on 1963's The Birds and 1964's Marnie. By the time they shot Marnie, the now 87-year-old actress details that Hitchcock was controlling and threatened to ruin her career. So when I was given the chance to ask her about that time, especially as the #MeToo movement is gaining some steam, I jumped at the opportunity. I also asked her about her passion for Wildlife Conservation when I chatted by phone with her on Friday, November 3rd.

(OUTview NW) San Francisco author and Seattle fave Armistead Maupin returned to Seattle to promote new memoir !

by MK Scott

To celebrate the October publication of his new memoir, Logical Family, the iconic queer writer, Armistead Maupin, author of Tales of the City and its sequels, sat down with Seattle Review of Books founder Paul Constant on Monday, October 16 for an insightful and entertaining conversation at the intimate Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall.

With a heartfelt introduction from longtime friend Dennis Coleman (formerly longtime artistic director for the Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus), the audience got a first-hand glimpse into the groundbreaking life and work of this legendary writer and activist.

One of the best moments was when Maupin answered a question regarding his writing process, saying: 'Leave them laughing, leave them crying, and leave them wanting more.'

It was an evening to remember.

PODCAST: (It's Fab w/ MK Scott) Holiday Special with Charlotte Rae and Rising Star, Angus MacLane (Finding Dory)!

Welcome to It's FAB with MK Scott. We got 2 great chats, one with a rising star in animation and the Co-Director of the 2016 hit, "Finding Dory". First MK chats with a TV icon, the star of "Different Strokes" and "the Facts of life", the one and only Charlotte Rae (author of The Facts of My Life)! 

(OUTview AMERICA): INTER-view: Jake Biondi Previews Boystown Season 5!

by MK Scott

The BOYSTOWN series has a fascinating history. It began as an online story released in installments, each ending with a cliffhanger that left readers wondering what would happen to their favorite characters. Enthusiastic BOYSTOWN fans from all over the world petitioned Biondi to release the installments more quickly; they simply couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. Overwhelmed by and grateful for the fans’ responses to the series, Biondi began to write more quickly and also began to publish the series in book format.

Like the first four books, BOYSTOWN Season Five is available at bookstores across the country as well at online at amazon.com, bn.com, and iTunes. The series is available in paperback, audio book, and all e-book formats. Readers may order autographed paperback copies of the books directly from BoystownTheSeries.com.

(92nd Street Y) Joel Grey with Gay Talese!

For more than 60 years, the actor, singer and dancer Joel Grey has delighted audiences on stage, film and television.

He won an Oscar, a Tony and a Golden Globe Award for his iconic role as the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret — and he’s a photographer whose work is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of Art. Join him for an intimate conversation about his life, as told in his new memoir, Master of Ceremonies: being the son of famous Yiddish comedian and klezmer clarinetist Mickey Katz; his journey from Cleveland to Broadway and Hollywood; coming out at the age of 82; and what’s next for Joel Grey.

(92nd Street Y) Laszlo Krasznahorkai and Salman Rushdie!

A rare US appearance by László Krasznahorkai—the “contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse,” wrote Susan Sontag. Winner of this year’s Man Booker International Prize, Krasznahorkai is author of The Melancholy of Resistance, Satantango and Seiobo There Below. His new collection of nonfiction is Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens: Reportage.

He is joined by one of his biggest local admirers, Salman Rushdie, whose new novel, Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, is set in a New York of the near future made strange after a massive storm. “He is rare and magical writer,” wrote Michael Chabon.

(92nd Street Y) Jacob Weisberg on Ronald Reagan!

The Slate Group’s Jacob Weisberg joins Christopher Buckley for a compelling conversation about the life and legacy of President Ronald Reagan, the subject of his landmark new biography Ronald Reagan.

(92nd Street Y) Bob Schieffer with Norah O'Donnell!

Few people know more about politics than Bob Schieffer, the Washington insider who’s been on a first-name basis with key DC figures for decades.

A member of the Rat Pack of broadcast journalism’s halcyon years (along with Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather), Bob Schieffer has held every major job at CBS News. He’s moderated presidential debates, anchored the network news, written bestselling books and survived cancer. His show, “Face the Nation,” which this year celebrated its 60th anniversary, still sits atop the ratings. CBS This Morning co-anchor Norah O'Donnell sits down with him In the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, as he begins a Harvard fellowship focused on the 2016 election, for his expert take on today’s news, and what’s going on behind the headlines.

Recorded on January 13, 2016 at 92nd Street Y.

DEBUT! (It's FAB w/ MK) -Holiday Special!

MK chats with Michelle Visage (with Jinkx) about her new book.

The Debut of It's Fab with MK Scott podcast is HERE! We got 3 Pals all with FAB stuff to promote for the Holidays from Matt Zarley's Hopeful and Michelle Visage's Diva Rules to Matthew Rettenmund's Madonna Encyclopedia and Starf*cker. Plus New Music! Stay Tuned as we Celebrate the Holiday!

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(92nd Street Y) Ted Koppel with Charlie Rose on Lights Out!

When Ted Koppel issues a warning, you listen.

The ABC News veteran who’s won every significant TV award (including 42 Emmys) tells us that a major cyber attack on America’s power grid is not only possible, but likely. Such an attack would be devastating—potentially leaving us without power for weeks or months. Scarier still is his revelation that the US is shockingly unprepared: the Department of Homeland Security has no plan for handling the aftermath of an attack. Join one of our most renowned journalists to examine the reality of the threat—and ways we can prepare for catastrophe, as outlined in his new book, Lights Out.

(OUTview AMERICA) INTER-view: Jake Biondi Moves Forward with Boystown, Season 4!

by MK Scott

According to his Press Release and in honor of his birthday on November 5, author Jake Biondi is pre-releasing autographed paperback copies of his highly anticipated book ‘BOYSTOWN Season Four.’ The signed novels will be available on his website www.JakeBiondi.com beginning on November 5. All other formats for the book will be released on November 13!


Biondi revealed the cover for the fourth book of his ‘BOYSTOWN’ series on October 1 and the response has been incredibly positive. “Fans are crazy about fourth book’s cover,” Biondi said. “In fact, some fans have said it’s the hottest one yet.” The cover of the book, which was designed by Michael Vargas, features many of the ‘BOYSTOWN Boys’ whom readers have come to associate with the series.

(92nd Street Y) A Celebration of Primo Levi!

An evening of readings to celebrate the great Italian writer upon publication of his Collected Works, which is edited by Ann Goldstein and features many new translations of his work.

Goldstein is joined by John Turturro, who played Primo Levi in the film The Truce; David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker; and Robert Weil, who oversaw publication of the three-volume edition for Liveright.

(92nd Street Y) George Takei with Jordan Roth!

We know George Takei for his role as “Star Trek”’s Mr. Sulu, and for his 8.6 million Facebook followers, and for his LGBT advocacy—but when he was a child, he and his family were forced from their Los Angeles home into an internment camp for Japanese Americans thousands of miles away in the swamps of Arkansas, as a “security” measure during World War II.

Hear how his story has become the inspiration for Allegiance, the new Broadway musical in which Takei also stars, as he talks with Jujamcyn Theaters president and owner Jordan Roth.

This event was recorded on September 20, 2015 at 92nd Street Y.

(92nd Street Y) Ian Bostridge and Jeremy Denk on Winterreise: Anatomy of an Obsession!

Acclaimed pianist Jeremy Denk interviews British tenor Ian Bostridge, whose performances of Winterreise “haunt the imagination long after the notes have died away” (New York Magazine) and whose new book, Schubert’s Winterreise: Anatomy of an Obsession, offers a personal examination of the song cycle’s literary, historical and psychological themes. "He is not only a lyric tenor of uncanny focus and intensity but also an accredited scholar and deft commentator on musical matters,” wrote Alex Ross.

(92nd Street Y) Dr. Ruth with Annette Insdorf on The Doctor Is In!

Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as America’s most trusted and best-loved therapist.

But few people know she narrowly escaped death from the Holocaust, was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland or that she was a sniper during Israel’s War of Independence. In spite of this, Dr. Ruth has always had an insatiable zest for life, what she calls her “joie de vivre.” Join us for an exclusive evening with the hilarious, inspiring and profound Dr. Ruth as she celebrates her 87th birthday and shares her secrets for a full life, as revealed in her new book, The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre. She’ll change the way you think about life and love, in all their limitless possibilities.

(92nd Street Y) John Lahr and Tony Kushner On Tennessee Williams!

 

Upon publication of John Lahr’s new biography of Tennessee Williams, the celebrated drama critic sits for a conversation with the playwright Tony Kushner.

“This is a masterpiece about a genius,” wrote Helen Mirren. “Only John Lahr, with his perceptions about the theater, about writers, about poetry and about people could have written this book.”

Recorded September 29, 2014 at 92nd Street Y.

(92nd Street Y) Toni Morrison on the Importance of Writing in the Face of Hate!

Toni Morrison Reads from and Discusses "God Help the Child."

In an exclusive New York appearance, Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison reads from and discusses her new novel, God Help the Child, a searing tale about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult. She was introduced by Chirlane McCray, First Lady of New York City, and interviewed by Farah Jasmine Griffin.

(92nd Street Y) Elisabeth Moss, Jason Biggs and Bryce Pinkham on The Heidi Chronicles

Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss returns to Broadway as Heidi Holland—a woman willing to do what it takes to take on the world—in the new production of Wendy Wasserstein's era-defining, Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play, The Heidi Chronicles.

Join Moss, who embodies the intrepid feminist Heidi from the ‘60s to the ‘80s, in conversation with cast members Jason Biggs and Bryce Pinkham. Lincoln Center Theater artistic director André Bishop, a Wasserstein intimate and the producer of Playwrights Horizons’ initial Off Broadway run of The Heidi Chronicles, rounds out a panel moderated by another close friend of the late playwright, fellow Yale Drama alum Christopher Durang.

Recorded March 29, 2015 at 92nd Street Y.

(92nd Street Y) Candice Bergen with Harry Smith!

Join beloved "Murphy Brown" star Candice Bergen as she recounts with wit and charisma the stories of her career, love and motherhood. Recorded April 8, 2015 at the 92nd Street Y.