A New Yorker dance party
- PublishedMon, Sep 11, 2006, 04:10
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- File this one under bizarre. America’s preeminent journal of letters The New Yorker is throwing a rave next month. Top of the bill is Michael Mayer...
- File this one under bizarre. America’s preeminent journal of letters The New Yorker is throwing a rave next month. Sounds as much fun as a 4000-word profile of Donald Rumsfeld, but look who is top of bill - Kompakt head Michael Mayer. The night of bumping minimal techno and house takes place as part of The New Yorker Festival, now in its seventh year. A New Yorker Dance Party' competes with other festival fare including ‘A Panel Discussion on Global Warming’, ‘A New Yorker Town Hall Meeting on Islam and the West’ and ‘Cruising Manhattan: An Architectural Boat Tour with Paul Goldberger’. The New Yorker prides itself on the seriousness and weightiness of its articles, which range from ten page essays on the politics of the Congo to detailed analyses of the pension system. The magazine is also known for the fastidiousness of its grammar. Partygoers wanting to let their hair down will have to time things carefully as the event is only running for four hours, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission is $20. The event competes with other well-known events on the literati party circuit as The Economist Presents Fifteen-Hours of Villalobos and Sven Vath: A New Statesman party. Well, maybe not.