June Cohen's blog

The Cast, I mean Coast of Utopia

2007-03-25T05:20:54Z

After spending the last four months completely submerged in preparations for TED and building the new TED website (which launches this month), I am finally surfacing and reclaiming my life. What better way to jump back into New York culture than ...

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"Air Guitar Nation" -- surprisingly awesome

2007-03-25T04:58:33Z

This is what I love about New York: We have a high enough density of odd and curious souls that we can support movie theaters like the Angelika, which can screen movies like "Air Guitar Nation" -- a documentary about the world air-guitar champion...

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Dodgeball: A true underdog lawsuit

2007-02-22T23:22:40Z

So my brother, Guy, is in The New York Times today. He's the lead counsel in a pretty fascinating plagiarism case, which has also been covered by The Daily News, the New York Law Journal and the Hollywood Reporter. Plus Film Stew and Gothamist (w...

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Sundance by the seat of your pants

2007-01-21T08:23:28Z

So Amy Novogratz and I arrived late last night in Park City, for Sundance. We threw together a last-minute trip, and arrived without so much as a single movie ticket. But I'm confident we'll pull together a memorable weekend all the same...

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Progress on resolution: Poor

2007-01-21T08:20:29Z

Well, two Broadway shows and three museum exhibits later, my New Year's resolution is looking like a bust. Work keeps interfering! But I haven't given up yet ...

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Shoe Sale! (Or: Shadowing Carrie Bradshaw)

2007-01-03T03:53:30Z

If you're a single gal in her thirties, living in New York, you will inevitably have moments when you feel -- for better or worse -- that you're shadowing Carrie Bradshaw. Showing up for the first minute of the semi-annual Manolo Blahnik sale is ...

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Resolution: Capturing my cultural life

2007-01-02T02:11:30Z

My resolution for 2007: To record, in some way, every cultural event I attend -- plays, concerts, lectures, exhibits, conferences -- for the next year. This is, of course, a huge part of my life, which informs my work and feeds my soul ... I think...

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Remember snow?

2006-12-29T04:38:27Z

Thought I'd choose a snowy design for the blog, just to remind me what winter used to look like. It's been a balmy New York winter thus far. I have yet to even wear a hat! I keep hearing Jill Sobule's happy song about global warming in my head......

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The art of hailing a San Francisco taxi

2006-11-12T05:42:15Z

In the last two weeks, I've concluded there are few things in life more trying than hailing a San Francisco taxi. Between the relative scarcity of taxis, the lack of a consistent light system (In New York, it's simple: If the light's on, the taxi...

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In SF, breathing in technology

2006-11-08T08:50:27Z

I've been in California for 10 days now, meeting with smart people working on interesting projects, and catching up on everything I've missed by virtue of the fact that I live in NY. Manhattan is fabulous for many things, but leading-edge web tech...

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