This Sunday at Le Bain, Come Rain or Sunshine, Another Summer of Love Begins
May 25 2012
This Sunday, Le Bain opens the Eté d’Amour 2012 with Tommie Sunshine and Populette for a new season of balearic dreams and New York coup-de-foudres. Ready for the storm? We sat down with Tommie and the Populette boys for a Standard Q&A dedicated to the Summer of Love. The Standard: ‘The First Summer of Love’ - the hippie one - took place in the...
ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Ping Pong Tournament with Chandon, SPiN Social & The Standard
May 24 2012
It was stripe on stripe last night at The Standard Biergarten where Chandon, SPiN Social and The Standard celebrated that most marvelous thing called summer. Girls in striped dresses served special edition striped bottles of Chandon with striped straws cheerfully peaking up above the rim. There were even some real military stripes courtesy of Fleet Week. Meanwhile, the mavens of urban...
StndAIR Flies Again
May 21 2012 / by stan d'arde
When I told you last week that Sunset Beach was back for the season, I also mentioned that I would have some more news for you. Well, I’m here to bring it to you, and it’s good. Starting on Thursday, our beloved little seaplane that could, StndAIR, will fly again for its second summer season in the sky! We are beyond excited about its return, and you should be too, so let me...
TO DO: Hot Jazz Band, Hot Sardines, Heads to Bar Marmont
May 17 2012
In their West Coast debut, one of The Standards favorite jazz bands, Hot Sardines (a frequent player on Top of The Standard) will be playing at our sister restaurant, Bar Marmont, in Los Angeles this Monday. Special guest Andy Bean of the Two-Man Gentleman Band will be on hand as Chateau Marmont’s Executive Chef, Carolynn Spence, is serving up a fish and chips special. It is the...
A-Trak Meets Fafi in The Carmine Vault
May 17 2012
This Wednesday May 23 at Le Bain, Parisian artist Fafi celebrates the release of her first comic book The Carmine Vault (Rizzoli). The party will be hosted by Fafi’s New York Crew: the Mob Girls and Folake, with music by her friends A-Trak and Jasmine Solano. What is The Carmine Vault all about? A-Trak had a chat with Fafi right before she takes off to Japan. A-Trak: I can recall...
Summer at Le Bain Is Close at Hand
May 16 2012
The Standard Summer begins on Memorial Day Weekend! Starting Friday May 25, Le Bain will be open every day from 2pm. Join us for a cocktail, a sunset, a bath and a dance. Bikinis are welcome and yes you can keep your Sunglasses at Night! The weekend kicks off with Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend, Autobot of Flosstradamus and Full Nelson (Friday with Greco-Roman). Saturday is Blu Jemz, Lloydski...
Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio Celebrates His First Solo Record at Le Bain
May 16 2012
Friday May 25, Le Bain joins forces with hot label Greco-Roman to celebrate the release of Baio’s first solo record Sunburn. On top of being the bass player of one of America’s favorite bands, Vampire Weekend, Chris Baio has also been a DJ and radio host since his student years at Columbia University. Baio will DJ alongside his friends Autobot (of Flosstradamus) and Full Nelson...
This Sunday at Le Bain, Tyler Pope Bombs The Bass
May 11 2012
This Sunday at Le Bain, Nouveau York presents Prince Language and Tyler Pope, the bass player of LCD Soundsystem and Chk Chk Chk (!!!) - probably two of the best indie dance bands of their time. Tyler has been DJing since he moved to New York in 2001. Now based in Berlin, he sat down with Prince Language for a Standard back-to-back. Prince Language: I was thinking really hard about this,...
MOTHER'S DAY: Give Her the VIP Treatment at The Top of The Standard!
May 08 2012
The Top of The Standard is laying down the gold-speckled carpet this Sunday with a special dessert and champagne pairing menu created by Chef Frederik Aquino. Just so you know, if you buy a bottle you get all three – the Crème Brûlée, Baked Alaska and Strawberry Charlotte – plus one very giddy mother. Sunset Service on Top of The Standard 2pm - 11pm ...
TO DO: Monroe on Stage, Silver Lake Shopping, Rubell's Recent Acquisitions
May 07 2012
NEW YORK Encores! presents this 1949 musical, based on the novel by Anita Loos, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Leo Robin. Megan Hilty (“Smash”) stars as Lorelei Lee, the gold-digging blonde made famous onscreen by Marilyn Monroe. John Rando directs. Opens May 9, closes May 13 City Center 131 W. 55th St., New York , N.Y. nycitycenter.org LOS...
Everybody Frieze! The Standard Heads to The Art Fair at Randall's Island
May 04 2012
It’s going to be a beautiful weekend for art. Frieze Art Fair (a London exported collection of 180 contemporary galleries from around the globe) is up and running on Randall’s Island and The Standard is there doing what The Standard does best, providing much needed sustenance to fairgoers with a satellite Biergarten. For those who are curious/confused about what’s going...
Le Bain Is Teed Up for T.E.E.D.
May 03 2012
His name is Orlando Higginbottom but is better known as the one-man dance machine, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (or T.E.E.D. for short). Son of an Oxford University music professor, the head dress enthusiast is on a U.S. minitour launching his new album. Le Bain is thrilled to have him back DJing alongside New York superheroes Runaway. Record label and serial party throwers...
PARTY PATROL: Downtown for Democracy's Pocket Guide to Politics Launch
May 02 2012
• “Artists and their acolytes gathered atop The Standard Hotel yesterday evening to celebrate, naturally, progressively inclined participatory democracy … The raison du fête: the publication of The Pocket Guide to Politics, a compact, gorgeously designed little book that illustrates, through clever artwork by Aurel Schmidt, Terry Richardson, Casey Neistat, Dan...
TO DO: The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Apr 26 2012 / by stan d'arde
Mark Twain once said, “Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.” We put up with a lot of things over here at The Standards, but one example of our most favorite things comes every year in the Spring…The PEN World Voice Festival. The festival brings together writers from all over the world to celebrate the power of the written word....
Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick
Apr 26 2012
Who better to make our morning commute seem like a nostalgic adventure than Stanley Kubrick? Before becoming a legendary filmmaker he shot New York’s underground travel culture and The Museum of the City of New York’s blog shared some of the highlights which don’t seem so different from our iPod and cell phone filled subway cars.
TO DO: Head Gas, Surf Art & Polo
Apr 22 2012
NEW YORK “Head Gas” is the first New York exhibition by Italian-born, Berlin-based artist Enrico David. Over the past twenty years, David has produced a body of work encompassing painting, drawing, sculpture, and collage that draws upon a rich variety of sources and expresses a range of complex emotional states. Although his work is highly celebrated throughout Europe—the...
Wolf + Lamb Fever This Saturday at Le Bain
Apr 20 2012
This Saturday, we are honored to have Zev Le Wolf taking control of Le Bain. As one half of Wolf + Lamb, Zev has been a key influence in the New York dance music scene for over a decade. Now based between Miami and Brooklyn with fellow duo Soul Clap, Wolf + Lamb keeps on shaping the future of dance music. We met Zev for a Standard Q&A Based on a True Story. The Standard: In over ten...
Masahiro Mori Pigs at The Standard Shop
Apr 16 2012 / by stan d'arde
The Far East has always been a revered destination on my list of global adventures. Specifically, Japan. Its mysticism and Zen philosophies draw me closer to it every time I delve into the country’s history. Actually, just last month, I asked a friend of mine who works at The Standard, New York named Yoshizo-san to teach me how to trim a bonsai tree. Well, let’s just say that...
TO DO: Cornell West, Tavis Smiley & The Lost Gatsby Movie
Apr 16 2012
NEW YORK On Friday, the brilliant, ever-entertaining and ever-outspoken Tavis Smiley and Cornel West are going to discuss their new book, “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto.” Friday, April 20th, 6:30pm Center for Black Literature Park Ave. at 68th St. More Info Here LOS ANGELES The Great Gatsby has been pretty hot as of late (when wasn’t...
Architect John Pawson Talks Perfectionism, Stalkers and Taking Pictures
Apr 13 2012
In his engrossing new book, A Visual Inventory, acclaimed British architect and designer John Pawson walks us through his personal photo album. Known to the AutoCAD set as the godfather of architectural minimalism, he was in town for a launch party at the Calvin Klein flagship, and just happened to be staying at The Standard … The Standard: You don’t look like a celebrated...
