February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Feb 28th
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Feb 28th
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Feb 26th
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INTERVIEW : VIJAY IYER
We’re going to see Vijay Iyer perform from his new album Tirtha, with Carnatic guitarist Prasanna and tabla player Nitin Mitta, for the Portland Jazz Festival tomorrow, Saturday, and were privileged to get some words with him in anticipation of what promises to be a jaw-dropping show. Vijay is a jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, producer, electronic musician, and writer based in New York...
Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 20th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 17th
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INTERVIEW : EAMES DEMETRIOS
We’re beyond honored to host Eames Demetrios, grandson of Charles and Ray Eames, for Palm Springs Modernism Week at Ace Hotel & Swim Club next week, where he will be holding an Eames Retrospective on February 20 — talking about his grandparents’ work and legend, screening films about their iconic design gestures and discussing the connection with his own explorations and...
Feb 17th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 8th
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INTERVIEW : BILL FRISELL
Bill Frisell is a guitar string snake charmer — an experimentalist so true to his North Star that his very name is synonymous with aural revelation. He’s performing twice at this year’s Portland Jazz Festival with two very different shows lined up. February 24 and 25, Bill plays tribute to the works of pedal steel guitarist, Wesley Webb “Speedy” West and guitarist, fiddle...
Feb 7th
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Arkitip and Comex have conducted a study in color at Ace Hotel & Swim Club in a handful of guest rooms, each repainted with three-color combinations based on Comex trend books. They invited five journalists to stay for along weekend, playing musical rooms each night to experience the myriad emotions conjured through color.
Feb 4th
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For February Fashion Week 2012, Ace Hotel New York will partner with Martin Greenfield Clothiers to present a pop-up tailoring studio in The Boardroom of Ace where visitors, guests and friends can be fitted for bespoke suits and garments by tailors from Martin Greenfield, including the master tailor, Mr. Greenfield himself. Martin Greenfield is the standard setter in the fashion world for...
Feb 3rd
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