Dave Matthews, Bankers, Bronfman, Michael’s: NYC Scene
At No. 8 last night, Dave Matthews, the musician, talked about walking around New York with his iPhone, filming artist Beezy Bailey in a fat suit. The resulting film and 28 silkscreens go on view tonight at Robert Miller Gallery in a show of their collaboration.
“I will say he works hard,” Matthews said of Bailey, a friend from South Africa. “The people I most admire in the world are the people that choose something and they just work. You work and you work and that’s what makes you you.”
“Like bankers,” someone shouted out from the audience, to laughter.
The conversation was moderated by Alanna Heiss, a co- founder of P.S.1. who now runs Art International Radio. The event was part of a series put together by the No. 8 Cafe Society and The Committee, entities producing cultural events.
John Cecchino, who works in finance, went home to change out of his suit before coming to No. 8, where he hung out in a white banquette with college friend Bobby Rossi, a partner in the nightclub.
Amy Sacco, the doyenne of No. 8, who formally owned Bungalow 8, said that when Matthews and Bailey arrived, she thought Tom Ford and Quentin Crisp had just walked in, proving even originals have their doppelgangers.
Date Joke
Three guys in finance walk into a benefit, eat small plates from dozens of restaurants and conclude they now know where to take a girl out.
So said Arin Chassine, one of those guys last night, at the Careers through Culinary Arts Program Tasting Benefit at Pier 60.
Here’s where he may be going: Landmarc, for the shredded pork over polenta; the Strand Bistro, which impressed him with its lobster and corn risotto, and Shun Lee Palace, the restaurant that doled out slices of Peking duck.
Friend James Cicalo liked the mini bulgogi burgers made by chef Kyung Up Lim of Michael’s, the lunch hangout for media executives that could be a romantic spot by night, at a table with a view of the garden, perhaps.
Chef Lim said the burger ingredients were short rib marinated in soy sauce, ginger, Asian pear and garlic. The sauce was made with Korean pepper paste and maple syrup.
Italian Nights
The event honored Tony May, who with his daughter owns SD26. May recalled the Italian nights he created at the Rainbow Room, and said his passion for culinary education led him to co- found the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners.
Michael McCarty, the owner of Michael’s restaurant, said that back in the 1980s, May was the one who got culinary students in Italy cooking Italian instead of French.
Edgar Bronfman Jr. said his only culinary credential was being “an investor in a restaurant called the Four Seasons,” housed in the tower his family built. Bronfman then noted that May gave the restaurant’s co-owner, Julian Niccolini, his first job in New York and “had the good judgment to fire him six weeks later.”
The event raised money to train at-risk high-school students in the culinary arts, including Anthony Evans, 18, of the Bronx, who last night helped prepare the pork belly with fried green tomato with chefs from the Red Rooster.
(Amanda Gordon is a writer and photographer for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. Any opinions expressed are her own.)
Muse highlights include Jeremy Gerard on theater and interviews by Zinta Lundborg.
To contact the writer on this story: Amanda Gordon in New York at agordon01@bloomberg.net or on Twitter at @amandagordon.
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No. 8
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The artist Beezy Bailey, curator Alanna Heiss, and musician Dave Matthews chat at No. 8 last night. Bailey and Matthews have collaborated on artworks on view at Robert Miller Gallery from March 6 to April 13.
The artist Beezy Bailey, curator Alanna Heiss, and musician Dave Matthews chat at No. 8 last night. Bailey and Matthews have collaborated on artworks on view at Robert Miller Gallery from March 6 to April 13. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
No. 8
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The walls of No. 8 project a film made by artist Beezy Bailey and musician Dave Matthews. The film is in a show of the friends' collaboration, titled "Itica Pritica" at Robert Miller Gallery from March 6 to April 13.
The walls of No. 8 project a film made by artist Beezy Bailey and musician Dave Matthews. The film is in a show of the friends' collaboration, titled "Itica Pritica" at Robert Miller Gallery from March 6 to April 13. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
No. 8
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Amy Sacco, consultant for LDV Hospitality, which owns the nightclub No. 8.
Amy Sacco, consultant for LDV Hospitality, which owns the nightclub No. 8. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
No. 8
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John Cecchino, who works in finance, and Bobby Rossi, a partner in No. 8.
John Cecchino, who works in finance, and Bobby Rossi, a partner in No. 8. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
No. 8
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A silkscreen image by Beezy Bailey and Dave Matthews projected on a wall of No. 8, a nightclub in the meatpacking district.
A silkscreen image by Beezy Bailey and Dave Matthews projected on a wall of No. 8, a nightclub in the meatpacking district. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
No. 8
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Steve Chan, a banker, Brittany Bare, who works in advertising, Savannah O'Malley, program director at Teachers Count, Wes Haydon, who works in private equity, Katherine Moore, an accountant, and Brigid McEntee, who works in digital advertising.
Steve Chan, a banker, Brittany Bare, who works in advertising, Savannah O'Malley, program director at Teachers Count, Wes Haydon, who works in private equity, Katherine Moore, an accountant, and Brigid McEntee, who works in digital advertising. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Careers through Culinary Arts Program
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Kyung Up Lim, chef at Michael's, Michael McCarty, owner of Michael's, and Kim McCarty, artist.
Kyung Up Lim, chef at Michael's, Michael McCarty, owner of Michael's, and Kim McCarty, artist. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program
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Marisa May and Tony May, co-owners of SD26. Tony May was honored at the benefit, which featured tastings. SD26 served soft quail egg filled raviolo with truffled butter.
Marisa May and Tony May, co-owners of SD26. Tony May was honored at the benefit, which featured tastings. SD26 served soft quail egg filled raviolo with truffled butter. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program
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Edgar Bronfman Jr., general partner at Accretive LLC, and Clarissa Bronfman.
Edgar Bronfman Jr., general partner at Accretive LLC, and Clarissa Bronfman. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program
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James Cicalo, John Murray and Arin Chassine, who work in finance, pose after eating their way through tastings offered by 40 restaurants.
James Cicalo, John Murray and Arin Chassine, who work in finance, pose after eating their way through tastings offered by 40 restaurants. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Careers through Culinary Arts Program
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Thiago Silva, pastry chef of The General, offers up his dessert: sticky coconut cake with mango sauce, braised pineapple, candied pistachios, shiso-lime syrup and coconut water sorbet.
Thiago Silva, pastry chef of The General, offers up his dessert: sticky coconut cake with mango sauce, braised pineapple, candied pistachios, shiso-lime syrup and coconut water sorbet. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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