Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Something of Symphony Space?

"Even as a very young man, I knew that my family is like a plant.
Uproot it, and it will wilt. Pluck away at it, and it will die.
But leave it to thrive in the soil, untouched, and it will
weather both gods and winds. It is born with the soil, and
it will live so long as the soil shall live."
Etgar Keret

Liev with Jonathan Safran Froer in 2008.

Symphony Space looks like a very cool venue. However, when it comes to Liev at Symphony Space, I've got nothing! Nada. Zip. Zero. Can't find even a smidgen of info on tonight's readings. No one's talking. No photos anywhere.

If you were fortunate enough to attend and are feeling the love, please share. We'd be thrilled to hear about it. (Or if as in my situation you could not attend, maybe "Like" the venue on Facebook and ask them to post photos if you're so inclined?!)

A Little Slice of Liev Life

Here's a cute little interview with Liev and Naomi from New York Magazine last night. I actually went bike shopping on the weekend so this feels very à propos right now. I won't post the photo since it was taken by the paps and you know here I sit on that score.

Enjoy!

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Moments from Domestic Life... with Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts

Last night we caught up with one of our favorite New York couples, Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts, at the New York Academy of Art 2011 Tribeca Ball. We quizzed the young parents of two about their lives here in the city, and they obliged with some cute stories that remind you that it is possible to live a semi-normal family life if you are a celebrity in the city.

Don't you guys sometimes ride bikes around town?
Naomi Watts: Yeah.

So what do you think about bike lanes? Pro or anti?
Liev Schreiber: Pro when I'm on my bike. Very frustrating when I'm driving through midtown.

Do you use the bike lanes?
Liev Schreiber: Yes, we absolutely use them. We do.

And you don't have arguments with pedestrians?
Liev Schreiber: Of course we do. That's the whole point of riding a bicycle in New York, fighting with pedestrians and taxi drivers.

So you have any funny altercations you can tell me about?
Liev Schreiber: How much time do you have?

I'm here all evening.
Liev Schreiber: I noticed that at one particular bicycle store downtown that shall go unnamed they sell gloves that have heavy duty plastic knuckles on them, and when I asked the proprietors of the store what those knuckles were for, he said, 'For smashing on the taxis when they get too close.' And I thought, oh, that makes sense.

And you bought some?
Liev Schreiber: No, I didn't. They didn't have my size.

Are your kids beginning to show any kind of artistic abilities?
Naomi Watts: Yeah. Both of them. Kai's very into drawing right now…
Liev Schreiber: On the kitchen table ...
Watts: Yeah. And they're definitely into performance. [Laughs]

Do they put on plays in the living room?
Liev Schreiber: In the swimming pool a lot.
Naomi Watts: And we had some outfits the other day, a king and a knight.
Liev Schreiber: Oh, yeah. They had a terrible fight over it. They were dressed up, someone brought over a knight costume and a king costume, and apparently the older one got very upset when he figured out what the king costume was, because he was only wearing the knight costume, and he chased the other one around threatening to kill him, saying, 'I want to be king! I'm king! I want to be king!' Totally Shakespearean.

You have a swimming pool?
Naomia Watts: Not in the city!