IN THE NEWS

TKTS BOOTH IN TIMES SQUARE RELOCATES TEMPORARILY
The Theater Development Fund, which funds TKTS same-day discount ticket booths, has announced that it is closing its Times Square location during the renovation of Duffy Square. The new temporary TKTS booth, located at 46th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, on the street level of the Marriott Marquis Hotel, opened May 2 and will remain open until December 2006. The other TKTS location, at the South Street Seaport, remains open. For more information on the new temporary booth, click here. For more information about TDF discount tickets, visit www.tdf.org.

SECOND ALLIANCE PRIZE TO BE AWARDED TO DIANE COFFEY
The second annual Alliance for the Arts prize will be awarded to Diane Mulcahy Coffey at the Spring Party on May 23. Dignitaries, colleagues and friends--including Mayor Michael Bloomberg--will gather at the Rainbow Room for this fun and deserved tribute to Diane, one of the most steadfast supporters of the arts in New York City.

NEWS AT THE ALLIANCE

NEW NYC ARTS 42nd STREET MAP
The Alliance has published a 42nd Street Cultural Map and Guide, with cultural venues and landmarks from river to river, to be distributed free throughout the city--with sponsorship from CIT Group, the 42nd Street Development Corporation and the Times Square Alliance.

NYC ARTS TO BE RELEASED MAY 23
The eleventh edition of the NYC ARTS summer culture guide and calendar will be published by the Alliance for the Arts on May 23. A half million copies of the calendar will be distributed citywide through cultural institutions, branch libraries, visitor centers and home delivery of The New York Times. For up-to-date listings, as well as in depth profiles on cultural organizations in New York City, visit NYC-ARTS.org.

PEOPLE
Jan Seidler Ramirez has been appointed the director of collections and chief curator of the World Trade Center Memorial Museum. Ms. Ramirez was previously the director of collections at the New-York Historical Society and the chief curator of the Museum of the City of New York.

CULTURE WRITERS FOR NYC PUBLICATIONS

This information is provided as a service to the cultural community as part of an ongoing series. The culture staffs of other New York publications will be provided in the future. The culture staff of The New York Times was listed in our March newsletter; for that article click here.

CRAINS NEW YORK BUSINESS
Arts and Culture: Miriam Kreinin Souccar, msouccar@crain.com
Media (magazines, television, radio, book publishing and media companies): Matthew Flamm, mflamm@crain.com

NEWSDAY
Fine Arts Editor: John Habich, john.habich@newsday.com
Theater Reporter: Robert Kahn, robert.kahn@newsday.com
Movie Editor: Pat Wiedenkeller, pat.wiedenkeller@newsday.com
Pop Music Editor: Kevin Amorim, kevin.amorim@newsday.com
Television Editor: Andy Edelstein, andy.edelstein@newsday.com

NEWSDAY CRITICS
Visual Arts: Ariella Budick, abudick@nyc.rr.com
Classical Music and Architecture: Justin Davidson, justin.davidson@newsday.com
Freelance Classical Music: Marion Lignana Rosenberg, vilaine.fille@gmail.com
Freelance Dance: Apollinaire Scherr: appi2@verizon.net
Theater: Linda Winer, linda.winer@newsday.com
Television: Diane Werts, dwerts@comcast.net; Verne Gay, vernegay@aol.com
Pop Music: Glenn Gamboa, glenn.gamboa@newsday.com; Rafer Guzman, rafer.guzman@newsday.com
Movies: Jan Stuart, flotsam.jetsam@earthlink.net; Gene Seymour, SeyNah@aol.com

CALENDAR "CITY OF CULTURE" EXHIBIT AT THE CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE
A "City of Culture" exhibit is planned at the Center for Architecture from June 21- September 7, featuring a range of new architecture at New York City cultural institutions. The exhibit is organized by the Alliance for the Arts and the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The show is based on an online Alliance gallery, now in development, which will include more than 60 cultural construction projects citywide. The economic impact of expanding construction of cultural institutions will be the subject of an Alliance report to be released in the fall. For more information about the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, visit www.aiany.org.