by Downtown Magazine | Oct 28, 2015 | Culture
When I was 16 years old, I was eager to start a career in the entertainment business. In retrospect, I’m not sure why I was so motivated to get such an early start – as opposed to doing the kinds of things that 16 years old usually do for fun – but I learned of an...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 27, 2015 | Lifestyle
Frederique van der Wal has had an exceptional career in several fields. As a model, she appeared on the cover of Vogue and Cosmopolitan – to name only a few publications — beyond winning John Casablancas’ Look Of The Year contest in 1985. As an actress, she has...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 26, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Over the past three decades, Bruce Hornsby has done a lot of amazing things with a lot of amazing artists. With The Range, he had a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum album called The Way It Is. As a keyboardist, he’s done multiple tours with The Grateful Dead. As a...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 26, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
When The Darkness first hit the United States in 2003, rock radio fans were excited. Here was an English band with guitar solos, sing-along choruses, falsetto vocals, and yes, catsuits. They were sonically somewhere between Queen, AC/DC and The Strokes. “I Believe In...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 23, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Although he is a recent signee of Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz’s record label DCD2, MAX has been doing big things for most of his life. He acted on Broadway as a teenager and had songs and acting roles within the Disney and Nickelodeon worlds over the years....