It's just over a year since the death of Factory Records impresario Tony Wilson and, despite all the tribute concerts, murals and portraits around the city, there is perhaps no better testament to the legacy of the man than the continuation of the In The City music conference that he founded.
NIGHT LIFE A VERY GOOD YEAR Dec. 31 City Winery, the make-your-own wine emporium in SoHo and the brainchild of the impresario and Knitting Factory founder Michael Dorf, opens to the public on New Year's Eve with a show by Joan Osborne.
Factory was headed by the impresario and television journalist Tony Wilson (when he died, in 2007, his coffin was given a catalogue number), and the label's graphic designer was Peter Saville, who is still responsible for creating all of New Order's record sleeves.
From that inauspicious start, however, O.M.D. was emboldened to send a demo to Tony Wilson, the impresario of Manchester's Factory Records, of a song called "Electricity," which McCluskey describes modestly (and accurately) as "really just a faster version of 'Radio-Activity,' " one of Kraftwerk's best-known compositions.
"DOWNTOWN SEDER" Michael Dorf, the downtown impresario who founded the Knitting Factory, has gathered a number of artists and musicians to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt.
The film's central figure is Factory's cofounder and journalist turned postpunk impresario, Tony Wilson, played with a stinging, unctuous vitality by Mr. Coogan.
March 23 2015 For the past eleven years, Michael Dorf, the entrepreneur, philanthropist, and music impresario who founded the Knitting Factory and City Winery, has produced tribute shows at Carnegie Hall to raise funds for music-education programs for underprivileged youth.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet "DOWNTOWN SEDER" Michael Dorf, the downtown impresario who founded the Knitting Factory, has gathered a number of artists and musicians to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt.
"DOWNTOWN SEDER" Michael Dorf, the downtown impresario who founded the Knitting Factory, has gathered a number of artists and musicians to commemorate the Israelites' exodus… HOMAGE TO CATALONIA At the Metropolitan Museum, Catalan fine art is on display in the exhibit "Barcelona and Modernity".
The film's central figure is Factory's co-founder and journalist turned postpunk impresario, Tony Wilson, played with a stinging, unctuous vitality by Mr. Coogan.
