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Pipeline New York Launches Virtual Cultural Cornucopia
These new sites are an example of the local content Pipeline plans to roll out to cities across the country as part of its Virtual Neighborhoods program. Virtual Neighborhoods was launched by Pipeline's parent, PSINet, to provide local content in select U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles and Dallas.
Pipeline recently launched "nyfood.com," the tri-state area's first World Wide Web site for ordering food for delivery. The service is free to all Internet users, and can be accessed at http://www.nyfood.com. Pipeline NY subscribers get added features like chances to win gift certificates to well known restaurants and the opportunity to post food reviews on the site.
Epicurean delights aren't all that's new on Pipeline NY. There's also food for thought from The New School, and advice for the lovelorn for those with an appetite for romance. For those who prefer Picasso over Prosciutto, Pipeline offers an online version of Museums New York, while purveyors of popcorn will enjoy Pipeline's unique B-movie site, "Phantom of the Movies."
Museums New York Magazine (http://www.museumsny.com): Pipeline NY subscribers now have access to the Internet version of Museums New York, a bimonthly arts and culture publication providing news and information about exhibits and events at over 100 museums in the tri-state area.
Museums New York's Web site is available for viewing by subscribers exclusively for two weeks before it is released to the entire Internet. Subscribers also have exclusive access to their extensive Daily Calendar, and to free and discounted tickets to various museum exhibits. Senior editors host monthly events in Pipeline's news groups and facilitate news group appearances by museum curators and artists.
The Phantom of the Movies:(http://www.phantom.nyc.pipeline.com): Pipeline NY announces the debut of The Phantom on the World Wide Web. The site is an "e-zine" covering genre and cult films, and features interviews, reviews, links to other WWW movie sites, letters to The Phantom and video clips. The Phantom, a columnist for the NY Daily News, will make regular appearances in Pipeline NY newsgroups to answer questions about genre films. Subscribers have exclusive previews to sections of the site.
The School of Flirting (http://www.flirting.nyc.pipeline.com): For those interested in laughing, meeting people, role-playing, and finding true love, Robin Newman Gorman, author of How to Meet a Mensch in New York, and Susan Rabin, author of How to Attract Anyone, Anytime, Anyplace, have developed the School of Flirting, a monthly event taking place at Stand Up New York, a comedy club on the Upper West Side.
Every other week, Robin and Susan share their insights on the subject of "How to Find Love in New York" exclusively with Pipeliners by posting columns on their Web site. Pipeliners interested in enrolling in School of Flirting classes also are entitled to a discount to the sessions of their choice.
Food For Thought: Pipeline New Yorkers can now use the Internet to further their education through the New School's Distance Instruction for Adult Learning (DIAL) program and Pipeline New York. Pipeline developed custom applications allowing subscribers to connect to the New School and take courses online. Look under the Pipeline menu item Metro NY/Education/New School for course and registration information.
To Be Or Not To Be Online (http://www.publictheater.org): Pipeline NY helped develop, and now hosts, the Public Theater's Web site. The Theater offers New Yorkers Shakespeare in the Park, and presents plays like "The Tempest," starring Patrick Stewart, works by Steve Martin, and more. Theater directors, producers and others will join Pipeline NY newsgroups for online chats. Pipeline subscribers receive a 20% discount to all plays.
The Pink-Triangle (http://www.gmhc.org): Pipeline NY proudly hosts the World Wide Web site of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, a well-known organization involved in the fight against AIDS. In addition, representatives of GMHC partake in monthly discussion sessions in Pipeline's newsgroup, pipeline.pink-triangle.
The Y on the Web (http://www.92ndsty.org): The 92nd St. Y now has its own Web site which Pipeline helped develop, and is hosting. Check out the site to discover upcoming events, and chat with artists in Pipeline NY newsgroups. Subscribers receive a 15% discount. Headquartered in Herndon, Va., with an established, content-rich "Virtual Neighborhood" in New York City, Pipeline is the nation's first Internet online service that offers unlimited Internet access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at a flat rate ($19.95 per month). Pipeline software is available free by calling 1-800-453-PIPE (7473). Pipeline recently received PC Magazine's "Editors' Choice" award as an excellent package for new users. The Winter 1996 edition of Your First PC describes Pipeline as "the best nationwide Internet service provider."
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