Photo: Kendra Bispham-Evelyn - Kay’s Lenses Photography Virtual Charity Races are Making a Difference - One Step at a Time Do you enjoy running? Would you also like to help a good cause? Well, here’s how you can do both at the same time. Last week... News 17 Feb 2021 | 10:21
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo holds a press briefing on COVID-19 on Feb. 10, 2020, joined remotely by White House COVID officials. Photo: Darren McGee / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo How Much COVID Relief is Enough? One of New York’s biggest fiscal and economic challenges is that no one knows how big New York’s fiscal and economic challenge... News 13 Feb 2021 | 05:57
Restaurant Row, abnormally quiet, on a matinee day. Photo: Leida Snow Joe Allen Gone, Joe Allen’s Closed It was never about the menu. The highest praise restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton could muster was that “the food wasn’t too... Voices 12 Feb 2021 | 12:22
Sara Mearns. Photo: Erin Baiano Setting a New Barre for the Ballet Two weeks after Sara Mearns first moved to Manhattan, the city went through another devastating time, the tragedy of September... City Arts 09 Feb 2021 | 12:07
The author’s apartment door. Photo: Deborah Fenker “Bah, Lovebug!” “It’s a made up holiday.” “I buy my wife flowers when I want to ... not when some florist tells me to.” “We celebrate our... Voices 07 Feb 2021 | 05:20
Screenshot of Shams DaBaron, “Da Homeless Hero,” at the mayoral forum on the homeless crisis. Homeless Get a Seat at the Table The significance of Thursday night’s mayoral forum on the city’s homeless crisis was not lost on local activist Shams DaBaron.... News 06 Feb 2021 | 03:28
Photo: Dody Tsiantar Doors in Living Color The classic Crayola box has eight colors inside it - red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, brown and black. A few weeks... News 01 Feb 2021 | 03:32
Lujira Cooper: “I’ve become more concerned about other people’s rights.” Photo: Karsten Thormaehlen The Faces of LGBTQ Pioneers In the summer of 1969, when the Stonewall riots transpired, Lujira Cooper felt disconnected from the movement. In part, she... City Arts 25 Jan 2021 | 10:03
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (right) and other members of the NY Congressional delegation with Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall on Saturday, January 9, 2021 to demand the impeachment of President Trump. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. A Violent Assault on Our Democracy In the years since the 9/11 attacks, my Congressional staff and I have participated in security drills, including “shelter... News 11 Jan 2021 | 10:10
“Zapatistas” (1932) by Alfredo Ramos Martínez from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Adel Gorgy ‘Vida Americana’ at the Whitney There’s still time to see the Whitney’s “Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945,” one of the best... City Arts 05 Jan 2021 | 04:15
Maryam Banikarim of NYCNext said “it was hard not to cry” at their Broadway event where Bernadette Peters (bottom left) and others sang on the TKTS steps. Photo courtesy of NYCNext Share Gratitude 2020 Gale Brewer Manhattan Borough President This year has seen an amazing outpouring of volunteers. I have seen them in every corner... Features 22 Dec 2020 | 01:31