“The whole history of the place is very, very unique,” says guitarist Jakob Bro of the Village Vanguard. Photo: Zachary Weg Jakob Bro Lifts a Candle at the Vanguard At the Village Vanguard last night, Jakob Bro raised a candle. The forty-four-year-old Danish jazz guitarist may not have... Home 08 Jul 2022 | 01:35
Sign in the window of Matto Espresso on First Avenue. Photo: Zachary Weg At Matto, Where the Coffee Flows for $2.50 There is nothing like a cup of coffee. At Matto Espresso, whose First Avenue and 53rd Street location opened around the start... Home 06 May 2022 | 11:43
Author Mike DeCapite. Photo: Nathaniel Siegel A Lover in the City He wouldn’t say it, shy and mellow as he is, but Mike DeCapite has written the New York novel of the moment. A love story... News 01 Mar 2022 | 01:45
Entrance to The Abraham Joshua Heschel School. Photo: Zachary Weg And They’ll Stand Majestic Heschel High School was hard but it saved me. As the Upper West Side building turns twenty this year, at a time when students... Voices 12 Feb 2022 | 06:51
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Photo: Ed Rocha Goncalves The Resurgence of Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson The stage stood empty. Some tech men at Glasslands, the Williamsburg music room, asked each other when the previously heralded... News 31 Dec 2021 | 04:44
Butcher-in-Chief Francesco “Frank” Castrogiovanni of Ottomanelli Brothers. Photo: Zachary Weg ‘The Ottomanelli Way’ Sitting behind a wooden desk in his back office, blue-rimmed glasses perched atop his nose, Nicolo “Uncle Nick” Ottomanelli... News 23 Dec 2021 | 11:50
Alex Edelman in “Just for Us.” Photo: Monique Carboni Mining Comedy From the Haters On a recent chilly Sunday afternoon, between the brick walls of the Cherry Lane Theatre in the West Village, the comedian... City Arts 14 Dec 2021 | 03:00
Photo: Meir Pliskin Chanukah on Ice Returns to Wollman Rink Chanukah on Ice NYC will not only resoundingly announce the holiday when the event happens at Wollman Rink in Central Park... News 19 Nov 2021 | 03:42
Underground Overground Producers David Levine and Ethan Mansoor. Photo: William DeVito Comedy in the Candy Shop In the resplendence of the eighty-four-year-old Economy Candy shop on Rivington Street last week, comedy producers, David... News 10 Nov 2021 | 11:23
Album cover for Ben Tiberio’s “Rare Peace.” Photo: Will Metivier A Salve for the City There was a moment about two months back when the New York stalwart stickman, Ari Hoenig, ending a stellar set at Smalls... News 02 Nov 2021 | 02:16
Sergio Reyes, barista and photographer. Photo: Lily Telford The Strivers of Fall Every morning just before sunrise, twenty-six-year-old barista, Sergio Reyes, gets out of bed in his East Harlem apartment,... News 02 Oct 2021 | 03:26
Comic Ryan Beck performs at Union Hall. Photo by Phil Provencio. Punchline Prince Before a crowd of smiling women and howling men at Union Hall last week, Crown Heights-based comedian, Ryan Beck, recorded... News 27 Aug 2021 | 02:21
Pianist Benito Gonzalez (left) performing at Hermana with Will Slater on bass and Curtis McPhatter on drums. Photo: John Adams The Pianist Shines at Hermana Towards the end of his glowing show last Friday night at Hermana, the essential East Village Mexican restaurant/jazz club,... News 28 Jul 2021 | 11:09
Dr. Alan Manevitz. Photo courtesy of Dr. Alan Manevitz Coping with COVID Survivor’s Guilt Through about forty years of practicing psychiatry, Dr. Alan Manevitz has borne the anguish of many tragedies, whether it... News 09 Jul 2021 | 10:23
Guitarist Pasquale Grasso. Photo: Stefania Curto The Usher of Spring The guitar of Pasquale Grasso sings. Whether curling or sliding, pinging or dripping, the instrument in the hands of the... City Arts 19 May 2021 | 11:16
