National Day of Prayer in NYC
On the annual May 4 celebration or on just about any day, the city has no shortage of places to pray
Arts & Culture
Flushing: After a Long Fierce Fight, a Church Becomes a Landmark
A beautiful building is preserved, but the cost may be high
In the Busy Terminal, a Surprise: Personal Poetry
Hundreds of commuters stopped to celebrate National Poetry Month and walked away with their own poem
Schools Issue Advisories Against ‘13 Reasons Why’
A trending Netflix series sparks debate
Late Night Offering to the Mail Gods
At 10:45 p.m. on Tax Day, Mary McDonald stood at a desk at the James A. Farley Post Office Building on 31st Street and frowned through red acrylic glasses at her mounting pile of envelopes. Each was addressed in the same looping cursive: ‘Department of the Treasury.’ “I wasn’t sure where to post these, but one […]
Feeling Like a Giant in New York City
Gulliver’s Gate, an exhibit in Times Square, shows off the world’s landmarks in miniature
Way of the Cross Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Speakers lined the length of the Brooklyn Bridge projecting gospel hymns sung by a walking choir while hundreds of people, with colorful rosaries dangling from their wrists, processed slowly towards Manhattan in the early afternoon sunlight on Good Friday. At intermittent locations across […]
Astoria: New Technology, Old Guard
Local business owners are not celebrating the community’s newly installed LinkNYC stations, though residents seem delighted with them.
Remembering Child Gun Victims on Palm Sunday
Parishioners at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery commemorate the day with a unique exhibit
Is There Some 1984 in 2017?
Trump’s threat to cut funding for the arts triggers a nationwide viewing of George Orwell’s scary vision
Spreading a Message of Diversity Through Music
A small but powerful choir in the East Village worries about the future
When a Growing Catholic School Shuts Its Doors
At St. Ann’s in The Bronx, teachers, parents, and students feel betrayed
Tears of a Clown: A Circus Takes a Final Bow
Ringling Bros. has been performing in New York since 1968, but now it’s all over but the crying
Penny’s Puppet Playground
Tucked away in the West Village is a small artist community, called Westbeth, where wooden elephants, lions and puppies gather together to enchant the children of New York City. The mastermind behind the production is a woman, who greets each family with a nurturing voice and warm hug, embellished in hot pink from head to […]
Wrapping Stones
As unusual as the art of wrapping stones could seem, it is a profitable job for Robert Kolsin, a veteran from Queens. The reason for his success, he says, lays in the stones and their powers and good energy. Every day, he packs his jewelry in a suitcase, and travels to Manhattan to sell his art. His stand […]
Many Catholics Remain Fresh Faced on Ash Wednesday
Just 40 percent of U.S. adults raised Catholic still regularly attend mass — but many took to pews on Ash Wednesday to mark the start of Lent