Tango with a Twist
A weekend devoted to tango strived to show that it’s not an exclusive partner dance between a man and a woman anymore.
Arts & Culture
Crochet Coral Reef : When Crochet Goes Wonky
The Crochet Coral Reef: TOXIC SEAS is now on display at the Museum of Arts and Design.
Exploring the City’s Changes in Cardboard
With virtual reality, an interactive art installation helps viewers understand the effects of gentrification
Radio Free Brooklyn Partners with New Record Store
As more media consumption moves onto the Internet, one Internet radio station has decided to plant its feet in the physical world.
A New Art Gallery Opens in the South Bronx
An area once known for violent crime is now home to a burgeoning art scene
Illuminating Lanterns, Illuminating Poems
By Yuqing Zhu “Baby doll, bat, puppy, watermelon, plane, tree, ice cream truck” a kid at Morningside Park counted lanterns of different shapes passing by, as if watching a cartoon. “Oh, look! A green monster!” More than 100 people carried handmade lanterns as they walked from Morningside Park to Columbia University’s main campus last Saturday, […]
Trying to Make Parking in the City Less of a Pain
It’s hard to find a place to leave your car. This app will let you borrow someone else’s.
Buzzed Over Honey
Amidst murmurs of conversation, ice rattling in shakers and people gathered around drink stations, a half dozen lady bartenders mixed drinks at Proof+Gauge, a tasting room and cocktail bar in Long Island City on Monday. The six women competed to be the Queen Bee at the third annual Queen Bee Cocktail Classic. The event highlights […]
Glamour in the South Bronx
By Courtney Vinopal For her September 4 birthday celebration, Beyoncé could have chosen to wear any designer in the world. But at the Made in America Festival in Philadelphia, she wore none other than the clothes of a Made-in-the-Bronx designer, Jerome LaMaar. Sporting a tropical printed t-shirt and beaded jacket from LaMaar’s high-end clothing line, […]
Feeling Sleepy? Nappr to the Rescue
A new phone app helps people longing to snooze find a bed to catch some z’s
Revealing America’s Queer History, One State at a Time
In 1895, in the frontier town of La Grange, Texas, a doctor named John Carhart published a novel called Norma Trist. Its heroine, Norma Trist, was one of the first openly gay characters in American fiction. Now, pages from the book are part of a new art installation, which opened on September 10, at the […]
From Harlem to Iran: Street Art Against Injustice
A campaign of murals that raise awareness of human rights abuses against the Baha’i
‘Candlelit’ Empire State Building Celebrates 85 Years
New York’s Empire State Building had a quiet and rainy birthday May 1, with tourists trickling into the building that was built 85 years ago. Doormen warned visitors there was little to be seen from the observation deck on the 102nd floor, though. The rain had washed away visibility. Hundreds of tourists from around the […]
Permaculture Comes to Jackson Heights
A teacher shows how working with nature can help bring sustainable solutions in New York City
Common Core Exams Drive Demand for Tutors
Enrollment at after school programs and online practice tests are on the rise in New York
Preaching From a Digital Pulpit
Father Jim Martin, a Jesuit editor, has a vast social media following—and he uses it