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September 2016

Bronx, NY City Scene

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, 5:31 Jérôme, as well as a bag from his more affordable brand, 9J, the “Bey Day” girl was photographed chatting with former President Bill Clinton and dancing alongside her husband, Jay-Z. You could call it the “Queen B” effect -- immediately after pictures surfaced of the music

News

On Monday night New Yorkers, like many Americans, gathered at home and in public to watch the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. It was expected to be the most watched presidential debate in U.S. history. NY CityLens staff spread out across the city to find out where New Yorkers were watching, and what they were seeing. The view from the bar Over tater-tots and beers, Dan Flemming, 23, and Emily Bennet, 25, watched the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Monday night at William Hallet, a local bar in Astoria. "I don't think Hillary's the answer,

Cops & Courts, News

By Courtney Vinopal [caption id="attachment_16468" align="alignnone" width="1168"] Trains pull away at Elizabeth station.[/caption] As  commuters in the tri-state area headed to work on Monday morning, police were hunting for Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28 year-old man who was suspected of setting off explosives in the New York neighborhood of Chelsea and the New Jersey town of Seaside Park over the weekend. By the time these commuters headed home, Rahami had been arrested in Linden, N.J., and charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. No one was killed in the plot to plant and detonate multiple explosive devices across the New

Brooklyn, NY City Scene

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 Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn. The exhibit, called, 50 States: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, features three major installations, one for each of the three states in the show’s title. Each one of them, the artists said, was inspired by a little known story from the early queer

Brooklyn, NY City Scene

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 Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn. The exhibit, called, 50 States: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, features three major installations, one for each of the three states in the show’s title. Each one of them, the artists said, was inspired by a little known story from the early queer