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Jenna Chrisphonte Joins The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center
Welcoming Jenna Chrisphonte as Director of Civic Alliances As of July 6, The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center...
Sets in the City: Moving the Gym to your Home
By Lalaina "Lala" Duncan WHEN NEW YORK LOCKED DOWN FOR THE COVID-19 pandemic last year, I was on vacation and figured...
Interview With Niabi Aquena of Searmanas
Niabi Aquena of Searmanas in an interview with Downtown Listening to the opening strains of a Searmanas song is like...
Interview: Jessica Camacho Lays Down The Law
Photo credit Storm Santos Jessica Camacho has always had an inclination towards justice. She even considered a career...
Check Out The Cutest Dog Costumes in All of NYC
Photos by Eddy Garay Barktoberfest 2019 is over; everybody won. Well, we all got to see adorable dogs in great...
NYC Experiences: Sketch and The City
by Fernanda Mueller Could you imagine that in 2019 it's still possible to record travel memories without a cell phone?...
Lauren Light Unleashes Dark New Single, “Run”
By Alice Teeple Photos by Alice Teeple The nights are longer and the veil is thinner between the mortal and spirit...
Clinton Hall Turns Its Tables Into Canvases for 20 Local Artists
Photos courtesy of Clinton Hall Clinton Hall in the Financial District (90 Washington St) unveiled one-of-a-kind...
Succumbing To Sophie Kilburn’s Indigo Fever
By Alice Teeple Photos by Alice Teeple We are at the dawn of Scorpio season: a time of introspection and the upheaval...
Edgar Allan Poe – America’s Misunderstood Genius
By John EspositoEdgar Allan Poe on the High Bridge, an imagining made by illustrator Bernard (B. J.) Rosenmeyer, circa...
How to Stop Underground Casinos in NYC
There is something about gambling that endears itself to humans. Some people live for the rush that comes with risking...
The Wild Project’s Glass Menagerie is Shadowy, Haunting
Photo credit Chris Loupos It's an era of economic instability. It's an era of broken dreams and disaffected youth. A...
Domingo Zapata: Artist & Humanitarian
By R. Couri Hay Young Artists / Old School Artist Domingo Zapata was honored at the Brooklyn Borough...
Squeeze Songbook 2019 Tour
You might be tempted to write off the 1980’s as a decade of too much— too much hairspray, too much neon, and too much...