For a number of years, New York City’s largest concentration of “functionally extinct” American chestnut trees grew on the 16th-floor terrace of an apartment in…
For the Showman Behind Film Forum, It’s On With the Show
Last month, the projectors at Film Forum flickered back on for the first time in over a year, for a screening of Fellini’s carnivalesque tragedy…
Looking For a Japanese Air Freshener? Korean Shampoo? St. Marks Is the Place
It’s no secret that the East Village has become “an epicenter of Chinese and Taiwanese restaurants” in recent years, and eateries aren’t the only Asian…
A Walk Around Smorgasburg’s New Sister Market, Hester Flea
With the return of outdoor shopping season, there are big changes in Seward Park, where the Hester Street Fair held court for over a decade.…
‘Downtown Live’ Brings Free Outdoor Performances to an Altered Landscape
Anne Hamburger, the founder and artistic director of NYC-based theater company En Garde Arts, began envisioning the return of live performances one month into the…
No, Comedian Natalie Cuomo Couldn’t Pull Any Strings During the Pandemic
When opening New York shows, stand-up comedian Natalie Cuomo often cracks a one-liner in reference to her recognizable surname. “The only thing I have in…
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Designer Casey Caldwell On Dressing Protesters and Masking Nurses
RuPaul’s Drag Race, the Hunger Games film franchise, Lady Gaga, and Blue Ivy. What do all of these things have in common? Boundary-pushing and outrageous…
Holistic Pet Shops Ride the Pandemic-Pet Gravy Train
Last February, when the city shut down, Tazz Latifi chose to close her natural pet supply store in the Financial District. With Petropolis’ doors shut,…
A Bushwick Cabbie Turned Playwright Offers a Ride Through Gentrification
Walking through Bushwick for the first time, I don’t feel lost. Modesto Flako Jimenez, a Bushwick-raised actor, playwright, poet and educator, is my guide through…
A Kaleidoscopic Tape Mural Encourages the City to Roll Out More Open Streets
On Saturday, April 24, Tompkins Square Park was in bloom and with so much spring in the air, even the pavement on Avenue B seemed…