On Monday, a man in his mid-thirties walked through the red doors of the Ryan NENA Health Center in Alphabet City, concerned he had caught…
Two Subscription Coffee Companies, Now With Storefronts
Subscription boxes have been all the rage for years now, offering anything from cocktail ingredients to stuff to supposedly empower you when you’re single, delivered to…
This Keith Haring x Planned Parenthood Collab Is Like an OB/GYN Office On Wheels
(Photos: Cecilia Nowell) The crowd gathered outside of City Hall this afternoon was excited about more than just a colorful, pink-and-blue bus. Bold lettering across…
Three Owls Market Wants To ‘Rethink What the Modern Deli Could Be’
“There’s nothing I love more than a market,” says Suzanne Dumaine. “Anytime I’m traveling you cannot keep me out of a marketplace.” This love has…
I Had a Wizard Session With the Gandalf of Greenpoint
Devin Person doesn’t always wear head-to-toe wizard garb while working with a client, but when he opens the door to his small Greenpoint apartment for…
Brittany Runs a Marathon Star Jillian Bell on her ‘Couch to 5K’ Training Journey
At the Sundance Film Festival, you expect to see artful indies and quirky dramas — the next Little Miss Sunshine or Mudbound or Precious. What…
This ‘Totem’ Artist’s Living Room Isn’t Like Your Living Room
Walter Markham Jr., an artist and employee of the city’s Department of Parks, has lived in a cheerful five-floor walk-up just south of Prospect Park…
A Singular Talent, Chef Anita Lo Wants You to Find Joy in Cooking Alone
Americans are more single than ever, and if every romantic comedy made in the past twenty years is to be believed, that means there have never…
Williamsburg’s Toddlers Get a Center For Meditation and Mindfulness
Williamsburg has more millennials than any other neighborhood in a major US city, and a new meditation and wellness center is joining a growing number…
Smart Food, Indeed! This Delicious Popcorn Helps Autistic People Land Jobs
If Popcorn for the People had a kernel, it was 24-year-old Samuel Bier. Bier, who is autistic, wanted to work, travel, and live like everyone else.…