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From Squat to Rooftop Squash: A New Garden Blooms at Umbrella House

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Nicole Disser

After a visit last year to ABC No Rio, a former squat building turned community space still very much awaiting its day for the ambitious makeover…

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Talks and Readings: Historic Greenpoint, Multiculti Confessions, and More

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jaime Cone

TUESDAY Almost Famous, except about a girl. And set in the ’90s. And British. How to Build a Girl, described by the New York Times’ Dwight Garner…

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Jonathan C. Stewart Dives into a Williamsburg Story On AMC’s Making of the Mob

Posted on June 4, 2015 by amiltonnymag

We couldn’t have picked a better spot to meet Jonathan C. Stewart, the actor who plays notorious mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel on AMC’s new show,…

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How Kate Bolick Got Off the Conveyor Belt and Embraced Spinsterism

Posted on June 2, 2015 by amiltonnymag

In 2011, Kate Bolick touched off a heated debate with her confessional Atlantic article “All the Single Ladies,” which described her experience breaking up with…

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Find Out Just How Bacteria-Infested Houston Street Is During This Weekend of Walking Tours

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Jaime Cone

Remember that scientist whose lab found 637 known species of bacteria in NYC’s subways? Well, that guy, geneticist Chris Mason, will be strolling around the Lower East Side…

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Former Squatter Remembers the ’90s Squat Scene in New Book

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Nicole Disser

Stacy Wakefield’s new book The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory, being published by Akashic in May, weaves together her experiences as a squatter in New York City back in the…

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25 Images From New Museum’s Arresting Survey of Contemporary Arab Art

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Kirsten O'Regan

For the last fifteen years, Massimiliano Gioni has enthusiastically observed the increased presence of the work of artists of Arabic origin at various biennials and…

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