Sabrina Chap had been avoiding protests in the city due to health concerns when she had a vision, mid-shower, of New Yorkers dancing simultaneously in…
Can an App Predict a Covid Patient’s Likelihood of Death?
Dr. John T. McDevitt saw the coronavirus coming. His wife, Anna Grassini, had been hearing about Covid-19 from her family in Italy since February. She…
How a Spontaneous Instagram Account Became the Central Source For BLM Protests in NYC
The creator of @justiceforgeorge wasn’t prepared for it to get this big. While scrolling through Twitter last Friday, Anne (who works anonymously and whom we…
Is It Really a Rare Book Fair Without the Smell of Old Books?
March 7 was the last time Will Baker went out to dinner. It was the weekend of the International Antiquarian Book Fair, which went off…
Can You Treat Coronavirus With Magic? Depends Which Spiritualist You Ask
During a Saturday Zoom ritual for “World Healing” run by The Temple of Hecate Inc., the ancient Greek goddess spoke through High Priestess Laurie Bizzarro’s…
Think the Election Is a Circus? Wait’ll You See This Comedy Show
On Saturday, February 15, Andrea Jones-Rooy hung from a lira—a circus tool that looks like some industrial hula hoop—on stage at the Lower East Side…
Witchcraft Is Everywhere, and I’m Trying It Out For a Spell
On the Aries full moon, October 13, Emma Westbrook, an Aries, orders iced coffee. Her sharp, neon space babe acrylic nails toy with her disintegrating…