Bed Stuy has new hoops thanks to comedian Tracy Morgan, who returned to his childhood neighborhood yesterday to unveil new basketball courts at Marcy Playground. The…
Buy a Senator(‘s Portrait) Just Like the NRA Does!
“The NRA knows how easy it is to buy a senator,” says Kim Sillen, “So we wanted to offer everyone the same opportunity.” On Saturday, you’ll…
City Reliquary Unveils a Sculpture Garden That’s Pure Garbage
Many art shows can be classified as “trash” but a new sculpture garden takes it a step further. Part of the ongoing “NYC Trash!: Past, Present, &…
Enter the Kosmodrome: Part Rave, Part Self-Help Seminar
If your health insurance stopped covering your favorite therapist and your ex changed their Netflix password, consider the Kosmodrome, a one-night motivational and immersive theater…
Twins Who Grew Up in Queens Together May Be Split By Deportation
After living undocumented in New York City since they were two years old, Juan Esteban Barreto and his twin sister Daniela both applied for protection under…
Brooklyn’s Kambo Shamans Have the Frog Venom You Crave
Slipping out of her corporate job 30 minutes early, Mona meets two friends outside of a graffitied door in Brooklyn. They aren’t there for happy…
Protesters Decry ‘Racism Disguised as Art’ as Controversial Chinatown Show Closes
Most artists would be happy to have a closing party thrown for their show. Not Omer Fast. On Saturday, activist groups held a protest to…
Hear Syrian Activists Tackle the Problem of ‘Hell On Earth’
When Radwan Ziadeh was living in his hometown of Daraya, southeast of Damascus, its population was 300,000. Now, he says, the population is zero. Ziadeh,…
Why Venezuelan Immigrants Approve of Trump’s Latest Travel Ban
New York’s Attorney General is demanding a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s third travel ban, it was announced today. But while A.G. Eric…
East Village Puerto Ricans On Trump’s ‘Sickening’ Response to Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria hit close to home for the many Puerto Ricans living in Alphabet City. Among the 34 who died when the storm hit Puerto…