For the past year, Nora Quinlan, 23, has been stuck working for a center-right political talk show. She wanted to do something she believed in,…
‘We Don’t Have a Lot of Hope’: Williamsburg Artists Grapple With the Pandemic
Nicole von Arx was one of many Williamsburg artists and merchants whose lives were completely disrupted when the pandemic hit in March. In the span…
As Pandemic Fractures the City, Mosaic Man Stays on the Trail
The East Village is one of the most visually distinct neighborhoods in New York City, and for the past 35 years, James “Jim” Power’s famous…
Stand-Up Tara Cannistraci On Outdoor Comedy, and Why Indoor Shows Make Her Feel Like Bronx Barbie
From the cold, slightly damp ground in Prospect Park, mild laughter dissolved into the Friday evening air in late September. Comedians stepped up onto the…
How a Spontaneous Street Band Saved the Summer in Prospect Park
Haitian roots musician Alegba Jahyile stumbled on something special this spring. He went out to Prospect Park with his guitar one day in April, picked…
NY LGBTQ Film Festival Is the Latest to Park at the Drive-In
While New Jersey’s indoor movie theaters were allowed to reopen earlier this month (hence this weekend’s screening of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, limited to an…
Four Stories That Didn’t Make the Wild, Timely New Documentary About New Jersey’s Most Infamous Amusement Park
“Honk your horn if you’ve told someone an Action Park story and people have doubted you,” Seth Porges told an audience that had just watched…
A Harlem Breakdancer Takes On Racism and the Pandemic Back in Brazil
As the United States closes in on three months of protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, people in Brazil are confronting a similar…
Museum of Chinese in America’s President Nancy Yao Maasbach On Racism, Recovery, and Reopening
Among all of the arts and culture institutions that were hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. the Museum of Chinese in America had a particularly…
As Filming Resumes in NYC, It’s ‘Lights, Camera…Action?’
Before Covid-19 tore through New York City, the film industry was alive and thriving. In February, Law and Order SVU was shooting its 22nd season…