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How a Bike Messenger Captured ’70s and ’80s NYC in a Tarot Deck

Posted on April 19, 2018February 22, 2021 by Hannah Frishberg

In 1987, bike messenger Giani Siri self-published The New York Tarot, a 93-card deck with photos of New Yorkers and city scenes used as art…

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A ‘Central Park Five’ Exoneree Who Was Smeared By Trump Is Now Living His Fashion Dream

Posted on April 19, 2018February 22, 2021 by Erica Commisso

Park Madison NYC plasters graphic designs on otherwise plain garments — cars, angels and logos decorate hoodies, t-shirts and hats. Cherubs peek out from the…

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Tracy Morgan, Last O.G., Returns to Bed-Stuy to Show Off New Basketball Courts

Posted on April 18, 2018February 22, 2021 by Summer Eldemire

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…

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Performance Picks: Trashy Comedy, Asian Drag, 4/20 Monotony

Posted on April 18, 2018February 22, 2021 by Cassidy Dawn Graves

WEDNESDAY What’s Your Damage? Wednesday, April 18 at Wonders Of Nature, 8 pm: $5 A show called What’s Your Damage taking place at a space…

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We Went Station to Station Trying to Score the New David Bowie MetroCards

Posted on April 18, 2018February 22, 2021 by Libby Torres

“New Yorkers don’t wait on line for anything, except for David Bowie,” said a woman waiting in line this afternoon for the MTA’s new David Bowie…

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SummerStage Lineup: Bowie Tribute, Femi Kuti, San Fermin Among 100+ Free Outdoor Shows

Posted on April 18, 2018February 22, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

Hot on the heels of last week’s summer music festival announcements, the big daddy of them all– SummerStage– just dropped its dizzying lineup of more than…

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You Talkin’ to Paul Schrader? Your Chance to Ask the Director About Taxi Driver

Posted on April 18, 2018February 22, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

Paul Schrader will be back in movie theaters May 18 with First Reformed, a new one starring Ethan Hawke as a conflicted upstate priest who’s “cut from…

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LES Scores City’s First Public Squash Court

Posted on April 17, 2018February 22, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

When NYU shuttered its Coles Sports Center, we mourned the loss of its squash courts– one of the only downtown places where you could reenact the racquetball…

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Listen Up, Maggots: 3 Chances to See the Late R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket

Posted on April 17, 2018February 22, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

R. Lee Ermey died of pneumonia complications on Sunday at the age of 74. The former Marine Corps drill instructor started his acting career as…

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Cemetery Cinema! Rooftop Films Will Open Summer Series at Green-Wood Cemetery

Posted on April 17, 2018February 22, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

Rooftop Films normally screens films high atop the city, but this summer it’s going six feet under. The non-profit just announced that its Summer Series…

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