Mario Golden couldn’t sleep for two nights before he wrote to more than 60 city and state representatives— including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents Golden’s…
At Spectacle’s ‘Virtual Cinematheque,’ You’re Free to Chat During the Movie
Talking and texting is strictly verboten in New York City’s indie theaters, as evidenced by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Janeane Garofalo’s no-nonsense PSAs for Alamo Drafthouse.…
As New Yorkers Stay Home, Less Complaints About Noise
Car horns, jackhammers, and bar-hoppers carousing in the night. Many of the city’s familiar sounds have quieted as New Yorkers stay home amidst the coronavirus…
Virtual Performance Picks: Wordy Wonderlands and One Final Drag
WEDNESDAY Oops!Wednesday, April 1 on @harajukubk Instagram Live, 10 pm: FREE (suggested donation) Typically happening at queer bar The Rosemont, drag show Oops is one…
New Yorkers Are Using 311 to Report Social Distancing Violations, and Police Are Responding
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises to more than 47,439 in New York City, people are taking social distancing more seriously. City data…
Briefly a Light in the Darkness, Drive-In Theaters Are Dimming Their Screens
Last week, as the film industry faced a grim new reality of shuttered theaters and a shift to online streaming, some small solace arrived in…
Grassroots ‘Coffee to the Frontlines’ Effort Keeps Hospital Workers Caffeinated
Last week, Starbucks began offering free coffee to frontline workers, which was an amazing idea — an amazing idea that Leigh Adel-Arnold had already put…
NYU Students Have Left the Building (And Aren’t Happy About It)
Paola Nagovitch, a journalism student at New York University, received an email on March 9 from the school’s administration about coronavirus-related measures NYU planned to…
Hasidic Williamsburg Has Been Making Grim Headlines; Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ Aims to Trade Sensationalism For Authenticity
“You can really get into the weeds,” said Alexa Karolinski, the co-creator and co-writer of Netflix’s new mini-series Unorthodox. “Like, should she wear something on…
With NYC Now an Epicenter, Students Go to Great Lengths to Get Home to China
As soon as New York confirmed its first case of coronavirus infection, Alice Qin, a sophomore at Barnard College, started considering flying back to China.…