Bill Diehl said he met one of his interview subjects, actress Bernadette Peters, rummaging through Chelsea’s Grand Bazaar. She told him she was looking for her jeweler. ( Photo: Courtesy Bill Diehl) Treasure Hunting at the City’s Flea Markets Sparks ABC Journalist’s New Book Upper East Sider Bill Diehl began his foray into flea marketing when COVID hit and he could no longer use ABC’s studios on... News 28 Mar 2025 | 04:30
Patrick Bringley was on the talk circuit promoting his memoir, “All the Beauty in the World” when he was convinced to turn the book into a one-man play, which just opened Off Broadway on March 27th at the DR Theater. ( Photo: Shahdmurshed/Wikimedia Commons) “All the Beauty in the World” Jumps from Print to Stage Patrick Bringley spent ten years as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum. He had just lost his brother to cancer and was seeking... City Arts 27 Mar 2025 | 03:11
Director, Mino Lora, works through a scene with the cast of Domino Effect. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) The People’s Theatre to Uplift NYC’s Immigrant Community Located in the heart of Washington Heights, where locals revere their heated and enthusiastic domino games, sits the largest... News 17 Mar 2025 | 04:33
At 74, former hand surgeon Frederick Ballet is getting his first NYC solo exhibition in Chelsea, showcasing his photography of the natural world. ( Photo: Frederick Ballet) Former Surgeon Turned Photographer Gets Solo Show in Chelsea Frederick Ballet, 74, of Long Beach Island, New Jersey, has no intention of slowing down. “I’ll never slow down. It’s not... City Arts 10 Mar 2025 | 04:36
Georgia O’Keefe was married to Alfred Stieglitz in 1924 until his death in 1949 but from 1941 to 1949 she had an unusually close and at times explosive relationship with a woman in the Southwest, which was also the scene of some of her most vivid paintings over the years. ( Photo: Rufus W. Holsinger/Wikimedia Commons) “Georgie & The Butch” Explored Relationship Between Woman and Famed Painter Georgia O’Keefe I confess I have always loved plays about letters. I even wrote one for kids, called “Dear Maudie.” That began as a book... City Arts 08 Mar 2025 | 07:05
Just in time for National Women’s History Month, a new children’s book by author/illustrator Janice Hechter celebrates the true story of activism by girls as young as 10. ( Photo: Janice Hechter ) A New Children’s Book Reminds Us of When NYC Girl Scouts Made History “Alice in Wonderland doesn’t count,” chanted a troop of New York City Girl Scouts, who realized that out of 22 statues in... City Arts 05 Mar 2025 | 12:03
”Caged,” a 2021 collage by Natalie Giugni is included in “Reflections on Progress: 100 Years of the New York Society of Women Artists,” on view at the Interchurch Center Gallery in Morningside Heights. ( Photo: New York Society of Women Artists) Women’s History Month Brings 4 Must-See Exhibitions March, Women’s History Month, is a great time to seek out women artists and art brought to us by women, and we’ve got some... City Arts 28 Feb 2025 | 02:58
An Evening with Rosanne Cash (right), the multi-Grammy winner who was performing songs from her lyrical body of work with her husband, John Leventhal ,was enhanced when she brought on “mystery guest” Elvis Costello to join her later in the show. ( Photo by Richard Termine/92NY) Rosanne Cash Surprises by Bringing ‘Mystery Guest’ Elvis Costello into Her 92NY Concert If you weren’t living under a rock last week in the city, you no doubt heard of the two Big Events in music: Paul McCartney’s... Home 21 Feb 2025 | 11:35
Flaco doing a “DeLorean” stretch in a pre-flyout routine at the Rumsey Playfield on February 15, 2023. The pose was named after the early 1980s sports car with gull-wing doors, featured in the Back to the Future movies. Courtesy of David Lei ( Photo: Courtesy of David Lei) Flaco: Owl on the Town For a year, he was one of our most famous celebrities, celebrated for literally flying free and high above the city. Still,... City Arts 14 Feb 2025 | 03:19
This is the image of The Gates as it appears on your phone in a virtual tour. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) The ‘Gates’ Are Back 20 Years Later, This Time Virtually In 2005, my children stood amidst our city’s buzzworthy attraction, The Gates, Central Park, New York City, unclear as to... City Arts 13 Feb 2025 | 01:13
Daniel Ficarri plays the newly restored Great Organ at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. ( Photo: Maike Schulz) St. John the Divine’s Organist Celebrates the Return of the Famed Cathedral’s Great Organ When Daniel Ficarri was in high school, he took his first trip to New York City, and the first landmark he wanted to visit... City Arts 06 Feb 2025 | 04:12
A Gorgeous Excitement, a debut novel from Cynthia Weiner, is set with a backdrop of mid-1980s New York where two jarring cases involving young people shook the city and dominated tabloid headlines. Coming-of-Age Novel Takes Readers Back to mid-’80s NYC and Some Infamous Crimes New York City, 1986. If, like me, you were here, you remember the true-crime headlines about the the Preppy Murder involving... City Arts 09 Feb 2025 | 11:14
Recreation of Anne Frank’s room and the desk where she wrote her diary. ( Photo: John Halpern ) Anne Frank The Exhibition Brings Tragic Story to Life, Re-creating the Famous Annex I look down at the sheet of glass that separates me and a large-scale map of Europe. Small red flags flood the region, each... City Arts 14 Feb 2025 | 03:46
Controversy Brewing as Rachel Storch opts Out of Matching Funds in CD4 Race