Pixie Aventura. Photo: Pixie Aventura on Instagram This Pandemic is a Drag Being a drag queen is not an easy job. You’re contending with huge expenditures on outfits, make-up, wigs and shoes, and... News 14 Aug 2020 | 02:46
Brita Filter, Rosé and Lagoona Bloo onstage at Therapy. Photo: Therapy Lounge NYC on Instagram Therapy at Therapy When I read recently that Manhattan gay bar and lounge Therapy might be unable to recover from the losses caused by the COVID... News 03 Aug 2020 | 05:52
The program aims to allow parents to learn about artists with their kids. (Photo: The Whitney Museum) American Art at Home A pandemic (when you’re safe) can be unproductive. A pandemic (again, when you’re safe) can be mentally draining. A pandemic... City Arts 28 Jul 2020 | 10:17
“Enliven New York” by Sir Shadow. ( Photo: Chashama) Chashama at 25 As an organization, Chashama is simply a platform for artists, performers, and innovators to display their creative output... City Arts 22 Jul 2020 | 02:43
“Defiant” - A man waiting outside a family bodega for his turn. ( Photo: Mitchell Hartman) Documenting a Pandemic Statues wearing face masks (and not the hydrating kind). An empty Times Square. An empty Museum Mile. Rolls and rolls of toilet... City Arts 07 Jul 2020 | 03:03
Council Members Ben Kallos (above) and Keith Powers joined the CB 8 Zoom meeting of the Small Business Committee. ( Photo courtesy of CB 8) For UES Restaurants and Small Businesses, a Glacial Reopening It’s been over three months since the first few regions in the United States started ordering shutdowns because of the COVID... News 18 Jun 2020 | 11:17
Panelists clockwise from top right: Sam Roberts, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., John Avlon, Michael Waldman and John Barry. ( Photo courtesy of Federal Hall.) ‘Clicking Through History’ In a virtual panel from Federal Hall, CNN senior political analyst John Avlon stated, “I was talking to someone in the environs... News 18 Jun 2020 | 11:10
Zoom panel on the lessons of AIDS for the COVID-19 pandemic. ( Photo courtesy of Roosevelt House) COVID and AIDS: An Intimate Connection While New York City starts to come to grips with its deep social and systemic disparities over weeks of protests and outcry,... News 11 Jun 2020 | 12:49
“Why don’t you just paint the wall black and just give it to the community and let them say what they have to say?” asked BID President Barbara Askins ( Photo courtesy of 125th Street Business Improvement District) Harlem’s Canvases For Change New York City continues to inch its way towards a resurgence of life. Well, of sorts, that is. As the city executes phase... News 11 Jun 2020 | 12:24
