Yoko Ono singing at the Sky Festival, Oct. 4, 2015. Photo: May S. Young, Creative Commons, Wikimedia Yoko Turning 90: Still a Doyenne of New York City On Feb. 18, Yoko Ono will be turning 90 years old. It’s time for New York to thank her for her service. Yoko has given New... News 08 Feb 2023 | 07:33
Mayor Eric Adams (third from right) attends Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, December 24, 2022. Photo: Diane Bondareff/Mayoral Photography Office Wishing Prominent Noo Yawkers a Happy 2023! What do the upper crust of New York hope for in 2023? What are their dreams, secret fears and goals? You and I? We just hope... Voices 27 Dec 2022 | 10:32
The Dakota today. Photo: Alexis Gelber Que Pasa, New York! ‘Sometime in New York City’ Turns 50 Has New York ever embraced a transplant quite as happily as it accepted John Lennon when he moved here, with his wife Yoko... Voices 22 Jun 2022 | 11:29
Ronald Kapon at Zabar’s. Photo: Stephan Russo From Wine Connoisseur to Stellar Volunteer I recently wrote a piece on Andrew Blacks and the Positive Influence basketball program at Amsterdam Houses. Andrew has a... Voices 16 Mar 2022 | 10:26
The John Lennon “Imagine” memorial mosaic from Strawberry Fields in Central Park, New York. Photo: Dave Addey, via Flickr When John and Yoko Were Our Favorite New Yorkers Fifty years ago, an airplane carrying John Lennon and Yoko Ono touched down in New York City – and so much promptly changed.... Voices 23 Jul 2021 | 08:11
Photo courtesy of Bob Gruen A Life of Chronicling Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll Bob Gruen says he has been thinking of writing a memoir for 50 years. Now 74, and with the help of journalist Dave Thompson,... News 17 Mar 2021 | 12:38
Yoko Ono (b. 1933, Japan), DREAM TOGETHER, 2020, installed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art © Yoko Ono. Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen NYC Museums Begin to Reopen DREAM TOGETHER Those are the larger than life words emblazoned on the front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yoko Ono... City Arts 29 Aug 2020 | 05:31
Allan Tannenbaum in his Tribeca studio, with Jimi. ( Photo: David Noonan) Capturing Life, and History In 1973, Allan Tannenbaum became the staff photographer for the Soho Weekly News, which was started that year by publisher... News 17 Mar 2020 | 09:37