BY DONATHAN SALKALN | For those celery stalk huggers who, for too long, have saved bagged food scraps in refrigerators: Rejoice! Let loose of your banana peels, release those freezer-burned cucumber skins, liberate your bags of coffee grinds and apple cores, and set free all those broken egg shells from your breakfast moments of bright […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | News about the neighborhood losing a longtime mom-and-pop shop is nothing new—and we’re as tired of writing those stories as you are of reading them. But in the absence of bold action at the city, state, and federal level, the combined burdens of COVID-19 are poised to shutter more small businesses […]
File This One Under “There’s Always Next Year” | For info on an event that has already aged out of our calendar cue, scroll down to the “tail” end of the page, and make plans to attend next year’s annual Blessing of the Animals, at St. Peter’s Chelsea. Tuesday, October 6, 5-7 pm: Night Out […]
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BY WINNIE McCROY | About 20 community members and almost an equal number of local law enforcement members gathered at Penn South on the early evening of September 30, for the 10th Precinct Community Council meeting—an opportunity for area residents and business owners to hear the latest crime statistics, interact with the NYPD, and voice […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Waltzing with Leonard Cohen | BY PUMA PERL My last meal before the fast Salmon with spinach and spaghetti squash I strive for […]
Sunday, October 4: Blessing of the Animals | We buy their kibble, scoop and clean when nature calls, and sit on that one tiny corner of the couch when they’re sprawled out on the rest of it, fast asleep. All that work, and what do we get in return? Little else but endless expressions of […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Nothing has stopped the 58th annual New York Film Festival (Sept. 17-Oct. 11) from going forward, and though this time I’ve been watching links rather than wear pants and bike up to Lincoln Center, it’s still rewarding. Among the highlights: LOVERS ROCK | The opening night attraction, Lovers Rock is part of […]
BY DONATHAN SALKALN | There needs to be a carbon tax on buying online. Large corporations such as Walmart and Amazon have deep pockets with the goal in putting our local businesses out-of-business, at the expense of our environment. There needs to be a carbon tax on products ordered online that are delivered in individually […]
REVIEW BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Mart Crowley’s landmark 1968 play The Boys in the Band brought a group of gay friends together for a bitchy and fun NYC birthday party, which is rocked when an unexpected visitor arrives after having had some kind of flareup with his wife. That the visitor turns out to be […]