Tuesdays: Sunset Salsa | Learn the steps, then stay to show off your new moves, when you beat feet to Hudson River Park’s Sunset Salsa series (with Talia Castro-Pozo). Every Tuesday, through August 27. Lessons: 6:30-7:30pm and open dance, 7:30-9pm, at Pier 45 (at Christopher St.). For more info, click here. THE PS11 FARM MARKET | The market […]
BY MICHELE CARLO | One night this June, I walked into The Tank (an acclaimed nonprofit arts presenter and producer on W. 36th St. whose mission is to support developing artists), to see a new solo show called Party Animal. I took my seat amid a set strewn with crushed red Solo cups, balloons in […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Dance connoisseurs look forward to August and the arrival in town of Drive East, a weeklong festival of South Asian music and dance by some of India’s brightest stars. Bijayini Satpathy opened the fest on Monday, with a brilliant demonstration of Odissi dance, comprised of exquisite shapes, colors, and sounds emanating […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER Lewd, crude, loud and proud, fast on her feet and politically opinionated (not a fan of Trump), legendary drag queen and one-time longtime New York City resident Jackie Beat retreats from her Los Angeles abode to grace Gotham with her pithy presence, for one show only, come Thurs., Aug. 15—when the storied […]
NOTE: Below, click on the red portions to be taken to articles and info sources. Dear Mayor de Blasio, We are calling on you to return Richard Born’s and Ira Drukier’s campaign contributions and the $90,000 that was raised at the March fundraiser. With the presidential primaries underway and your reputation for standing up for […]
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BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | In the early months of 2019, two complementary exhibitions opened at The Rubin Museum of Art (150 W. 17th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.): The Power of Intention: Reinventing the (Prayer) Wheel, which is a collection of traditional and contemporary art highlighting the connection between intentions, commitments, and actions; and […]
Tuesday, August 6: Plaza Ribbon-Cutting | The Meatpacking District Initiative BID is hosting a ribbon-cutting for the formal opening of the Gansevoort and Chelsea Plazas. It caps over four years of construction, and has created over 20,000 square feet of public space. Drop by to say, “Hello,” and help celebrate the district’s revival. This 10am […]
Re: Chelsea Green Charms Neighborhood, After Years of Grassroots Efforts (news, July 26, 2019): A beautiful day to open the very beautiful Chelsea Green park. It was a delight to see little kids frolicking in the miniature sprinklers, which are just the perfect size for them. There was a veritable parking lot of strollers at […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | Every other year, the Whitney Museum of American Art (99 Gansevoort St. btw. Washington St. & 10th Ave.) presents the Whitney Biennial, an exhibition that shares what is happening in American art at the current moment, across the mediums of painting, sculpture, installation, film and video, photography, performance, and sound. The […]