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For a number of years, New York City’s largest concentration of “functionally extinct” American chestnut trees grew on the 16th-floor terrace of an apartment in… The post Reviving the A...

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Last month, the projectors at Film Forum flickered back on for the first time in over a year, for a screening of Fellini’s carnivalesque tragedy… The post For the Showman Behind Film Forum,...

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It’s no secret that the East Village has become “an epicenter of Chinese and Taiwanese restaurants” in recent years, and eateries aren’t the only Asian… The post Looking For a Japanes...

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With the return of outdoor shopping season, there are big changes in Seward Park, where the Hester Street Fair held court for over a decade.… The post A Walk Around Smorgasburg’s New Sister...

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Anne Hamburger, the founder and artistic director of NYC-based theater company En Garde Arts, began envisioning the return of live performances one month into the… The post ‘Downtown Live�...

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When opening New York shows, stand-up comedian Natalie Cuomo often cracks a one-liner in reference to her recognizable surname. “The only thing I have in… The post No, Comedian Natalie Cuom...

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RuPaul’s Drag Race, the Hunger Games film franchise, Lady Gaga, and Blue Ivy. What do all of these things have in common? Boundary-pushing and outrageous… The post ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race�...

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Last February, when the city shut down, Tazz Latifi chose to close her natural pet supply store in the Financial District. With Petropolis’ doors shut,… The post Holistic Pet Shops Ride the...

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Walking through Bushwick for the first time, I don’t feel lost. Modesto Flako Jimenez, a Bushwick-raised actor, playwright, poet and educator, is my guide through… The post A Bushwick Cabbi...

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On Saturday, April 24, Tompkins Square Park was in bloom and with so much spring in the air, even the pavement on Avenue B seemed… The post A Kaleidoscopic Tape Mural Encourages the City to R...

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