On a bright Saturday afternoon in New York City’s Central Harlem neighborhood, street vendors call out discounted prices for hats, undergarments, scarves, and household items. People walk in and out of pawn shops, thrift stores, and nail salons nestled between fast-food joints and restaurants. But the bustle of the city quiets down on 134th StreetContinue reading “How One Man in Harlem Is Changing Lives, One Seed at a Time”
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Adding the Gambian Rhythm to New York
This was my first solo multi-media project. I followed Ebrima Jassey and Salieu Suso around for days, trying to learn more about their life and music. I finished editing this video last year and only realized it’s importance after watching it again today. In the most stubborn way, I have rejected all suggestions of tryingContinue reading “Adding the Gambian Rhythm to New York”
Living sculpture project helps migratory birds in NYC parks
BIRDLINK living sculptures by artist Anina Gerchick provide resting places for migratory birds in city parks. Photo Credit: Anina Gerchick By Sushmita Roy Updated December 9, 2018 6:08 PM PRINT SHARE Central Park and Prospect Park are globally recognized as havens for a variety of migratory birds. But just like every other New Yorker who stopsContinue reading “Living sculpture project helps migratory birds in NYC parks”
NY Knicks tap colorful Brooklyn artist for limited-edition game posters
This New York Knicks poster, designed by Brooklyn artist Mike Perry, will be free for all fans who attend the Knicks’ home game against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. Photo Credit: Mike Perry for New York Knicks By Sushmita Roy Updated December 6, 2018 3:34 PM PRINT SHARE Mike Perry’s work, which includes the animated titlesContinue reading “NY Knicks tap colorful Brooklyn artist for limited-edition game posters”
Holiday Train Show returns to the New York Botanical Garden
Follow the lights up to the Bronx.
After the sun sets in the city, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory glows from inside.
‘The Coen Brothers Go West: Costume Design for ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ comes to Queens
The Coen Brothers head back to the Old West with their latest film “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” the costumes of which are now on display at the Museum of the Moving Image.
Fall foliage is about to peak at The New York Botanical Garden
New Yorkers needn’t leave the five boroughs to see the best seasonal colors in the region. Spectacular fall foliage is on display at The New York Botanical Garden’s Thain Family Forest. Photo Credit: Ben Hider Not far from the city’s rising noise levels and illuminated skyline, the water moves slowly across the Bronx River andContinue reading “Fall foliage is about to peak at The New York Botanical Garden”
Harlem Chocolate Factory makes sweets inspired by the neighborhood
At this shop, the history of Harlem is told through chocolate. The artisan chocolate shop, Harlem Chocolate Factory, sells sweets with names such as Bodega Dreams and Mangoes del Barrio that pay homage to the neighborhood. Jessica Spaulding founded the company in 2014. She helped get it off the ground by winning the NYPL’s StartUP!Continue reading “Harlem Chocolate Factory makes sweets inspired by the neighborhood”
Shirley Chisholm deserves congressional gold medal, officials say
A monument to former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm is planned for Prospect Park. Photo Credit: Sushmita Roy Peering from behind her gold-rimmed spectacles stood a woman whose words still echo not just in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Baptist Church where she addressed a cheering crowd of about 500 in 1972, but in the present-day retelling of a historyContinue reading “Shirley Chisholm deserves congressional gold medal, officials say”
Maria de Los Angeles’ art inspired by immigration stories, including her own
The car’s last halt before pulling over at the San Diego Sector of the United States Border Patrol was in Tijuana, at the children’s aunt’s place. It was 1999, when the fencing on Friendship Park — the only federally sanctioned meeting point between Mexico and the United States — was a single layer. Situated between San Diego andContinue reading “Maria de Los Angeles’ art inspired by immigration stories, including her own”
Target development in anti-gentrification group’s crosshairs as too big for Elmhurst
Queens Neighborhoods United, an anti-gentrification group, is set to appeal what they call an “illegal” development in Elmhurst, Queens, that includes a Target. According to the organization, the new development violates the local zoning laws that prohibit construction of “big-box” department stores in the area. Democratic nominees Catalina Cruz and Jessica Ramos joined residents of JacksonContinue reading “Target development in anti-gentrification group’s crosshairs as too big for Elmhurst”
Packing clothes, and deferred dreams
You can fit a Bible or an extra pair of jeans. You might have to choose between photographs and letters. And do you take the sturdy boots or the formal black shoes? You think of him stranded on a desert trail, in the scorching heat. But there’s no room for a hat. Or maybeContinue reading “Packing clothes, and deferred dreams”
New chapter for city’s indie bookstores
The scent is a mishmash of newly printed paper and freshly heated croissants. There is also the sound of footsteps, on occasion accompanied by the click-clack of walking sticks, finding their way to the back of the store, to where books by their beloved favorite writers are neatly arranged. At still other times,Continue reading “New chapter for city’s indie bookstores”
Scissors and razors, brushes and chairs
A routine grooming visit, for men at least, amounts to little more than a shave and a swift cut. But at Arthur Rubinoff’s Barber Museum on Columbus Avenue, a cut with a pair of diamond-studded gold scissors isn’t the only thing that screams extravagant. If you aren’t already impressed by the six gold-platedContinue reading “Scissors and razors, brushes and chairs”
A quiet, lethal art
Legs move in rhythmic motions. Punches are thrown and released. But there are no loud thuds — noise is kept to a bare minimum at this Upper West Side dojo. A woman pushes the door open and storms towards the desk, “Hi! I would like to find out about …” The response fromContinue reading “A quiet, lethal art”
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