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News As predatory landlord faces foreclosure, East Village tenants hope for relief, by Phyllis Eckhaus
How much should landlords get to profit off rent regulated tenants? And do long-suffering tenants get any say about it?...
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News Column: We don’t need billionaires, by George Fiala
I used to subscribe to Texas Monthly magazine, back in the days before Texas became the land of migrant haters...
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News Trump’s assault on education as viewed from Europe
International students are increasingly targeted by the Trump Administration. Not only did the the president threaten to shut down Harvard...
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Music Jazz by Grella: Leadership Secrets of Miles Davis
First, the good news: the Library of Congress last month added new albums to its National Recording Registry, which preserves...
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Music MUSIC: Wiggly Air, by Kurt Gottschalk
Punk’s not dread. Back in the ’90s, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon had “Girls invented punk rock, not England” emblazoned on...
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Features Push to re-examine Parks Department move to artificial turf, by Eric Newstrom
A few minutes before noon on the hottest day of the year (so far), East River Park is nearly empty....
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Features Being an NYU international student in these crazy days, by Leina Gabra
When the trees begin to turn green in the early days of spring, there’s usually a buzz of excited activity...
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Features The complex religious history of East Village’s “Kleindeutschland,” by Asar John
The East Village is now recognized for its nightlife, vintage clothing shops and the bustle of St. Mark’s Place –...
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Features Pride Takes Over Manhattan, Story and Photos by Kate Walter
Pride took over Manhattan on the weekend of June 27-29. The Drag March on Friday kicked off the festivities as...
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Features COFFEE CORNER: Breaking down decaf/benefits of caffeine, by Dana Costantino
Some of us drink coffee for a pick–me-up. Some of us drink coffee for the taste. Some of us drink...
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Arts TIMES AND SPACES IN THE DOWNTOWN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro
Living downtown, one must be open to a steady stream of surprising new events, people, spaces, energy, vibrations, delights, and...
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Arts Private Life is a criminally slept-on New York City movie about hope, by Brookie Mcilvaine
Private Life opens on the lower half of Rachel’s body, expectant. She’s clothed in only underwear, supine in dim lighting,...
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Arts Chashama celebrates 30 extraordinary year,s by Stephen DiLauro
It’s a carnival of performance art. It’s wilder than any drug-induced hallucinations. It surpasses any cinematic version of Carnival in...
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Arts LILI White’s Pastels of the LA Wildfires, by Lee Klein
The rolling hills and mountains of Southern California, the biosphere, the range of climates from desert to snow covered peaks...
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Arts MUSIC: Wiggly Air, by Kurt Gottschalk
\ Sultry haze of balmy nights. The Egypt-born, Quebec-based singer/composer/producer Nadah El Shazly has built a following in recent years...
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Arts Jazz 2025: The Mid-Year Report, by George Grella
People frequently (that is, once every few years) stop me on the street and ask me, “George” (no one really...
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Arts June Cinema Agenda: NYC Independent Film Festival returns, John Cazale at Film Forum, and Monica Vitti at Lincoln Center
Film festivals love to profess their indie bona fides, regardless of how institutional (Tribeca) or industrial (Sundance) they’ve become. (The...
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Arts Art and science are symbiotic at Pioneer Works’ magazine “Broadcast”
Michael Jones has worked in many different industries — as a manager for Brooklyn synthpop duo Holy Ghost!, at Vice...
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