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News A Mindfulness Coach in Hell: The Wellness Program at Rikers was supposed to make life better for women incarcerated there. Oneika Mays isn’t sure it did.
The first time I met Oneika Mays was in the sanctuary of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. A...
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News Book:s THE PALM HOUSE, by Gwendoline Riley
Gwendoline Riley broke boundaries when she came out with her sort of existentialist, prize-winning novel, Cold Water, at age 22. Cold...
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Arts DOWNTOWN IN THE BOHEMIAN CONTINUUM
Bowery Poetry (formerly known as The Bowery Poetry Club) is being reimagined, according to Bob Holman. Possibly America’s most well-known...
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Features When I ended up at an orgy in the Village by mistake
I was a Person of the Village many years ago, when graffiti slathered the subways, fires devoured the Bronx, doggy...
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Features Wandering Witness: Daniel Root Finding New York City
At six in the morning, long after last call, Daniel Root is most at home. The dive bars and restaurants...
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Features Greek Jewish Festival both is both Hellenic and Hebraic
On Sunday, May. 17, Hellenic food, dancing, and music held sway at Congregation Kehila Kedosha Janina’s 11th annual Greek Jewish...
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Features Start spreading the fuse
It’s 3:30 pm, April 7, 2026, less than five hours before an entire civilization may be eliminated, according to the...
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Features Struggling to Live in a Construction Site
I can’t get anything done. I can’t write. I can’t take a Zoom meeting. I can’t even make a phone...
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Arts Jazz by Grella: Incivility
What can white musicians say in jazz? That’s no small question, particularly today. The goal of the Trump regime and...
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Arts Barks and bites: Bailey Williams’ The Family Dog at Clubbed Thumb examines familial relations in the digital age
Family dramas have been a staple of American theater at least since Eugene O’Neil thought, Hmm, maybe I’ll write something...
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Arts The Village Star-Revue Theater Section, June 2026, edited by Asal Azari
Pleasure, Dilation, and Mythology in the Works of Reza Abdoh: A Historical Profile by Asal Azari Contradiction, infection, and a...
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Bowery Poetry (formerly known as The Bowery Poetry Club) is being reimagined, according to Bob Holman. Possibly America’s most well-known...
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Arts ROOTS OF THE PUNK BEAT PUNK GENERATION – PART TWO
I WILLL NOT GO TO WAR (TODAY TOMORROW OR EVER FOR YOUR LOST MIND MR. PRE-SIDENT) You want me to...
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Arts A Conversation with Filmmaker John W Kim About His New Comedy “Reunion”
Sure, high school reunions can be a chance to reconnect with old friends and share some laughs over those woebegone...
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Arts Action Painting with Jackson Pollock and Barnaby Ruhe
With Jackson Pollock’s huge historic work "7A" from 1948, which seems like the fairy tale cow to leap up in...
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Arts Eric Andersen Evokes the Village of the’60s
“I was walking down the street with Phil Ochs as we often did,” said singer-songwriter Eric Andersen at The Bitter...
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