In a storefront like any other on Avenue C, between a burger joint and a convenience store, sits the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MORUS). Though many museum curators stay shut up in their offices when not hunting for new acquisitions or donors, the same cannot be said about Bill Di Paola, the museum’s founder. […]
Keeping it real on the Lower East Side, by J. Barnes Read More »
What to send? What to give? Where to go? Where to eat and drink? I only make suggestions. There are, of course, no hard and fast rules about any of this. This column is about the holiday season–Christmas and Hannukah (and Festivus?). If this offends you for any reason, your attitude offends me. So, we’re
HOLIDAZE IN THE BOHEMIAN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro Read More »
I used to be half of a musical act named Working Class Bohemians. The name choice was mine. I got it from a line in Judith Thurman’s excellent biography of the French writer Colette. Whenever I did a gig as part of a duet, it was as Working Class Bohemians. Often it would be with
BOHEMIAN VIBES IN THE DOWNTOWN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro Read More »
Let’s talk shampoo, a conversation that I think is long overdue. For years I bought mine from Arrojo, a local salon, in jumbo plastic containers. The products had none of the bad stuff—parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances—and I figured one big container uses less plastic than several smaller ones. Then the algorithm started to feed me
“A Sustainable Village” figures out zero waste, by Michele Herman Read More »
Spring 2025. I head over to the median strip of West Street at Christopher to participate in a small weekly “action” I’ve just learned about. I choose a hand-lettered sign from the organizer’s bag that reads HONK IF YOU LOVE DEMOCRACY. For the first time since elementary school, someone hands me a tambourine. Goldilocks-like, I’ve
Going where the protest suits my clothes, by Michele Herman Read More »
I used to subscribe to Texas Monthly magazine, back in the days before Texas became the land of migrant haters and backward schools, and one day it shows up in the mail and who’s on the cover but the son of a president that I was happy was not the president any more. The article
Column: We don’t need billionaires, by George Fiala Read More »
June is primary month ahead of this Fall’s elections in New York City. One of the more hotly contested districts appears to be District 1 in lower Manhattan, where incumbent Christopher Marte is being challenged by three Community Board 1 members: Lawyer Jess Coleman, Gotham Park Chair Elizabeth Lewinsohn and MTA Director of Expense Analysis
POLITICS: Housing at the center of Manhattan City Council race Read More »
More than a few of the writers in this month’s paper seem to be questioning how our country got to this current place. It’s of course something I’ve been trying to figure out as well. Lots of other people are also wondering. One of them is Bill Gates. Bill and I are just about the
Publishers’s Column: It’s not just us that are asking Read More »
“If this hospital closes, people will die.” So declared attorney Arthur Schwartz to New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman during a nearly all-day Halloween hearing on the fate of Mount Sinai Beth Israel—the embattled hospital on East 16th Street and First Avenue. Schwartz, representing community advocates, urged Judge Pearlman to maintain the temporary
Fate of Beth Israel still in courts, by Phyllis Eckhaus Read More »
Just last summer, a global NGO named Food Tank wrote about community gardens in their newsletter. “Urban agriculture offers a multitude of economic and environmental benefits to New York City that are overlooked. When properly resourced, it can be utilized as a framework to achieve food justice and create a more sustainable food system rooted
Community gardeners rally at City Hall, by George Fiala Read More »
