Arts

He’s an impresario. He’s a musician. He’s a performance artist, an actor, a singer, and a producer. He’s Willard Morgan, and if you ask his neighbors, he’s the Mayor of West 8th Street. That stretch of thoroughfare may only run from Fifth to Sixth Avenue, but it is one of the most historic cultural spots […]

Anyone who loves beauty and botanical prints should rush to Chelsea and see Sylvie Covey’s exhibit. It is another brilliant explosion of colorful imagery from nature, and it’s only open until March 8 at the cooperative Noho M55 Gallery. The French-born Covey is one of the most important printmakers in the world. Her book Modern

What is the sound of being ghosted after going through a job interview? According to the prog-rock band KADAWA, it’s the crisp, complex rhythms, slashing riffs, and soaring major key guitar solo of “We’ll Get Back to You” off their album, Post-Graduation Fees. Take something larger and not focussed on an individual’s experience: What is

“Baseball isn’t statistics,” legendary New York sports columnist Jimmy Cannon once wrote. “Baseball is DiMaggio rounding second.” I wonder if Tim Bassett, second baseman for Adler’s Paints, had that in mind when he quipped, decades later, “Is there anything more beautiful than the sun setting on a fat man stealing second base?” It’s entirely possible.

After decades of fighting, the former PS 64 building — which for some time, following the closing of the school, housed the CHARAS/El Bohio Cultural and Community Center — on 605 East 9th St. will be restored and turned back into a building for the community. The building was sold in January 2024 to an

Review of “Days Without Number, New York City,” photographs by Giovanna Silva, with a text by Sasha Frere-Jones Review by Michael Quinn You hardly know anyone, and there’s no place you need to be, so you walk around to get your bearings. You snap pictures of whatever catches your eye. You’re trying to capture a

Walking on East 4th Street, one building’s name stands out from the rest. Although its Soviet-themed interiors hint otherwise, the KGB Bar doesn’t technically refer to the USSR’s secret police, but instead, to owner Denis Woychuk’s art gallery. A former attorney, current artist, and the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Denis has a long history with

I have a peculiar form of delayed hypochondria. As a 30-something, I’ll happily sip two cocktails (an amount of alcohol that seemed the equivalent of a drink “fun-sized serving” in my early 20s), then spend the night sleeping poorly due to the alcohol, followed by anxiety-induced Google searches like “Which organs are most affected by