Issy Knowles on stage performing as Pollie in the award-winning one woman play “Body Count.” ( Photo: Geve Penn) Bonnie Blue Inspires Sexy and Controversial One-Woman Play Your body, your choice. But what if you’re choosing to objectify yourself for the male gaze and a paycheck, with a dollop... City Arts 13 Mar 2026 | 01:47
Red Door Productions is the brainchild of five actors trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute on a mission to put on amazing plays and create their own opportunities. Top left to right: Isabella Candillier, Roxane Pes, and Violet Levinson. Bottom left: Carolina Buhck; bottom right: Ana Radice-Morras. ( Photos: Roxane Pes) A Sneak Peak Behind The Red Door: Theater, Creativity, Innovation! Five actors, hailing from Britain, France, Holland, and the Island of Martinique found each other in NYC and then founded... City Arts 12 Mar 2026 | 11:35
Winner of Best in Show: “Penny” the Doberman Pinscher was handled by Andy Linton, and is owned by Francis Sparagna, Diana Sparagna, Theresa Connors-Chan, and Gregory Chan. ( Photo: Geoffrey Potter) Where New York Takes the Leash: Westminster at 150 A Doberman Pinshcer named Penny won best of show, besting more then 2,500 other canines at the 150th annual Westminster Dog... City Arts 28 Feb 2026 | 04:22
The Company of Ailey II: Top row (l to r): Darion Turner, Xavier Logan; middle row standing (l to r): Eric J. Vidana, Jordyn White, Christian Butts, Shay Bland, Rehearsal Director, Francesca Harper, Artistic Director, Xhosa Scott, Meredith Brown, Jada Ammons; middle row kneeling (l to r): Kamani Abu, Adanna Smalls; bottom row (l to r): Carley Cruzat Brooks, Jennifer M. Gerken. ( Photo by Nir Arieli) Ailey II: The Future Is Now For more than five decades, Ailey II, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has merged the spirit and... City Arts 06 Mar 2026 | 04:59
A slice of Manhattan, with Greenwich Village, Hudson Yards and Midtown skyscrapers. Macken started the project with the RCA Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza) “and it just ballooned.” ( Photo: Val Castronovo) He Built This City, Literally; Massive Model of Gotham on Display at City of NY Museum Call it a side hustle or, more precisely, a “side hustle on steroids” to quote Queens-born Joe Macken, who spent 21 years... City Arts 21 Feb 2026 | 03:06
Roz Chast (left), a veteran cartoonist who has been with The New Yorker since 1978, and colleague Liza Donnelly (right) who is the power behind a new documentary “Women Laughing” that is being debuted at the Athena Film Festival, confer over a cartoon. ( Photo: Courtesy Liza Donnell) “Women Laughing” Tells Story of Women Cartoonists at The New Yorker Around a table at the Algonquin Hotel, a group of women cartoonists sit drawing as they talk, occasionally glancing up at... City Arts 18 Feb 2026 | 11:33
Benjamin Feldshuh, 88 years old, picked up a paint brush again when he quit his job as a top psychiatrist at NYU. His abstractionist and cubist paintings will have their first public exhibition at the loft space Sixth Floor on Feb. 19. ( Photo: Deborah Fenker) Benjamin Feldshuh: A Rising Modernist Star at 88 Years Old Historically, critical acclaim and popularity have depended on youth and novelty. But sometimes something hits at the right... Home 21 Feb 2026 | 03:31
McKenna Camille (left) stands with fashion designer Kalita Hon (middle), and guest Ilona Ho (right) who came to see her show at the Neighbor Gallery in Chelsea on Feb. 11, featuring upcycled denim displays. The thrift store chic clothing industry is booming. ( Photo: Isis O’Flynn-Shahaf) Young Pop Star Brings Thrift Store Chic Collection to NYFW It might not attract the attention of Vogue’s Anna Wintour, but 23-year-old pop singer and up-and-coming fashion designer... City Arts 16 Feb 2026 | 11:24
Basil Twist, a third-generation puppeteer, is an international designer, director, and performer as well as founder and director of the Dream Music Puppetry Program at HERE Arts Center and known for his underwater puppet show, “Symphonie Fantastique”. ( Photo: BasilTwist.com) Puppetopia: Not Your Grandkids’ Puppet Show “Puppetry has a profound effect on people because it connects them to the mystery of what it is to be alive. Children might... City Arts 11 Feb 2026 | 10:25
The 72nd edition of the Winter Show at the Park Ave. Armory raises money for East Side House Settlement. The shows executive director Helen Allen (second from left) welcomes past attendees Michael Lynch, Lucinda Ballard, and Daniel Diaz. ( Photo: Photo: Deonté Lee / BFA.com) Where History Gets Dressed Up for Winter: Inside New York’s Most Glamorous Antique Affair For ten luminous days, from January 23 through February 1, the city became a living museum, where the past felt thrillingly... City Arts 11 Feb 2026 | 06:07
Dorothy Parker (center) was the only woman who was a member of the Algonquin Roundtable with also included (clockwise from upper left Art Samuels, Charlie MacArthur, Harpo Marx, and Alexander Woollcott. She’s the focus of a new play by Douglas Carter Beane. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Douglas Carter Bean...Legendary Playwright Takes on Dorothy Parker at Beechman He has won two Drama Desk Awards, and been nominated for five Tonys, for plays like “Country Club” and “Little Dog Laughed.”... City Arts 05 Feb 2026 | 03:04
Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup cans and Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait are just a few of the pieces from the MoMa’s collection that Abney renders in LOVE NYC. Photo: The Museum of Modern Art ( Photo: The Museum of Modern Art ) Nina Chanel Abney Launches Debut Monograph at New MoMa Design Store in Soho New York artist and author Nina Chanel Abney, launched her debut monograph, bringing her resplendent art to a packed house... City Arts 26 Jan 2026 | 03:23
Lorraine Diehl was the main writer on The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart’s Masterpiece. She collaborated with Marianne Hardart, the granddaughter of one of the co-founders. ( Photo: Bill Diehl) The Automat: A Classic Serving of NYC Nostalgia Back in Print After 23 Years Lorraine Diehl, co-author of The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart’s Masterpiece, spent over two... City Arts 20 Jan 2026 | 11:35
