Guests view exhibit at Beyond the Bricks launch at Ryan’s Daughter on the Upper East Side. Photo: Karen Camela Watson Beyond the Bricks: An Art Collaboration The pub was full – the latest hotspot-on-a-Saturday-night kind of full. But this was Wednesday, and there was no dancing,... News 19 Nov 2022 | 04:26
Madame Rouillé, by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr. A Gift That Keeps Giving It’s literally the chance of a lifetime to see a collection of drawings in a history-making promised gift. The Frick Collection,... City Arts 19 Oct 2022 | 11:10
Christine Donovan (right) with former Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2009. Photo courtesy of Mary Covington Living One’s Dreams in New York Restaurant opportunity in Turtle Bay – Back in January of this year the Parks Dept. issued a Request for Proposals (RFP)... Voices 09 Oct 2022 | 06:54
Jahdal Benjamin in the package room at The Andover in Yorkville. Photo: Karen Camela Watson Building Service Workers Award Honoree Jahdal Benjamin: Taking Care of Deliveries at The Andover Just past the sharply dressed doorman, through the lobby and to the left in the all-rental luxury Andover building located... People 28 Sep 2022 | 10:46
Installation view of “Pentachrome” by Michael Lin, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Paul Lachenauer, courtesy of The Met New Art in Old Places at The Met What’s an institution to do when it only has two million square feet and countless ideas? The Metropolitan Museum of Art... City Arts 27 Sep 2022 | 12:42
Myrna Socol Eisenberg’s painting, “Yellow Sky at Dawn.” Photo courtesy of Arlene Kayatt Remembering Those Who Made New York Another street, another naming – The northwest corner of East 29th St. at First Ave. is being co-named for Dr. May Edward... Voices 25 Sep 2022 | 02:45
CB8 members met over Zoom on Tuesday to discuss abortion rights. Photo: Abigail Gruskin A ‘Recipe’ For Defending Abortion Rights Marlene Fried, a reproductive rights champion and scholar, has a “recipe for activist fuel” in the battle to defend abortion... News 22 Sep 2022 | 04:22
A line of parents waiting to drop off their children on the first day of school wrapped around the block at P.S. 87, on West 77th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Is This What Normal Feels Like? On paper, little about the upcoming school year felt settled in the weeks — and even days — leading up to September 8, the... Education Guide 21 Sep 2022 | 12:10
Vintage school desk/chair found in the East Village circa 1994. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl Second Hand Can be First Rate “What, are we poor?” my new-ish husband Neil yelled with a look of distress as he referenced a rolling desk chair I’d found... Voices 14 Sep 2022 | 02:02
Busy schedule at Tudor City Steakhouse. Photo courtesy of Tudor City Steakhouse Up and Running for Fall It’s getting to be Fall again – You can tell from the bookings at Tudor City Steakhouse that the season’s up and running... Voices 11 Sep 2022 | 09:45
Cover of “Bobby Ochs, Kid from the Bronx and Restaurant Partner to the Stars.” Photo courtesy of Bobby Ochs Celebrating a New Book – and a Farewell to Maloney Party’s on – Come to the Book Signing and Launch Party for Bobby Ochs’s just-published book, “Bobby Ochs, Kid From the Bronx... Voices 28 Aug 2022 | 02:46
Dim sum at Shun Lee Cafe Dim Sum and Then Some EAST SIDE OBSERVER Checking Out a New Shun Lee – City life’s making a comeback. Despite the fears and edginess about COVID,... Voices 18 Aug 2022 | 10:09
New York State Supreme Courthouse at 60 Centre Street. Photo: Beyond My Ken, via Wikimedia Commons Meeting, Greeting and Eating with the Judges Judging by food – It’s not exactly a food fight and hopefully there won’t be a floor fight, but those elected as Judicial... Voices 03 Aug 2022 | 03:00
A proposed map of newly drawn City Council districts was released on July 15. Map screenshot from the NYC Districting Commission ‘Preliminary’ City Council Redistricting Is Just That, Council Members Say City Council districts are the latest to get a major overhaul as part of a redistricting process on the heels of the latest... News 22 Jul 2022 | 02:20
Views of the Hudson at Mezze on the River. Photo via mezzeontheriver.com Mediterranean Dining With a View in Manhattan River view – The city’s streets are alive with every manner of dining: in sheds, at tables lining the streets, at the curbs,... Voices 17 Jul 2022 | 04:52
