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I met Alex Trebek one day in the mid-1970s, about 10 years before he started his long-running gig as the host of Jeopardy. The staff at New York magazine received word (maybe from Best Bets editor Ellen Stern, who seemed to know everyone and everything in New York City) that a new game show was …
BIDEN BEATS TRUMP My Donald Trump Existential Moment When and how did Donald Trump enter my life? Having been a professional working in New York for four decades, it was impossible to avoid his presence. I did not read the tabloids, but his aborted romances and real estate fiascos were good copy for The New …
My friend and former colleague John Simon passed away Sunday night (November 24) at the age of 94. John was a brilliant litterateur, a critic of steadfast standards and ideals, and the smartest, most erudite and well-read man I ever knew. I first met John in the mid-1970s at New York magazine. I was taking …
(Para leer en español, entra aquí.) *** “The closer you are to this deep purple area, the more you should stay away…” —Julia Salazar, State Senator, 18thDistrict * Greenpoint and Bushwick, Northside, East and Los Sures “Southside” Williamsburg, where generations of laborers work enla fabricas, reduce as they draw attention—the more built upon the less seems …
Come from Away is not your typical musical. It’s based on the real life circumstances of how a small town by the name of Gander, in Newfoundland, Canada, became the epicenter of humanitarian relief efforts in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The residents of Gander became the unsuspecting host to 7,000 passengers …
Flexing, the often amazing and ubiquitous style of street dance that originated in Brooklyn, comes in many forms and flavors. These days there is so much overlap and multi-layered influence in dance in general that I hesitate to give any style outside of pure classical or tap a label… great dance just speaks for itself …
One of the pleasures of working at New York magazine in the 1970s (and there were many) was the annual Christmas party, held in the editorial offices on the third floor at 755 Second Avenue. That was a comfortable setup for the edit and art departments. New York published weekly, except for a double issue …
I have to admit, my perception of New York City is painted by what I learned in college poetry classes, and some of my favorite bands come from NYC. The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead, and Interpol all give me the sense that NYC is a place where great music thrives. The New York …
New York’s Metropolitan Museum, one of the world’s greatest art museum, a private institution in a New York City-owned building, just announced a change in its nearly fifty year-old “pay as you wish” admissions policy. Below, are the new conditions: • Current pay-as-you-wish policy will continue for all New York State residents and students from …
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T/Here in Williamsburg, by Dennis sinneD, is a 5-part essay that explores the history of gentrification in the Southside of Williamsburg, 1968-1982, through personal and historical narrative. *** Part 1: Block 2399 — The present address is 167-181 Borinquen Place in the 11211, but the city identifies the location on its tax map as Kings County …
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Entonces Sansón dijo al muchacho que lo tenía de la mano: “Déjame tocar las columnas sobre las que el edificio descansa, para apoyarme en ellas.” –Judges 16:26 “Lost is the name of the Ocean.” –Zarur, Facebook comment (February 2016) “How malicious philosophers can be!” –Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil * The strongest evidence for …
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After moving to the U.S. in late December 1971, I always returned to Italy to visit my family at Christmas time. I did that every year in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975. Then in June 1976 an important election was taking place in my country, and I wanted to go there to check out the political …
I caught Spider-Man: Homecoming on its opening week in Queens New York, where I grew up, left when I graduated high school, and returned that July 4th weekend to celebrate my mother’s 70th birthday. So as Peter Parker (Tom Holland) navigated through the neighborhoods I grew up in, all sorts of harmonics of emotions resonated, …
I went to a poetry reading at the bookstore in my town over the weekend. A white woman read a poem about a black UC Berkeley professor. The poem was about a lot of things, but the story of the black professor arranged and informed the poem. I met the poet, Sarah Sarai, in Brooklyn …
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