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Gothamist
Published 70 minutes agoThere are 100s of places to visit during Open House New York. Here's 5 of our favorites.
See the entire lineup for the weekend when the city opens its doors. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published 5 hours agoTerror: A Knickerbocker History
“Terrorism” first entered English to describe a government, like France’s post-revolutionary Republic of Virtue, terrorizing its own citizens. Now it’s a word governments use to determine who counts as a threat. In the final episode of FAQ NYC’s special series, A Knickerbocker…
Queens Ledger
Published 21 hours agoPolish President Visits Middle Village
BY KYLIE VOLAVONGSA | news@queensledger.com Last Sunday, Polish President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk paid a visit to Christ the King High School in Middle Village. As the auditorium filled with visitors young and old, Nawrocki awarded prominent figures of New…
Queens Ledger
Published September 23ASTORIA STREET SPECTATOR: Tennis, Parks, and the Astoria Cinematic Universe
Pop the Astoria Bubble is bigger than tennis and the rest of NYC should be listening. BY NICOLAS STERGIOU | nicolas.stergiou@gmail.com Astoria has become very good at organizing itself. A group starts because people want to pick up garbage. Another wants to make Mondays slightly…
Brooklyn Paper
Published September 23Green-Wood invites Brooklynites to process grief, one stitch at a time
At Green-Wood Cemetery, knitting and crocheting are becoming a way to make space for conversations that can be difficult to have. The local cemetery is bringing back its “Grieving and Weaving” program, a series that combined fiber arts, reflection and community to create an…
Brooklyn Paper
Published September 23Bay Ridge’s beloved Ragamuffin Parade turns 60, celebrating generations of community
The Bay Ridge Ragamuffin Parade is turning 60 — and the longtime neighborhood tradition is celebrating the milestone year by honoring the community that has maintained it. Ragamuffin Inc. hosted its annual kickoff brunch on Sept. 20 at Bay Ridge Manor, bringing supporters…
Gothamist
Published September 23A massive MTA archive ended up in a Virginia warehouse. A Brooklyn man brought it home.
Daylon Orr with some of the archive. The collection of documents comes from a subway obsessive. [ more › ]
Brooklyn Paper
Published September 22Immersive installation ‘Aqua Cosmos: The Hudson Canyon’ brings marine life to the Brooklyn Bridge
An immersive art installation will plunge the Brooklyn Bridge deep below the surface of the sea and into a critical marine ecosystem on Sept. 25 and 26. Artist Anita Glesta’s piece “AQUA COSMOS: The Hudson Canyon,” an 18-minute “hybrid documentary” projection, will bathe the…
Brooklyn Paper
Published September 22‘Awkward Sex… and the City’ comedy show returns to Prospect Heights Sept. 25
Bad dates, awkward hookups and the stories you’d only tell your closest friends are getting their moment on stage in Prospect Heights this week. Awkward Sex… and the City, a long-running comedy and storytelling show hosted by local comedian and podcaster Natalie Wall, returns to…
Gothamist
Published September 22NYC’s creative workers are increasingly self-employed, report says
While the number of arts industry jobs are growing nationally, they’re shrinking in the city. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published September 22[sponsor] Times Travel Turns One Times Square Into an Immersive Trip Through the History of the NYE Ball Drop
Whether or not you're brave enough for the real thing on December 31, Times Travel and the Ball Experience upgrade for those who want to get even closer might be the closest you'll get to the center of it all, any day of the year. [ more › ]
Brooklyn Paper
Published September 22Yom Kippur vigil in Brooklyn see hundreds mourn lives lost in Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
Hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers gathered in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Monday afternoon on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, to remember the lives lost in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Organized by progressive groups Jews For Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) and Rabbis…