“No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” Recollections of September 11, 2001 have started to recede. The generation growing up now wasn’t old enough to remember, and so we learn about the horror from others. There are books, pictures, captured footage, documentaries, and now, museums. “May the lives remembered, the deeds recognized, and […]
Category: Arts & Entertainment
The 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival
Last weekend’s Brooklyn Book Festival fell on just the right day, cooler and crisper than the preceding Saturdays. The area outside the Brooklyn Courthouse flooded with people who wanted nothing more than to shell out cash for books. Readers, writers, and other city-dwellers just looking for something to do came out to the tenth annual […]
Daswondancesf takes the stage at Nagelberg for the Second Time
The dawsondancesf dance company took the stage for three nights at Baruch’s Nagelberg Theatre, performing the show “DENT-DROP-BEND.” The company, formed by George P. Dawson in 2007, was created “as an outlet for his choreographic goals and vision.” It made its debut in New York City in the fall of 2014, and has returned for […]
Food That Pops: Café Mogador
Williamsburg has become a hipster haven and something of a cultural icon in New York. Thankfully, the neighborhood’s status comes with numerous fantastic restaurants and eateries, which now reside on practically every street. Café Mogador, a Moroccan restaurant that also has a home in the East Village, sits on Wythe Avenue, a couple of blocks away from […]
Photos from Arts Night 2015
Theme: Interactive Impressions April 26th 5:30 PM to 10 PM
Gallery Sightings: A Bite-Size Piece of Florence
What: Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces from Florence Cathedral When: Through June 14th, 2015 Where: Museum of Biblical Art Admission: General, $12; Students and Seniors, $9 In the middle of a rough semester, many would like nothing more than to get away. Some seek refuge in memories of a magical summer, and […]
Food That Pops: Juniper
Williamsburg, a neighborhood that is absolutely ripe with trendy eateries and restaurants, is also home to some of the best barbecue in the city, and I’m not talking about Fette Sau. Juniper is a tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant that sits on Berry Street in the middle of Williamsburg. Just a block from the L train, this […]
Gallery Sightings: The Chinese Photobook
What: The Chinese Photobook When: Through April 2, 2015 Where: Aperture Foundation (547 W. 27th St., fourth floor) Admission: FREE Whether on a Facebook profile or in a family photo album, we use photographs to tell the stories of our lives. In a similar way, photographs also tell the grand narratives of peoples and nations, […]
Resurrection: Lessons from the Returned
Note: This piece contains spoilers from the show, Resurrection. What if someone whom you loved, someone whom you dearly missed, could come back to life? One day, they would just reappear again, not having aged a second and wearing the same clothes as the day that they died. This is the premise of Resurrection, an […]
Food That Pops (Not So Much in This Case): L’Ecole
As cheesy and petty as it may sound, L’Ecole should change its name to L’No. Restaurant Week, which occurs biannually, is an opportunity for people to get lunch or dinner at a fixed price in some of the ritziest and most expensive restaurants in the city. It should be an event that celebrates food, even if it […]