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 […]
Brian Kateman and the Reducetarian Movement
Have you ever felt guilty eating a hamburger or a bacon, egg, and cheese while out with your vegetarian friends? Have you ever thought about going vegetarian but can’t start, simply because you don’t think you’ll be able to stick with it? Brian Kateman may have a more sustainable solution for those of us struggling […]
Museum of the Month: The Museum of Sex
Lovers all around the city relished in the unique exhibits offered by MoSex this Valentine’s Day weekend. In honor of the lovely holiday, MoSex installed new and interactive options for their patrons, including a bouncy house made of breasts that people can jump on, a rock-climbing wall made of genitalia, and exhibits on the general […]
Luca Vegetti: A Creator of Our Time
Luca Veggetti was born in Milan and received professional training as a dancer at the La Scala Theater. His dancing career took him from Italy to London and then to New York, where he began his new career as a choreographer and director of dance, theater, and opera. Veggetti’s latest opera will be shown at The Metropolitan Museum […]
Selections from Humans of Macaulay: Part 1
Last month, a group of freshman students (Mitasha Palha, Lehman ’18; Jemema Joya, Lehman ’18; and Udara Mendis, City ’18) launched Humans of Macaulay. They already have more than 400 likes on their Facebook page, so they’re off to a great start! The Macaulay Messenger is excited to collaborate with them by featuring three of their posts on our website […]
Community Is Possible: Reviving American Populism on the Local Level
A new wave of American populism is on the rise. Spurred by the crash of 2008 and a subsequently gridlocked government, many Americans have come to a realization: they are losers in a system whose beneficiaries are gatekeepers to the country’s most influential institutions, and can thus effectively block all attempts at serious structural change. […]
The Greatest Experiment
The United States is the one country on Earth that all of humanity looks towards. It’s a shining beacon of hope for the security, opportunity, and ability for greatness that everyone yearns for. It was the Founding Fathers’ vision—and a great unprecedented experiment—to create a country that could provide such things for everyone, but the […]
Regenerative Engineering is the Science of the Future
Regenerative engineering seems to be the up-and-coming field to watch, or at least it is according to Dr. Cato T. Laurencin MD, PhD, who gave a lecture at The City College of New York on November 19th describing his research. Laurencin is currently a professor at the University of Connecticut and a practicing orthopedic surgeon. […]
Gallery Sightings: Asia through a Frenchman’s Lens
What: Witness at a Crossroads: Photographer Marc Riboud in Asia When: Through March 23rd, 2015 Where: The Rubin Museum of Art (W17th St.) Admission: Students: $10 General Admission: $15 FREE on Friday evenings from 6 p.m.–10 p.m. After climbing three flights up the Rubin Museum’s central spiral staircase and passing two floors of Himalayan scroll paintings […]