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QNS

Immersive ‘Advantage Arena’ gaming lounge returns for 2025 US Open

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Brooklyn Paper

New musical ‘The Royal Pyrate’ tells a swashbuckling love story in Red Hook

people wearing yellow for joy exhibit at the whitney museum

Arts & Entertainment

Wearing joy like sunlight: ACI 100’s yellow debut at the Whitney Museum

Posted on August 14, 2025

subway drawings, in color and black and white, by Keith Haring

Chalk against the underground: The enduring legacy of Keith Haring’s subway drawings

Posted on August 14, 2025

Jamaican Reggae Queen Marcia Griffiths.

Caribbean Life

Marcia Griffiths joins Beres Hammond, Cham for reggae magic this weekend

From left, Carimi, Sizzla, and Shirley Ann Cyril-Mayers.

Caribbean Life

Excitement builds: Carimi and more added to CMA Awards!

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Brooklyn Paper

For the Record: Greenpoint café spins vinyl and brews community

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Bronx Times

BronxNet’s ‘EcoLeaders,’ which empowers kids to take care of the environment, earns New York Emmy nomination

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Brooklyn Paper

‘A space for kids’: Brooklyn Children’s Museum to celebrate Caribbean culture with family festival

Maxine Magdalino, bandleader of SugaCandy Mas poses with a dazzling green embellished costume - Paradise - a section from the depiction - Genesis.

Caribbean Life

Award-winning SugaCandy Mas celebrates 10th anniversary on Labor Day

"Seema as Blue Tara in the Time of the Parables" by Pyaari Azaadi, 2025.

Talkin’ bout a revolution: The incendiary elegance of artist Pyaari Azaadi

Posted on August 7, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

New York Liberty to host second annual Brooklyn Dribble and Fan Fest

women standing in group photo at art exhibit Relentless women

Arts & Entertainment

From paint to power: Inside the ‘Relentless Women’ art show in the East Village

Posted on August 6, 2025

Lin-Manuel Miranda and his wax figure

Arts & Entertainment

Lin-Manuel Miranda gets wax figure at Madame Tussauds New York as ‘Hamilton’ celebrates ten years on Broadway

Posted on August 5, 2025

Busta Rhymes

LI Press

Long Island’s Busta Rhymes added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame

cat at maimonides park for cyclones purrfect game

Brooklyn Paper

Cat lovers crowd the stands for Cyclones’ first ‘Purrrrfect Game’

avant gardner

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Mirage parent company, Avant Gardner, files for bankruptcy

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Brooklyn Paper

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! shifts lineup to reflect borough’s changing communities

Melissa Lynch portrays Goddess of the Grove 'fluorescent green.’

Caribbean Life

Vibez International Mas portrays ‘Goddess of the Grove’

portrait of well dressed man in superfine exhibit

Arts & Entertainment

Clothed in fire: A ‘Superfine’ manifesto on art, dress and the glory of becoming at The Met

Posted on July 31, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Beyond amenities: Brodsky’s Brooklyn Museum collaboration offers an artful take on apartment living

Braata Productions folks singers huddle for "Banana.”

Caribbean Life

Vibes on Vibes

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Rollo White gets his kicks at 66, debuting debut ‘hardcore honky-tonk’ album with a rowdy Lower East Side bash

Posted on July 30, 2025

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Arts & Entertainment

Turning eyesores into artworks: The Grandscale Mural Project in Harlem

Posted on July 29, 2025

Breakout Pop star Chappell Roan is heading to Queens this September as part of her exclusive three city tour.

QNS

Chappell Roan announces four-night Forest Hills run this fall

cat nap

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Cyclones to host ‘Purrrfect game’ where fans can bring their cats to Maimonides Park

poster of missing teens from 1973

Brooklyn Paper

‘Never forgotten’: Investigators renew push to solve 1973 disappearance of Brooklyn teens

Robert Henri portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Arts & Entertainment

Portrait of a matriarch: Robert Henri’s Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and the power of being seen

Posted on July 24, 2025

greenpoint film festival

Brooklyn Paper

Greenpoint Film Festival returns with its ‘most daring lineup yet’ on Aug. 6

two men standing in front of brick wall with arms folded: Steve Burns and Matthew Freeman

No, Steve Burns isn’t dead or a robot — ‘Blue’s Clues’ host is alive and baring his soul on an East Village Stage

Posted on July 23, 2025

Richard Pigkaso and his yo-yos

Bronx Times

From bullied Bronx teen to yo-yo star: how Richard Pigkaso found his joy

A medley of ice cream, served in vintage silver medal dishes, at Eddie's Sweet Shop in Forest Hills.

QNS

Celebrate National Ice Cream Day at Eddie’s Sweet Shop in Forest Hills

Heap’s x Sawa Sandwich_Heather Willensky3

Brooklyn Paper

Heap’s Ice Cream in Brooklyn makes magic with neighborhood collabs

Bronx Times

Sonrisa rum tasting draws Fat Joe fans to Throggs Neck

man with trophy is crowned winner of the 3A division of the Us National Yoyo Championships

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn yo-yo champion spins his way to national title after 13-year journey

NY: Saturday Night Fever Bench Plaque

Brooklyn Paper

A bench for ‘Brooklyn dreamers’: Bay Ridge artist marks iconic ‘Saturday Night Fever’ spot

art featuring red paint streaks

Arts & Entertainment

Radical, raw, relentless: How Tracey Emin redefined feminist art for a new era

Posted on July 17, 2025

people in painting dancing down and dandy by DaQuane Cherry

DaQuane Cherry and the tender weaponry of imagination

Posted on July 17, 2025

man with sunglasses, long hair and coat on red carpet.

Arts & Entertainment

Johnny Depp’s ‘Modi’ chronicles art, addiction and a painter’s doomed passion

Posted on July 12, 2025

NY: A Night at Niblo’s Garden – Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn Paper

Green-Wood Cemetery honors William Niblo with sold-out Victorian spectacle

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn-based artists shine in The Shed’s free summer exhibition, ‘Open Call: Portals’

"Geoffrey Hendricks and Brian" by Alice Neel

Alice Neel painted like the world was watching—and dared it not to look away

Posted on July 10, 2025

Superman stars David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan visit Empire State Building.

Arts & Entertainment

‘Superman’ stars visit Empire State Building, urge New Yorkers to add pets to family with free adoptions

Posted on July 9, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn filmmaker unpacks psychology and suspense in Queer thrillers

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Bar Network’: Where to watch New York Liberty on the road

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Brooklyn Paper

Barclays Center debuts public art honoring 2024 Liberty champions

queensboro dance

QNS

CUNY dancers bring African diasporic traditions to Queensboro Dance Festival

Banality by Dana Ellyn

Arts & Entertainment

‘No Matter What’: The unshakable pulse of Pen + Brush

Posted on July 3, 2025

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Two online fundraisers for family of slain officer Didarul Islam generate nearly $500,000

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Lithium-ion battery sparked Murray Hill house fire on Sunday evening: FDNY

crown heights mass shooting vigil

Anti-violence advocates vow to keep fighting after mass shooting ‘shattered’ Crown Heights

“Honey Don’t!” adds nothing to its precursor, "Drive-Away Dolls."

‘Honey, Don’t’ misses the mark in follow-up to ‘Drive-Away Dolls’