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Firefighter takes a break from blaze in Sunset Park on August 10. (Photo by Todd Maisel)

Times Square’s new ‘Comedy Village’ set to host fundraiser benefiting firefighters’ mental health

Posted on August 14, 2024

NY:Groundbreaking Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Children’s Museum breaks ground on $15 million garden renovation project

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Brooklyn Paper

Taking back control of the mind: Hypnotherapist Glenn Rottmann

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Bronx Times

Giant hip hop statue will sit in the South Bronx before flying to Paris

At 74-years-old, Philippe Petit once again defied the odds.

Upper West Side

Famed tightrope walker Philippe Petit marks 50th anniversary of historic high wire walk between Twin Towers with artistic performance

Posted on August 11, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn artist Adam Umbach showcases personal art at Chelsea Summer Show, highlighting healing and nostalgia

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QNS

Over 22,000 rally behind Forest Hills Stadium in petition to save concerts amid legal battle

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Bronx Times

National Billiards Day: Ten best bars to play pool in the Bronx

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Bronx Times

Red-Crowned Crane, One of the World’s Largest and Most Threatened Species, Debuts at Bronx Zoo

Mona Lisa riff "Erato" by Campbell La Pun

The eternal enigma: Reimagining the Mona Lisa through modern eyes

Posted on August 8, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Arts Gowanus’ Pride-themed public art exhibition repeatedly vandalized in Park Slope

E Scott Lindner (l.) and Emilio Savone celebrate 10 years of ownership and the grand opening of the New York Comedy Club's fourth location.

Arts & Entertainment

New York Comedy Club celebrates a milestone and a grand opening in Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Posted on August 5, 2024

A dragon boat team powers through the waters of Meadow Lake during the 32nd Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival.

Queens

Dragons afloat: 32nd annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival sails through Flushing Meadows

Posted on August 4, 2024

Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, who famously crossed paths with iconic figures like Socrates and Napoleon in 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure,' are set to tackle a new kind of wait in their upcoming Broadway revival of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot.'

Arts & Entertainment

amBroadway | Bill and Ted hit Broadway, Adam Driver to lead Lonergan drama, and more

Posted on August 4, 2024

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Arts & Entertainment

A herd of 100 elephant sculptures are coming to the Meatpacking District this fall

Posted on August 2, 2024

Culture Festival

Supporting Communities: Join the Haitian United Foundation’s Night of Culture for a Brighter Future

Posted on August 1, 2024

Sculpture artist Dylan Martinez working on glass

Crystal-clear statements: Dylan Martinez creates glass sculptures out of unique fire and form

Posted on August 1, 2024

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QNS

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival set to return to Queens with races, food and multicultural performances

21-Foot Pigeon Sculpture Coming to High Line

A 21-foot-tall pigeon is coming to the High Line in October

Posted on July 31, 2024

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Cyclones’ ‘Bark in the Park’ scores big with furry fans

For Colored Girls by Lauren McKinney

Illuminating darkness: Lauren McKinney’s journey from urban strife to abstract art brilliance

Posted on July 25, 2024

Make Me Famous director with artists

‘Make Me Famous’ documentary showcases vintage East Village in retrospective of mysterious artist

Posted on July 24, 2024

A black & white image of Kayla Hamilton, a dark-skinned Black woman, dancing in front of a textured wall that has horizontal layers. Her arms are energetically reaching down to the diagonal as her head is tilting to the diagonal with her dreads moving back in that same direction. She wears a diagonally striped long sleeve shirt with pants.

Bronx Times

Bronx-based artist establishes Circle O cultural group for Black disabled creatives

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Brooklyn Paper

Ramen revolution: Beloved East village restaurant Okiboru coming to Dumbo’s Time Out Market

clothing inside a piano at an art exhibit at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Green-Wood Cemetery’s community-shaped art exhibit sheds light on death

Posted on July 22, 2024

NY: Coney Island Antique and Classic Car Show

Brooklyn Paper

Blast from the past: Classic and Antique Car Show cruises into Coney Island

Arts & Entertainment

EA Sports College Football 25, among most anticipated sports video games in history, hits the market

Posted on July 20, 2024

Signature Corazones de Fer, Purple, Pink, Blue Filling The Gold, by Fer Da Silva

The healing power of love: Fer Da Silva’s art shines bright

Posted on July 18, 2024

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QNS

Look out Pickleball! NYC’s first official Disc Golf course comes to Brooklyn-Queens park

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Brooklyn Paper

Formerly homeless artist inspires Brooklyn youth through therapeutic ‘Heal Through Art’ program

Coney Island hot dog classic American ‘diner’ dishes

Brooklyn Paper

Nathan’s Famous rolls back prices to 1916, offers 5-cent franks for National Hot Dog Day

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QNS

DMC of iconic hip-hop group Run-DMC set to headline Queens Live! Concert at SummerStage Sunday

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QNS

Annual Dragon Boat Festival kicks off festivities with ceremony in Times Square

On Thursday, July 11, local politicians and organization leaders celebrated breaking ground at the Bronx Museum of the Arts $33 million renovation.

Bronx Times

‘A world-class space’: Bronx Museum of the Arts breaks ground on $33 million renovation

Roll N Roaster in Sheepshead Bay.

Brooklyn Paper

‘It’s their identity’: Roll N Roaster sticks to tradition on National French Fries Day, despite past potato perils

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Arts & Entertainment

Celebrate painter Edward Hoppers’ birthday in the Meatpacking District this July

Posted on July 11, 2024

Care to take a seat on Gillie and Marc's couch? Their latest sculpture ‘Wild Couch Party’ is in NYC.

Lower Manhattan

Artists Gillie and Marc offer New Yorkers a seat on their couch, with hopes to ignite a global community

Posted on July 11, 2024

Digital quilt square depicting a dream from cosmologyscape.com by Kite and Alicia B

Arts & Entertainment

Creative Time’s latest project, an immersive dream journal, to unveil in Brooklyn this fall

Posted on July 9, 2024

Caffe Panna Greenpoint. Photo: Liz Clayman

Brooklyn Paper

Italian-style Gramercy ice cream shop Caffè Panna to open second location in Brooklyn

Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One – Grand Tasting featuring Culinary Demonstrations

Brooklyn Paper

Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival drops star-studded lineup for big Brooklyn debut

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Brooklyn Paper

Frankly unbelievable! New champion, Bertoletti, emerges in Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, Sudo breaks world record

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QNS

Mets to offer $5 food and beverages on Tuesdays for remainder of 2024 season

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Music

Madame Tussauds adds Drake’s wax figure to new immersive music area

Posted on July 4, 2024

Art of Statue of Liberty and George Washington by Houben R.T. on legal tender

For all arts public and private: Houben R.T. brings out the beauty of legal tender

Posted on July 3, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

What’s cooking? Major league eaters prepare for the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Kanami Kusajima, Washington Square Park artist, performing with colorful fluorescent paint

Feeling the glow: Washington Square Park artist wows audience with surreal fluorescent paint show

Posted on July 2, 2024

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Brooklyn

Coney Island USA to host The Great Coney Island Motion Picture Supershow

Posted on July 2, 2024

BWAC summer show

Brooklyn Paper

Artists celebrate summer and community in new exhibits at BWAC

More from around NYC

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Mayoral candidate Michael Blake qualifies for $2M in matching funds just days before primary

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Mother and baby sprayed with unknown substance during M train assault in Long Island City: NYPD

NY: Jonathan Blum Art Show

‘Undeniably Jonathan’: Arts Gowanus celebrates artist Jonathan Blum’s 60th birthday with retrospective art show

Mayor Eric Adams on NYC Pride, his LGBTQ record, gender-affirming care, and more