Bill Boggs and his book “The Adventures of Spike the Wonder Dog.” Photo courtesy of Bill Boggs An Interview with a Quintessential New York Interviewer Bill Boggs’ storied career is replete with moments that most could only dream of having in their professional lives. The... News 28 Nov 2021 | 05:30
Stephen Sondheim. Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Sondheim Secret Master composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim once revealed the secret that every Broadway wannabe should know — but most don’t.... News 28 Nov 2021 | 09:08
Left to right, front row: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; Janno Lieber, acting chair of the MTA; Rep. Carolyn Maloney; and Governor Kathy Hochul during tour of the Second Avenue tunnel on Nov. 23, 2021. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of the Governor ( Kevin P. Coughlin / Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of th) A Tunnel Tour With Hochul Congress and President Biden have signed off on spending a trillion dollars on construction and reconstruction of, as they... News 26 Nov 2021 | 05:31
At Newark Airport Terminal C, mask-wearers were about 99%; while US Federal Law mandates masking in all transportation facilities, some individuals weren’t wearing them. There were no reprimands. Photo: Ralph Spielman International Travel in COVID Times: Stay Home or Good to Go? The last 20 months have wreaked physical, mental and emotional havoc on our entire population. We aren’t completely through... News 28 Nov 2021 | 12:34
At the Veterans Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, attended by Mayor Bill de Blasio, on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Health and the Holidays In the annals of public health there is probably no moment more notorious than the ill-timed parade in Philadelphia that... Home 20 Nov 2021 | 09:57
Photo: Meir Pliskin Chanukah on Ice Returns to Wollman Rink Chanukah on Ice NYC will not only resoundingly announce the holiday when the event happens at Wollman Rink in Central Park... News 19 Nov 2021 | 03:42
Photo: American Cancer Society The 50-Cancer Test Talk about depressing! The National Cancer Institute’s A-Z web site lists more than 157 variations starting with A (acute... News 18 Nov 2021 | 05:50
830 Amsterdam Avenue. Photo: Kay Bontempo The Heat is On, But Problems Remain at 830 Amsterdam The heating system at the Upper West Side NYCHA complex at 830 Amsterdam Avenue appears to be back up and running after years... News 18 Nov 2021 | 10:48
Photo: © Stephanie Turci Photography Corlears Launches Learn. Play. Grow. Center Corlears School launched free public programming open to all NYC families on Saturday, October 16. The Chelsea preschool... News 17 Nov 2021 | 05:51
Columbia University campus. Photo: Gabrielle Ferrigine Columbia Student Workers on Strike On October 27, approximately 500 protesters congregated near the sundial on Columbia University’s campus, united in solidarity... News 15 Nov 2021 | 09:39
Actress Astrid Van Wieren said the first performances after the COVID shutdown were “incredibly electric.” Photo courtesy of Come From Away on Broadway This Show’s Message of Kindness Resonates Once Again “Come From Away” tells the heartwarming story of what happened when 38 planes were forced to divert to Gander International... News 15 Nov 2021 | 09:39
Street-level rendering of revised Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. Blood Center: The Political Tide Turns The New York Blood Center lopped 116 feet off the new tower it is proposing to build on the East Side and that turned the... News 12 Nov 2021 | 11:49
‘He Will Be Cartooning in Heaven’ Peter Pereira, an artist, illustrator, photographer and cartoonist whose work brought wit and whimsy to Straus News Manhattan’s... News 19 Nov 2021 | 02:04
Rating Manhattan’s Best Hot Chocolate Hershey’s chocolate was illegal in my childhood home. My father raised me and my siblings on $10 chocolate bars from bougie... News 10 Nov 2021 | 04:12
Keynoter for the summit was Andrew Lloyd Webber. Photo courtesy of The TheaterMakers Summit TheaterMakers and TheaterFans How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The response in the old joke was: practice, practice, practice. Apparently the mantra for... News 10 Nov 2021 | 02:33
