Maryam Banikarim of NYCNext said “it was hard not to cry” at their Broadway event where Bernadette Peters (bottom left) and others sang on the TKTS steps. Photo courtesy of NYCNext Share Gratitude 2020 Gale Brewer Manhattan Borough President This year has seen an amazing outpouring of volunteers. I have seen them in every corner... Features 22 Dec 2020 | 01:31
The Belleclaire Hotel on Broadway has been housing homeless men and women. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via flickr Déjà vu All Over Again? I had to do a double take when the headline in the news said the city had moved hundreds of homeless men and women into West... News 14 Aug 2020 | 10:35
Photo courtesy of Stephan Russo. COVID Redux Back in April, I wrote a piece for the West Side Spirit about my bout with COVID-19. I had tested positive and was hospitalized... News 01 Jul 2020 | 04:00
Brian Stokes Mitchell singing from his apartment. ( Photo: Stephan Russo) 'The Impossible Dream' Comes to an End The days grow long as New Yorkers continue to stay in place awaiting the reopening of our city. If you walk outside, there... Voices 01 May 2020 | 12:01
Before the fall: The author with his wife, Susan, on vacation in the Caribbean. ( Photo courtesy of Stephan Russo) From Denial to the ER The numbers keep rising. We are inundated with data about the modeling of cases, when the apex will hit and how to flatten... News 03 Apr 2020 | 05:50
Susan "Mac" Macaluso with young artists in a ballet class at the Bernie Wohl Center. ( Photo: Nelly Gomez) A Lasting Arts Legacy Dinaw Mengestu, the well-known Ethiopian-American novelist and writer, would regularly walk past the Bernie Wohl Center of... Home 16 Dec 2019 | 03:54
Shortlist for Social Justice Book Prize Goddard Riverside announced that six titles have been shortlisted for its Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. The... News 02 Oct 2019 | 11:08
