Daniel Ficarri plays the newly restored Great Organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Devine. ( Photo: Maike Schulz) St. John the Divine’s Organist Celebrates the Return of the Famed Cathedral’s Great Organ When Daniel Ficarri was in high school, he took his first trip to New York City, and the first landmark he wanted to visit... City Arts 06 Feb 2025 | 04:12
Fiona Davis has penned seven previous historical novels about venerable New York institutions. In the latest, The Stolen Queen, she turns her attention to the Met. ( Photo: © Deborah Feingold/Deborah Feingold Photography) Your Invite to the Met Gala Has Arrived Thanks to Fiona Davis and ‘The Stolen Queen’ Fiona Davis has taken us behind the scenes of The Frick, the Dakota, the New York Public Library, the Barbizon Hotel, Grand... City Arts 30 Jan 2025 | 12:41
“Scarborough South Bay by Moonlight” (circa 1878) by John Atkinson Grimshaw is on offer from the Didier Aaron Gallery of New York, London and Paris. ( Photo: Heather Stein) The Winter Show: Art Meets the Heart of New York Every January, when the streets of New York City are cloaked in winter’s chill, the Park Avenue Armory warms with a dazzling... City Arts 01 Feb 2025 | 03:40
Mark Moses and Melissa Gilbert star in a new production of “Still,” playing a couple who dated 30 years ago and meet up again after both have had long and successful careers. They ponder the timeless questions of love lost and what if . . . ( Photo: Michele Willens) New Comedic Production of ‘Still’ Raises Timeless Questions of Love Who, as they reach their later years, doesn’t occasionally look back and wonder . . . was he or she the one who got away?... City Arts 27 Jan 2025 | 03:18
The woman who is the central character in The Cleaning Lady, holding two of her children before she left them to cross into the United States. She was gone for 15 years before returning home. ( Photo: Courtesy of Ericka de Alexander and “Marisol.”) ’The Cleaning Lady’ Seeks to Humanize the Migrant Story “I would have never left [my children] if I had known that I couldn’t [eventually] bring them with me.” So says Marisol Reina... City Arts 23 Jan 2025 | 01:39
Ukrainian Museum director Peter Doroshenko (left) greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sept. 23, 2024. While in town for the UN General Assembly, Zelensky stopped by the museum to celebrate the opening of a four-month exhibit by two avant garde Ukrainian artists. ( Photo: Ukrainian Museum) The Ukrainian Museum Seeks to Sustain an Independent Nation’s Cultural Identity A quiet resistance is taking place on East 6th Street at the Ukrainian Museum. It is not the type of conflict that has fixed... City Arts 17 Jan 2025 | 02:09
Visitors to “Barbie®: A Cultural Icon” can sit in a life-size Barbie pink convertible and pretend that they too are Malibu Barbies. ( Photo: Youtube/Museum of Arts and Design) Need More Barbie? The Museum of Arts & Design has Exclusive East Coast Exhibit If there’s anyone who can one-up Taylor Swift...well, it’s that doll who became a smash hit movie, and is now pulling in... City Arts 10 Jan 2025 | 12:53
Lily Tuck, an UES resident who is a past winner of a National Book Award for fiction, has at 86 years old, just had her latest novel, “The Rest is Memory” published by an imprint of W.W. Norton & Co. ( Photo: National Book Foundation) Award Winning Author Reveals New Novel Was Sparked by a Single Image of Young Girl Tragically, it happened: the holocaust that killed eleven million innocent people in World War 11. From “Schindler’s List”... City Arts 02 Jan 2025 | 12:43
”Standing Virgin and Child,” attributed to Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden, ca. 1470, is one of the treasures on view at The Cloisters. ( Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Public Domain) Slow Down and Savor These Masterpieces of New York New Yorkers all know the hustle and bustle of Rockefeller Center, Macy’s at Herald Square and the Fifth Avenue store fronts.... City Arts 26 Dec 2024 | 11:56
The four person cast of “Frank and Me,” includes (from left) Linda Miller, Jim Barone, Susan Mitchell and Robert Levey II. ( Photo: Debra Smalls ) “Frank and Me” at Triad is a Love Letter and Comeback Story for Director Linda Miller It’s not quite fair to say Frank Sinatra is having a moment....but then again, why not? The Apollo Theatre recently hosted... City Arts 02 Jan 2025 | 03:17
Director Taylor Hosking interviews her godfather Arthur Smith for the film at the Puerto Rican Day Festival. ( Photo: Funmi Adejobi ) Up and Coming Director Unveils Doc Film “West Side Familia” Taylor Michele Hosking’s idea for her first film documentary came about during the pandemic, as she sat on the terrace of... City Arts 02 Jan 2025 | 12:23
The Young People’s Chorus of New York City brought song and dance to Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall for the program’s winter concert this year. ( Photo via YPC (2023 Holiday Concert)) The Young People’s Chorus of NYC Shines in Winter Concert On Sunday, Dec. 8, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City performed its winter concert, “Finding the Light,” at Lincoln... City Arts 12 Dec 2024 | 05:25
Andrea Simon’s new novel draws on her previous research in the 1990s for a non-fiction tome on her family history and the Holocaust. ( Photo: Andreasimon.net) Author Pulls on Family History to Reveal Important Truths in New Historical Novel Andrea Simon, an author living on the Upper West Side, wants to make sure people cannot deny the tragedy of the Holocaust... City Arts 17 Dec 2024 | 11:09