https://www.westsidespirit.com/food-drink/taylor-farms-recall-was-due-to-false-positive-but-worth-checking-all-warning-labels-GY6045877 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-23T01:40:40-04:00 Taylor Farms Recall Was Due to False Positive, but Worth Checking All Warning Labels https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/pexel-woman-washing-lettuce_4-10937236_20260720142404.jpg The rising number of cases of cyclosporiasis in the United States has prompled some to start avoiding lettuce, even though the FDA now says a report last week blaming the outbreak on Taylor Farms lettuce from Mexico was a false positive. Health experts recommend washing full heads of lettuce rather than using pre-packaged lettuce. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/world-cup-final-boosts-nyc-hotel-bookings-but-industry-says-tournament-fell-short-FB6056241 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-23T16:45:56-04:00 World Cup Final Boosts NYC Hotel Bookings, but Industry Says Tournament Fell Short https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-4-26-58-pm_4-10950658_20260723163826.png Spain fans celebrate their big World Cup win at the watch party in Central Park on July 19. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/showdown-time-schneps-reporters-seeking-to-unionize-head-to-vote-AL6049398 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-24T11:01:37-04:00 Showdown Time: Schneps Reporters Seeking to Unionize Head to Vote https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/55285004503-dcae3ecc96-c-3-1_4-10942908_20260722142704.jpg City Council speaker Julie Menin (first row center) hosted journalists seeking to unionize Schneps Media at a rally at City Hall as the unionization drive kicked off earlier this year. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/politicos-divided-over-how-city-handled-ues-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-DF6052126 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-24T12:14:46-04:00 Politicos Divided Over How City Handled UES Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-22-at-2-24-17-pm_4-10942901_20260722142920.png City Council speaker Julie Menin, who represents an UES district, stands with Council Members including Harvey Epstein (far left), Virginia Maloney (second from left) and Queens Council member Lynn Schulman (third from left) to discuss the city’s response to a Legionnaires’ outbreak. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/manhattan-rents-soar-to-an-all-time-high-in-june-YD6050908 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-24T12:14:53-04:00 Manhattan Rents Soar to An All-Time High in June https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/manhattan-rent-all-time-high_4-10950836_20260723172449.jpg Rents for rent stabilized apartments have been frozen for two years while market rate apartments just hit a new all-time high. https://www.westsidespirit.com/city-arts/new-book-highlights-marilyn-monroe-being-true-to-herself-CB6056664 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-24T13:13:17-04:00 New Book Highlights Marilyn Monroe: Being True To “Herself” https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/9781956474909_4-10951041_20260724075100.jpg “Herself,” by M. J. Moore, is a work of biographical fiction chronicling the last two months of the American icon’s life as told by her one-time assistant. Both are starting life anew and bond over music, books, and writing her autobiography. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/unknown_4-10951042_20260724075101.jpg Besides “Herself,” New Yorker M. J. Moore is the author of two biographies, “Star-Crossed Lovers: James Jones, Lowney Handy and the Birth of From Here to Eternity” and “Mario Puzo: An American Writer’s Quest,” and the novel “For Paris ~ With Love & Squalor.” https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/marilyn-monroe-at-ciros_4-10952630_20260724131319.jpg Marilyn Monroe arriving at the nighclub Ciro’s in 1954. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/marilyn-monroe-in-seven-year-itch_4-10952785_20260724131319.jpg She was photographed above a subway grate while filming “The Seven Year Itch.” Although it became one of the iconic photos of the era, a new book by A.J. Moore presents a far more nuanced look at the business woman side of one of the most famous personalities of the 20th century. https://www.westsidespirit.com/city-arts/to-grandmother-s-house-we-go-in-the-wake-of-a-hurricane-YY6032098 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-07-24T14:57:33-04:00 To Grandmother’s House We Go...in the Wake of a Hurricane https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/stephanie-price_4-10920189_20260715105338.jpg New York native Nicole Gomez Fisher is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. “Hurricane Seasons” is her sixth turn at helming a film. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-02-at-7-16-17-am_4-10920190_20260715105339.png “Hurricane Seasons,” about a New York artist and her daughter, as well as her niece, on a last wish journey across Puerto Rico with the terminally ill Comacho family matriarch, opens this fall. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-05-at-5-11-40-pm_4-10920192_20260715105341.png The cast of “Hurricane Seasons”: Top row (l. to r.): Priscilla Lopez, Aida Rodriguez, and Justina Machado. Bottom row (l. to r.) Jearnest Corchado and Alycia Pascual-Pena. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/laura-magruder-2_4-10920194_20260715105343.jpg A scene from “Hurricane Seasons,” directed by Nicole Gomez-Fisher and written by Javier Ortiz. Angela Camacho (Priscilla Lopez) in yellow celebrates with her granddaughter Issa (Jearnest Corchado) and others in Puerto Rico.