Hitting the Big Time by Mark Kostabi is one of the many paintings from the downtown icon on display at the Park West Gallery in SoHo through the end of May. Kostabi’s works are also part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. ( Photo: Park West Gallery) Mark Kostabi: Hitting the Big Time, from Gritty East Village Artist to MoMA The Mount Rushmore of Art by Eduardo Kobra hovers over the Empire Diner in Chelsea, depicting four great artists of their... City Arts 09 May 2025 | 10:43
Zhenya Gershman surrounded by her paintings. ( Photo: Kelly Garreau ) New Exhibition by Activist Artist Shines Human Light on Homeless Zhenya Gershman is an artist who uses her canvas to highlight a wide variety of causes, from the plight of the homeless in... City Arts 26 Apr 2025 | 03:44
The FG-1D Corsair is the newest addition to the fleet of restored warplanes on the USS Intrepid. This version of the plane was the most-flown from of the aircraft carrier’s deck in WWII. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) Home at Last: WWII Fighter Plane Lands Back on Intrepid It was a workhorse and the most frequently flown aircraft to alight from the flight deck of the Intrepid during World War... City Arts 18 Apr 2025 | 01:09
The newest exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York highlights the dance floor as a vital space for creativity, connection, and cultural rebellion. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) Urban Stomp Showcases 200 Years of Dance Moves (and Dancing Is Encouraged Here) They were dancing in the halls. The foxtrot, lindy hop, salsa, hip-hop, hustle, waltz, tango, and voguing are on display starting... City Arts 09 Apr 2025 | 07:15
Patrick Bringley was on the talk circuit promoting his memoir, All the Beauty in the World, when he was persuaded to turn the book into a one-man play. It opened Off Broadway on March 27 at the DR2 Theatre. ( Photo: Shahdmurshed/Wikimedia Commons) All the Beauty in the World Jumps from Print to Stage Patrick Bringley spent 10 years as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He had just lost his brother to cancer and... City Arts 27 Mar 2025 | 03:11
Director, Mino Lora, works through a scene with the cast of Domino Effect. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) The People’s Theatre to Uplift NYC’s Immigrant Community Located in the heart of Washington Heights, where locals revere their heated and enthusiastic domino games, sits the largest... City Arts 17 Mar 2025 | 04:33
Just in time for National Women’s History Month, a new children’s book by author/illustrator Janice Hechter celebrates the true story of activism by girls as young as 10. ( Photo: Janice Hechter ) A New Children’s Book Reminds Us of When NYC Girl Scouts Made History “Alice in Wonderland doesn’t count,” chanted a troop of New York City Girl Scouts, who realized that out of 22 statues in... City Arts 05 Mar 2025 | 12:03
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
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
Believe: Macy’s Herald Square by Evill Baker, a.k.a. Caroline Lim, a home baker in the East Village. Caroline has been creating cookies and cakes for over 10 years, working with clients to design perfect cakes for birthdays, weddings, and other celebrations. ( Photo: Brad Farwell/MCNY) Gingerbread and Doll Houses: Small Works Pack Big Holiday Delights at MCNY A highly aromatic show, “Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off,” is a sweet and spicy ode to “Iconic New York” buildings,... City Arts 05 Dec 2024 | 12:08
Co-author Susan Shaprio teamed up with former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell to write the story of his life from an immigrant to the US at age 12, to a stretch in the US Army and then to the US Capitol Police. ( Photo: Courtesy Aquilino Gonell) From Battlefield to Capitol Siege: Sgt. Aquilino Gonell’s Fight for Healing and Justice Amid the deafening roar of a mob, U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell gripped his shield, his muscles straining against... City Arts 04 Nov 2024 | 02:42
The Kirkus Review praised Talkin’ Greenwich Village saying the author David Browne “offers a detailed, abundantly populated chronicle of a storied place and its creative, outspoken, driven inhabitants...Animated social history.” ( Photo: Hachette Books) “Talkin’ Greenwich Village” Captures The Coolest Neighborhood in the History of the World David Browne’s terrific new book, Talkin’ Greenwich Village, is a love letter to that distinctive, quirky, historic stretch... News 25 Oct 2024 | 05:11
Joyce Gold (right) leads her “Gilded Age — Grandiose Yearnings From Untaxed Earnings” walking tour on Sunday, Oct. 6th. ( Photo: Alex Dolansky) City Expert Joyce Gold Reflects on Nearly 50 Years of Guided Tours When asked how she came to be one of Manhattan’s earliest independent tour guides—almost 50 years ago, well before the New... City Arts 17 Oct 2024 | 12:56
Jessica Sherr (center) stars with Heather Brittain (left) and Leigh Ponce in a new dark comedy, “Wicked Image.” This Halloween, a “Wicked” Good Time Awaits Even fallen angels need a pick-me-up. What in Hades are Lucifer, Satan, and the Devil to do? The horns, the pitchforks, and... City Arts 14 Oct 2024 | 11:46
