Arts & Culture

Postcard From Earth Viewing Experience

Ben Land December 1, 2024

Las Vegas- a hellish 107° Fahrenheit made to feel even hotter by the heat island effect. The standstill traffic — in the poster child for

A large pink text circles around a square album cover with the name "Bad Nerves." The gold-colored signatures from the band members are written across the album cover. The lead singer sings into a microphone in black and white. The album cover sits atop of a granite table.

Punk’s Not Dead: Bad Nerves’ Debut Album Review

Paulina Albarracin November 13, 2024

If the underground punk scene is a dormant volcano, the Bad Nerves is the equivalent of a spontaneous eruption whose explosive melodies awaken its slumber.

Doing It All for Laughs, But Make It Girly: Jenny Gorelick on her Burgeoning Comedy Career

Alessia Girardin November 13, 2024

You might recognize her from Comedy Central skits on YouTube, Hatched NYC skits, or from Late Night with Seth Meyers. She is a five-foot brunette

A Viral YouTube Video Set My Career on Fire

Alessia Girardin October 31, 2024

Story by Shea Vaughan-Gabor As told to Alessia Girardin “Someone who says what’s on their mind.” That’s the best way to describe Shea Vaughan- Gabor,

Attendees for the "Fashion for our Future" march gather in Bryant Park.

“Fashion has always been our future”: Fashion industry leaders show up for democracy ahead of New York Fashion Week

Rana Alsoufi September 7, 2024

In honor of the beginning of New York Fashion Week, more than 1,000 of the fashion industry’s most prominent figures, from models to designers to

How These Second-Generation Asian Americans Are Revitalizing Chinatown

Amanda Chen July 5, 2024

Despite its robust history spanning over a century, Chinatown faces ongoing sustainability struggles as store owners age. According to a 2023 report by NYC Small

Leah Levine sits inside one of the ambulances belonging to Ezras Nashim.

Ezras Nashim’s Chief Operating Officer on personal life, work and balancing it all

Miranda Ferrante July 1, 2024

It was a gloomy Friday in April and, for the first time, I entered the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. I was dressed in typical

Cartwheels on the Catwalk: Olive Louise Jenkins and Their Fashion Line, “2theFuture”

Alessia Girardin June 6, 2024

American fashion designer Betsy Johnson is known for her cartwheels ending with splits on the catwalk — something that Olive Louise Jenkins is not far

Brothers in Arms

Samantha Donndelinger April 30, 2024

This short documentary explores the bonds of three sets of friends across different generations. It delves into their challenges expressing intimacy in a world that

A woman stands in between two racks of colorful shirts in a thrift store.

How Thrifting Could Save the World

Zakiya Rowe April 18, 2024

Two girls giggle by a clothes rack that reads “Women’s long sleeves,” clothes draped across their arms as they weave through shelves of semi-worn garments.

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