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Arts & Culture
Bringing Back the Value of Clothing
This wasn’t your average fashion show. In place of a pristine runway in SoHo was a historic warehouse in Downtown Brooklyn, where the audience wandered through an exhibition of models and brands. Instead of a traditional New York Fashion Week show, which often signifies changes in trends and deems previous seasons’ clothes obsolete, NYFW x […]
Writers Guild Strike for “The View”
Since May 2023, the Writers Guild has been on strike against Hollywood companies, a significant event that has impacted numerous productions, including the popular show “The View.” This strike, stemming from an ongoing dispute over pay, working conditions, and the growing use of artificial intelligence in movies and television, highlights the evolving challenges facing the […]
Sammy L. Coffee Becomes NYU Student Hotspot Below Third North
At a hole-in-the-wall cafe on the edge of the East Village, a wall of Asian snacks and ice creams faces a beautiful display of Italian- and French-inspired desserts and pastries. Sparkling rows of Chinese coffee mugs up for sale line the wall beside it, a rack of clothes from Korean designers just below them. A […]
Champions cast express excitement about new movie
Produced by and starring Woody Harrelson, Champions is a comedy film set to be released in early March. At the world premiere on February 27 at the AMC Lincoln Square in New York, the cast, featuring several actors with intellectual disabilities, couldn’t be more ecstatic about this film. Champions, directed by Bobby Farrelly, tells the […]
Mongolia’s Tuvan reindeer herders
Photos by Andrew Califf There is a small section of taiga [boreal forest] surrounding the Darkhad Depression in northern Mongolia that is home to a niche community of Tuvan reindeer herders. The border cuts them off from the Russian Tuvan Republic, which has exponentially better herding conditions, less hunting restrictions and more land for larger […]
Finding A Community in the Village’s Bookstores
On Carmine Street in Greenwich Village, inside Temperance Wine Bar, sits two bookshelves, lined with various rare and niche books. They aren’t for decoration, nor are they sold by the restaurant. Instead, they belong to Jim Drougas’ Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bookstore. After 31 years of business, the landlords of Drougas’ store increased the rent to […]
New Mexico Comes to New York: How The Misrepresented Cuisine is Getting Its Time In The Spotlight
When Covid hit in 2020, many New Yorkers found themselves stuck in a locked-down city, searching for comfort — Melissa Klein, John Watterberg, and Eric See included. After some thought, See and Watterberg, both Albuquerque natives, looked to fill that void with hometown comfort food, like smothered green chile chicken enchiladas. However, being roughly 2,000 […]
Debate over the continued use of streetside dining sheds heats up
Amid shifting attitudes to the Covid-19 virus, New York City residents are increasingly labeling many relics of pandemic-era lockdowns obsolete. Streetside dining – once a popular method to preserve both restaurant business and socially-deprived residents – has recently joined the relegated ranks of KN95 masks and Clorox wipes. Policymakers responded to initial positive feedback on […]
Tips for enjoying Korean BBQ in the most Korean way
When I worked as a server in a Korean barbecue restaurant in Koreatown, customers used to ask the following question after they ordered their food: “Does it come with Banchan?” They would look at me expectantly, as if they’ve already heard about the unlimited, free Banchan — small side dishes that will come with their […]