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Village Tannery: New York City’s jewel

May 11, 2023 by Martin (Junjian) Su

The storefront of Village Tannery on the corner of Bleecker Street and Sullivan Street in Manhattan, New York.

  Village Tannery is located on the corner between Bleecker St and Sullivan St in Manhattan, New York. It is one of the few standing leather workshop and retailers in the city. The Turkish-owned tannery was founded by Sevestet and her associates in the 1970s, and will be celebrating its 50th anniversary soon. The tannery […]

Filed Under: Multimedia, Video Tagged With: New York City, Tannery, Village Tannery

Environmental activist Heeta Thakkar believes the government is beautiful

May 3, 2023 by Suvrat Kothari

Heeta Thakkar at a table with members of NYC DYCD

“Living in NYC, our government is honestly so beautiful,” says Environmental Activist Heeta Thakkar, who founded Zero Waste Schools (ZWS), a student-run organization that provides waste management solutions to NYC schools. Thakkar’s appearance is unassuming—a pair of blue jeans and a black winter coat hardly indicative of the fire in her belly. But her ambition […]

Filed Under: Environment

Endometriosis Foundation of America continues to make change at annual Blossom Ball

March 21, 2023 by Amelia Chang

Woman in a red gown addressing a crowd at the Endometriosis Foundation of America's 11th Annual Blossom Ball. Image by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

On Monday, March 20, Endometriosis Foundation of America held their 11th Annual Blossom Ball. The night was a celebration of all the hard work the past year has brought to the nonprofit organization, which called for the continuation of its work in improving knowledge and treatment of endometriosis, a condition in which the tissue lining […]

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Booze, banter, and hardcore racing: The NYC bar that cracked the F1 code

March 20, 2023 by Suvrat Kothari

Féile Bar in New York

It’s cold, windy, and eerily quiet on March 19 in Midtown in early spring. But inside the Irish sports bar Féile (pronounced Fay-La), if you close your eyes and imagine, it’s sunny and sandy, and you can hear engines revving. On the eight giant TV screens across the bar and a large projector, Formula One […]

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Unions: Why were there so many of them last year?

March 1, 2023 by Jules Roscoe

Union workers protest outside the NYC Starbucks Reserve Roastery.

There was a massive surge in unionizations in 2022. Data released by the NLRB showed that election petitions were generally up over 50% compared to the year before—that’s a sharp spike. And there are a lot of factors that contributed to it. Listen to three experts—a labor historian, a corporate lawyer, and a unionized worker—to […]

Filed Under: Multimedia, Video Tagged With: amazon, jules roscoe, labor union, non union workers, starbucks, union workers, unions

Champions cast express excitement about new movie

February 28, 2023 by Amelia Chang

Champions red carpet. Image by Amelia Chang

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 […]

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NYU Tisch student speaks on the lack of representation on Broadway

February 22, 2023 by Nandini Gupta, Wendy Li

NYU Tisch drama student Brandon Bautista stands in a film studio holding a script

Brandon Bautista, a senior drama student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, has worked on different shows, including “exhibition: Fil-O-PiNOS,” which he wrote himself. While the prospect of working in the New York theatre industry excites him, he is wary of how work by people of color tends to be overlooked. He explains why […]

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Stamping out racism in the Premier League

February 18, 2023 by Kiersten Dugan

Everton's Idrissa Gueye kicking a soccer ball during the English Premier League

  “When you win, you’re English. When you lose, you’re Black.” Activist Ahmed Ali tweeted this in November 2021 after England lost to Italy — during a contentious game that ended in a tie, followed by a decisive 3-2 penalty shootout — in the 2020 European Championship.  England’s loss was followed by an onslaught of […]

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Let me tell you what Joan Didion means to me

February 9, 2023 by Alexa Donovan

Joan Didion books on a bookshelf

I own more books by Joan Didion than I can count. Some are in my dorm room, piled on my window sill overlooking East Tenth Street. Some are on my IKEA bookshelf at my family home in the suburbs of New York. It’s as if these books are children living in a split custody situation. […]

Filed Under: Features, Uncategorized

Hawaii needs more Japanese tourists to counter economic slowdown

February 7, 2023 by Hyunsoo Rim

Tourists on lounge chairs on a sunny beach in Ala Moana, Hawaii

Honolulu, HI – The number of Japanese visitors in Hawaii hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels, which is weighing heavily on the state’s economy. While the yen’s recent rebound eased the burden of traveling for the Japanese tourists, three years of Covid restrictions in Japan – even after they’ve been lifted – seem to overshadow this […]

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Village Tannery: New York City’s jewel

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