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Mayor Eric Adams receiving his second COVID-19 booster shot at City Hall on September 20, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

Mayor Eric Adams receiving his second COVID-19 booster shot at City Hall on September 20, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

A new debate over the return on investment (ROI) of the COVID jabs

Vaccine Angst

27 Nov 2022 | 10:34

For a brief moment we greeted those vaccines as our salvation from COVID-19, scrambling for appointments and celebrating our jabs as liberation from masks, social distancing and lockdowns. But then the realization settled in that vaccination is medicine not magic.

The focus turned from the significant...

Playwright Alice Eve Cohen’s ancestors in a cornfield on their farm in Oklahoma. Photo courtesy of Alice Eve Cohen

Playwright Alice Eve Cohen’s ancestors in a cornfield on their farm in Oklahoma. Photo courtesy of Alice Eve Cohen

‘Oklahoma Samovar’ Is a Rumination On Jewish Identity, Through A Personal Lens

30 Nov 2022 | 01:46

Alice Eve Cohen’s play, “Oklahoma Samovar,” tracks a family’s footsteps over five generations, from Latvia...

At the West 125th Street/Broadway Station, the Train of Many Colors, heading towards Chambers Street, stops to pick up passengers on November 27,2022. Photo by Ralph Spielman

At the West 125th Street/Broadway Station, the Train of Many Colors, heading towards Chambers Street, stops to pick up passengers on November 27,2022. Photo by Ralph Spielman

Nostalgia Train of Many Colors Rides Again

29 Nov 2022 | 02:12

After a hiatus of two years during the pandemic, the first trip on Sunday, November 27 went well. The...

Hot Air ballooning at dawn in Cappadocia, Türkiye while filming for the new 10th season of “Travels with Darley.” Photo: Chad Davis

Hot Air ballooning at dawn in Cappadocia, Türkiye while filming for the new 10th season of “Travels with Darley.” Photo: Chad Davis

In the City and On the Road with PBS’ Darley Newman

28 Nov 2022 | 11:37

Darley Newman moved back to New York in Dec. 2018 and when the pandemic hit and she couldn’t travel,...

Tjaša Ferme, the artistic director of Transforma Theater. Photo: SHOOTT

Tjaša Ferme, the artistic director of Transforma Theater. Photo: SHOOTT

Off Broadway: Science and Theater

30 Nov 2022 | 11:51

“American theater is too realistic,” according to Tjaša Ferme. “I want to create something I would like...

Guests view exhibit at Beyond the Bricks launch at Ryan’s Daughter on the Upper East Side. Photo: Karen Camela Watson

Guests view exhibit at Beyond the Bricks launch at Ryan’s Daughter on the Upper East Side. Photo: Karen Camela Watson

Beyond the Bricks: An Art Collaboration

19 Nov 2022 | 04:26

The pub was full – the latest hotspot-on-a-Saturday-night kind of full. But this was Wednesday, and there...

Governor Kathy Hochul and William Hochul with Mirso Lekic (center) at Tudor City Steakhouse. Photo courtesy of Tudor City Steakhouse

Governor Kathy Hochul and William Hochul with Mirso Lekic (center) at Tudor City Steakhouse. Photo courtesy of Tudor City Steakhouse

Highlights of a Political Season

18 Nov 2022 | 09:34

Mother knows best – Congratulations to Russell Squire who was re-elected to a second term as Chair of...

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