California Girl Zendaya Now a NYC Icon at Madame Tussauds in Times Square She’s Oakland-born and a former Disney Channel star who played Rocky Blue in the sitcom Shake It Up, but now at 29 years... City Arts 09 Jan 2026 | 09:54
Debut novelist Debby Show is a licensed marriage and family therapist and school psychologist based in California. ( Photo by Cyndi Hodes) Her Sister’s Keeper: Real-Life Crimes Inspire Debut Novel “I live in a house where blame always finds me,” says Abigail, the protagonist in Paper Roses, the debut novel of Debby Show... City Arts 11 Jan 2026 | 07:53
Sid Caesar (right) was the richest and most influential comedian in America in the early 1950s when he teamed with co-star Imogene Coca on Your Show of Shows. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Hail Caesar! Margolick’s New Bio Profiles Variety Show King Sid Caesar Television has likely never had a more hilarious writers’ room: Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, Woody Allen all did... City Arts 05 Jan 2026 | 03:11
This oral history is for anyone interested in music, show business, and the inner and outer workings of a legendary club that defined its time in the firmament of New York City nightlife. ( Photo: Bloomsbury Publishing) The Club That Wrote The Book On Music Is Now A Book “Who did you see at the Bottom Line?” Ask anyone of a certain age, and they’ll reel off a list of names from Leo Sayer and... City Arts 18 Dec 2025 | 04:53
Critically acclaimed Daniel Ficarri, the 29-year-old organist and associate director of music at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, debuted a new composition at the Brick Presbyterian Church’s Christmas show on Dec. 14. ( Photo: Courtesy Brick Presbyterian Church) Composer & Organist Daniel Ficcari: Pulling Out All Stops Modeled on the beloved service first sung at King’s College, Cambridge, in 1918, Brick Church’s Lessons & Carols unfolded... City Arts 24 Dec 2025 | 12:36
Aaron Poochigian reads from his recently published “Four Walks in Central Park.” He said meditative park walks helped him overcome an addiction to cocaine and eventually led to the guide book to the park that saved his life, written entirely in iambic pentameter. ( Photo: Chole Bragg) A Poet Treads a Path to Recovery Through Central Park–in Iambic Pentameter Above a bit of bedrock protruding from the ground in New York City’s most iconic parks sits a man, Aaron Poochigian, silently... City Arts 08 Dec 2025 | 01:55
The Book Cellar, located within the NYPL’s Webster branch, is dedicated to selling pre-owned books at incredible prices to the casual book reader and collectors alike. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) The Book Cellar at Webster Library Is an Underground Hit! The Book Cellar in the basement of New York Public Library Webster Branch in Yorkville is it: a truly underground, as in... News 15 Dec 2025 | 11:44
Douglas Taurel in his 90-minute, one-man production, plays 14 different characters from soldiers to moms and children. After a 34 city tour across the US, the play is having a limited run off Broadway run through Dec. 21 at the A.R.T. on W. 53rd St. ( Photo:Teresa Castracane Photography) DouglasTaurel’s ‘The American Soldier,’ Bows Off Broadway Douglas Taurel has performed The American Soldier almost 40 times across the country, including at the Kennedy Center (three... City Arts 26 Nov 2025 | 07:38
Chef and food stylist César Aldrete and preschool teacher Ricky Rotandi won the prize for ”Best Borough Spirit: Manhattan” for their nearly three-foot-high, 24-pound model of the Statue of Liberty. ( Photo: Brad Farwell) Gingerbread Bake-Off Stars Landmarks and Symbols That Are Good Enough to Eat The holidays are upon us, and the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) has you covered. For the fourth consecutive year,... News 30 Nov 2025 | 11:57
The Bingo Troupe. ( Photo: Heather Stein) Big Apple Circus Returns to Lincoln Center, Brings New Flourish to Golden Era New York is a city that thrives on comebacks, and this fall, one of its most beloved traditions is sweeping back into Lincoln... City Arts 22 Nov 2025 | 04:28
Book restorer Richard Rosenblatt at his corner of Argosy Book Store, where he has worked for 39 years while maintaining his career as a fine artist (and rock drummer). ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) Renaissance Man: Richard Rosenblatt, Book Restorer And So Much More Richard Rosenblatt leads an artist’s life. The New York native is a second-generation painter (his father, David, was a noted... City Arts 21 Nov 2025 | 06:13
A photo array of EFG Designs curated by president and owner Esther Fortunoff-Greene, the third-generation of Fortunoff, her family’s renowned company, which began in 1922. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) Mourning Jewelry: Keeping Memories Alive Some accessories are to die for. Mourning jewelry was on display, accompanied by a fascinating discussion provided by a panel... City Arts 21 Nov 2025 | 04:14
George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” at Theatre Row stars Carson Elrod, Mark Evans, Synnøve Karlsen, Teresa Avia Lim, Lizan Mitchell, and Matt Wolpe. The production marks the Gingold Theatrical Group’s 20th anniversary. ( Photo by Gingold Group) Theatre Row’s ‘Pygmalion’: Not Your Mother’s ‘My Fair Lady’ The rain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain. At least not in this current iteration of George Bernard Shaw’s razor-sharp,... City Arts 06 Nov 2025 | 11:17
The late Robbie Robertson, the leader and driving force behind The Band, has just had the third volume of his memoir trilogy published posthumously. He delves into his wild late-‘70s era when film director Martin Scorsese first collaborated on The Last Waltz. ( Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com) Robertson’s Insomnia: Sex, Drugs, and Scorsese If you think you know all about Martin Scorsese, the acclaimed film director, guess again. You can’t understand the whole... City Arts 03 Nov 2025 | 08:35
Katya Grineva returns to Carnegie Hall for her highly anticipated 23rd appearance at the Hall’s Stern Auditorium—more performances than any other female artist. ( Photo by Giacobazzi Yanez ) Katya Grineva Wraps ’25 On A High Note It’s music to everyone’s ears whenever acclaimed pianist Katya Grineva returns to Carnegie Hall, where she made her debut... City Arts 21 Nov 2025 | 05:33
