https://www.ourtownny.com/features/conductor-ted-sperling-shares-joys-of-musical-storytelling-GE5868383 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-20T14:50:00-04:00 Conductor Ted Sperling Shares Joys of Musical Storytelling https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/conductor-ted-sperling-joys-orhcestra_4-10749069_20260522123737.jpg Conductor Ted Sperling with orchestra and chorus at the premiere of “Sins and Grace.”<i> </i> https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/conductor-ted-sperling-joys-erinbaian_4-10749072_20260522123832.jpg Conductor and Music Director Ted Sperling https://www.ourtownny.com/news/downtown-urban-arts-festival-prepares-for-its-24th-season-XL5863321 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-20T16:06:01-04:00 Downtown Urban Arts Festival Prepares for its 24th Season https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/duaf_4-10738591_20260520144019.jpg The Downtown Urban Arts Festival will be presenting the work of 20 playwrights for its 24th season. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/lamama-still_4-10739146_20260520165630.jpg Most of the performances will be taking place at La MaMa Experimental Theatre. After being located in the Theatre District for the past few years, the festival is making its way back downtown. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/condo-developer-to-demolish-corlears-school-on-w-15th-street-KH5845286 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-20T20:53:18-04:00 Condo Developer to Demolish Corlears School on W. 15th Street https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimagebfzhig_4-10713232_20260514124636.jpg A condo developer has filed demolition plans for the Corlears School on W. 15th St., days after buying it for $19 million. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimageae8m3d_4-10713289_20260512171931.jpg The school is transitioning from a K-5 model to a pre-K model this upcoming fall. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/woman-scalded-to-death-after-fatal-fall-into-manhole-med-examiner-LK5862793 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-20T20:54:53-04:00 Woman Scalded to Death after Fatal Fall into Manhole: Med Examiner https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-20-at-12-34-35-pm_4-10733033_20260520153818.png A manhole cover sits near East 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan following the death of Donike Gocaj, 56, who authorities said fell into an uncovered manhole after stepping out of her vehicle Monday night, May 18, 2026, in New York. Investigators are continuing to examine the situation. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/unknown_4-10738862_20260520153823.jpg Donike Gocaj, above with two of her grandchildren. She died in a freak accident when she fell down an uncovered manhole on May 18 after stepping out of the front door of her parked car. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/halmar-tapped-by-amtrak-for-8-billion-penn-station-redo-msg-won-t-have-to-move-EF5869035 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-21T10:53:01-04:00 Halmar Tapped by Amtrak for $8 Billion Penn Station Redo; MSG Won’t Have to Move https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimage04pm9v_4-10741270_20260521105246.jpg The current Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden (above) will be torn down under a new overhaul plan for Penn Station. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/penn-station-courtesy-halmar_4-10738805_20260520175800.png Halmar was picked to be the master developer of Penn Station and its plan leaves Madison Square Garden in place. The rendering above was from an earlier redesign plan released by the developer. No new renderings were released in conjunction with the announcement on May 20. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/msg-at-night_4-10739171_20260520175802.png Madison Square Garden, home to the Knicks and the Rangers, is not going to have to move to a new location now that Halmar has been picked by Amtrak and the Trump Administration to be the new master developer. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/city-boosts-ferry-service-ahead-of-world-cup-but-no-harlem-connection-CF5869271 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-21T13:10:38-04:00 City Boosts Ferry Service Ahead of World Cup, But No Harlem Connection https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/nyc-ferry-vessel-h-91_4-10739142_20260520174000.jpg New York City is expanding ferry service to capitalize on the World Cup, which will see an influx of soccer-mad tourists. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/hgssezxxwaensbl-4-10654760-2026042417_4-10739150_20260521120009.webp City Council Member Shaun Abreu (center) and Manhattan B.P. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (center-right) are trying to kickstart World Cup ferry service from W. 125th Street. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/apricots-no-longer-the-poor-relation-in-the-yellow-fruit-world-XL5872202 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-21T14:20:47-04:00 Apricots: No Longer the Poor Relation in the Yellow Fruit World https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/apricots_4-10744131_20260521140614.jpg Behold the apricot. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/east-harlem-tower-project-cleanup-HJ5874977 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-22T11:27:28-04:00 East Harlem Tower Project Enters Cleanup Phase After Contamination https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/east-harlem-cleanup-png-10748318-10748318_4-10748318_20260522111703.png The vacant lot at 247–249 East 117th Street in East Harlem, where a proposed residential tower would rise after environmental remediation work. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/cleanup-map_4-10748332_20260522111705.png The proposed development site at 247–249 East 117th Street in East Harlem. https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/why-new-yorkers-should-care-about-the-return-of-jim-crow-politics-in-the-south-DN5861014 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-22T11:37:28-04:00 Why New Yorkers Should Care About the Return of Jim Crow Politics in the South https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/laura-dunn_4-10732081_20260518171539.png Laura Dunn, a veteran civil rights attorney, decries the recent Supreme Court decision weakening the 1965 Voting Rights Act. https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/let-s-build-an-nfl-stadium-on-randall-s-island-for-the-jets-YL5863054 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-05-22T11:57:19-04:00 Let’s Build an NFL Stadium on Randall’s Island for the Jets https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/football-randalls-island-2-png-10733220-10733220_4-10733220_20260519112808.jpg A Randall’s Island master plan with a New York Jets stadium https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/football-jets-png-10733183-10733183_4-10733183_20260519112802.png Here is what a Jets stadium on Randall’s Island, in the shadow of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (aka the Tri-Borough Bridge) would look like.