Junior’s cheesecake. Photo courtesy of Junior’s Restaurant & Bakery Let Them Eat Cheesecake Alan Rosen’s earliest memories of Junior’s Restaurant & Bakery are being behind the bakery counter at their original Brooklyn... News 19 Dec 2022 | 10:20
Jolie Dudley with her dog Knope. Photo: David Kirchner She Brings Together the Canine Community for Comedy After quarantine, Jolie Dudley empathized with the separation anxiety her dog was experiencing, since during the COVID pandemic,... News 12 Dec 2022 | 10:30
Jane Ira Bloom. Photo: Brigitte Lacombe Immersed in a World of Jazz and Space Jane Ira Bloom began playing the saxophone at age 9 and said she choose the instrument because it was shiny. “It’s a fact.... News 05 Dec 2022 | 10:10
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 Darley Newman moved back to New York in Dec. 2018 and when the pandemic hit and she couldn’t travel, she used the time to... News 28 Nov 2022 | 11:37
Patrick Schmidt at Lady Blue cocktail bar. Photo: Phil O’Brien at W42ST Magazine It’s All Peachy Keen in Hell’s Kitchen In the current state of the restaurant industry in New York City, “everything has to be an experience and a story, having... News 14 Nov 2022 | 09:54
Dean Fusto, Head of School for The School of the Blessed Sacrament. Photo: Allison Chernutan ‘The Face of the School Out in the Community’ This June, Dean Fusto took on the role of Head of School at the School of the Blessed Sacrament. The private Catholic school... News 31 Oct 2022 | 10:31
Rose Levy Beranbaum. Photo: Matthew Septimus The Sweet Success of Rose Levy Beranbaum Rose Levy Beranbaum’s foray into dessert making came when she went off to college and tasted her first home-baked cake. Although... News 17 Oct 2022 | 02:53
Malcolm J. Merriweather, Music Director/Conductor of The Dessoff Choirs and newly appointed Director of New York Philharmonic Choir. Photo: Stephanie Berger Listening to His Musicians When he was growing up singing in the children’s choir at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Buffalo, Malcolm J. Merriweather could... News 03 Oct 2022 | 09:06
The Kardashians cookies. Photo courtesy of Funny Face Bakery The New York Cookies That Put Smiles on Everyone’s Faces Although the cookies at Funny Face Bakery make people smile, some are so touching that they cause customers to tear up in... News 26 Sep 2022 | 01:31
Bernard Menner’s routes cruise the East River and New York Harbor. Photo: NYC Ferry What Floats This Captain’s Boat It wasn’t always smooth sailing for this skipper — but he tested the waters and now he’s at the helm. Brooklyn native Bernard... News 16 Sep 2022 | 09:10
Amanda Ricken Simonetta (right) with Sheila Jaffe and Darryl McDaniels. Photo: Miriam Lissak One Happy Camper Went on to Change the Lives of Many Others As a child growing up in Woodstock, New York, Amanda Ricken Simonetta was “a complete and total camp fanatic.” From the age... News 12 Sep 2022 | 11:32
Dzhangar Sanzhiev, founder of MatchFamilies, with his family. Photo: Kai Kapitän Families That Match Together Families can now swipe right on other families in New York. On August 15, MatchFamilies, an app designed for families to meet... News 27 Aug 2022 | 09:52
Sonia Manzano, creator and executive producer of “Alma’s Way.” Photo: David Gonzalez From ‘Sesame Street’ to ‘Alma’s Way’ Growing up in the South Bronx, Sonia Manzano loved making believe she was the people she saw on television. However, as a... News 22 Aug 2022 | 10:22
Arielle Jacobs (right) in “Between the Lines.” Photo: Matthew Murphy This Leading Lady is Reading ‘Between the Lines’ Growing up in San Francisco, Arielle Jacobs was so inspired by pop singers like Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston that she... News 08 Aug 2022 | 10:11
Paul Stache and MollyJohnson of Smoke Jazz Club. Photo: James Katz Where There’s Smoke, There’s This Couple Paul Stache and Molly Sparrow Johnson met at Smoke Jazz Club and are now a part of its storied history. Stache, a native... News 18 Jul 2022 | 09:13
