Author Elyce Arons is now CEO of the Frances Valentine fashion company. She went into business with her college friend Kate Spade, creating a fashion dynasty. Elyce’s new memoir celebrates her friend, who tragically took her own life. ( Photo: Adam Ward) Longtime Biz Partner of Fashion Icon Kate Spade Pens Moving Memoir to Her Friend “She is the most gracious, sweet, intelligent, funny woman I’ve ever known,” says Elyce Arons of her best friend of 40 years,... City Arts 20 Jun 2025 | 01:09
Award-winning clown Julia Masli in her one-woman show, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. ( Courtesy of The Public Theater) Got Problems? The Clown Therapist Will See You Now “If we didn’t have problems, we wouldn’t grow,” says Julia Masli, before embarking on solving some doozies shared by anxiously... News 02 May 2025 | 01:48
The newest exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York highlights the dance floor as a vital space for creativity, connection, and cultural rebellion. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) Urban Stomp Showcases 200 Years of Dance Moves (and Dancing Is Encouraged Here) They were dancing in the halls. The foxtrot, lindy hop, salsa, hip-hop, hustle, waltz, tango, and voguing are on display starting... City Arts 09 Apr 2025 | 07:15
Viola Shipman is the pen name of best-selling author Wade Rouse, who hosts Words & Wine with Wade on Thursdays at ViolaShipman.com. ( Photo: Ivan Hundric) ‘The Page Turner’ Is An Aptly Named New Novel In The Page Turner, Emma Page is living every novelist’s dream. The recent grad, with a manuscript under her arm, rolls into... News 04 Apr 2025 | 01:08
Just in time for National Women’s History Month, a new children’s book by author/illustrator Janice Hechter celebrates the true story of activism by girls as young as 10. ( Photo: Janice Hechter ) A New Children’s Book Reminds Us of When NYC Girl Scouts Made History “Alice in Wonderland doesn’t count,” chanted a troop of New York City Girl Scouts, who realized that out of 22 statues in... City Arts 05 Mar 2025 | 12:03
Nicole Graev Lipson has written a memoir in essay form: “Mothers and Other Fictional Characters.” ( Photo: Samantha Yanofsky Copyright: Sly Photography) Writer’s Memoir-in-Essays Tackles the Concept of ‘Mother’ “In my mothering, I am anything but a sacred Madonna. I am a determined shapeshifter, readjusting as I grapple my way through... News 22 Feb 2025 | 11:24
This is the image of The Gates as it appears on your phone in a virtual tour. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) The ‘Gates’ Are Back 20 Years Later, This Time Virtually In 2005, my children stood amidst our city’s buzzworthy attraction, The Gates, Central Park, New York City, unclear as to... City Arts 13 Feb 2025 | 01:13
A Gorgeous Excitement, a debut novel from Cynthia Weiner, is set with a backdrop of mid-1980s New York where two jarring cases involving young people shook the city and dominated tabloid headlines. Coming-of-Age Novel Takes Readers Back to mid-’80s NYC and Some Infamous Crimes New York City, 1986. If, like me, you were here, you remember the true-crime headlines about the the Preppy Murder involving... City Arts 09 Feb 2025 | 11:14
The woman who is the central character in The Cleaning Lady, holding two of her children before she left them to cross into the United States. She was gone for 15 years before returning home. ( Photo: Courtesy of Ericka de Alexander and “Marisol.”) ’The Cleaning Lady’ Seeks to Humanize the Migrant Story “I would have never left [my children] if I had known that I couldn’t [eventually] bring them with me.” So says Marisol Reina... City Arts 23 Jan 2025 | 01:39
Volunteers Kaitlyn Sato and Sofia Balanay flank resident Janice Wolkenberg at Sunrise. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) Young Pre-med Students Bring Art Therapy to Seniors Coping with Dementia “One of the things we’re trying to do is destigmatize dementia for our generation,” says 21-year-old Rohan Kurian, a senior... Home 17 Jan 2025 | 02:12
Actress and Author Amy Wilson uses humor to give the eternal helper the confidence to say “no” in her new book of essays, “Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser” which is due out in early Jan. ( Photo: Jennifer Lee Photography) Author/Actress Amy Wilson Tells Perpetual “People Pleasers” It’s OK to say “No” Sometimes “I’d tell myself, ‘You got this, Mama!’ even when I most certainly did not.” So says Amy Wilson—published author, Webby-honored... City Arts 17 Dec 2024 | 01:13
Lydia Johnson (left) watches as Maria Culbreath and Elise Boikess perform in the world premiere of Legacy, set to the minimalist arrangement of Terry Riley’s IN C (1964),highlighting her signature use of emotion and abstract movement, weaving together deeply human stories. ( ( Photo: Steven Pisano)) It’s Back to the Future as Lydia Johnson Dance Celebrates Its 25th Year A dance company founded as a not-for-profit twenty five years ago is returning to its roots at the renowned Martha Graham... City Arts 27 Nov 2024 | 11:46
Alex Anagnostidis started in construction before a friend helped get him into the stuntman’s union. ( Photo credit: Andrew Loucas) This New York-born Stuntman Is on a Hollywood Roll What do Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, and Jennifer Lawrence have in common? They’ve all worked with Alex Anagnostidis. You... Features 21 Nov 2024 | 06:18
Mayor Eric Adams wore a cap with both the Mets/Yankees logos during the Columbus Day parade. At his weekly press conference on Oct. 22, he admitted he’s a Mets fan, but his partner is a Yankees fan. And much like our columnist, he wishes the Yankees well in the World Series. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) There’s No Subway Series...and I’m Ok with That... For decades, I have lived in a house divided with my husband and son rooting for the Mets, and my daughter and mother cheering... Voices 25 Oct 2024 | 02:23
Jessica Sherr (center) stars with Heather Brittain (left) and Leigh Ponce in a new dark comedy, “Wicked Image.” This Halloween, a “Wicked” Good Time Awaits Even fallen angels need a pick-me-up. What in Hades are Lucifer, Satan, and the Devil to do? The horns, the pitchforks, and... News 14 Oct 2024 | 11:46
