Well, it’s winter and as everybody knows ‘tis the season when we suffer from dry skin. I had a condition where my skin felt as if it was being stung by a thousand bees. My dermatologist determined I had dry skin and a fungal infection. Yuck! I got the cream she prescribed and eventually the yuck went away.
Read MoreAs artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes nearly every creative field, one of the most consequential copyright cases in U.S. history has unfolded with little public attention.
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America has just experienced a year of massive contrasts ─ the growth of the rich v. the poor, ICE v. civil liberties, ethnic cleansing and genocide v. nationalist expansion, excess of food v. starvation, war v. declarations of peace and cease fires, health v. epidemics caused by distrust of vaccines. The list is endless. Artists are the barometer of a society’s soul. Westbeth Gallery’s Winter Exhibit closed the year 2025 revealing art of great contrasts paralleling extremes in our world today.
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Don’t bother looking — there are no monuments to Black Americans in Greenwich Village.
Read MoreIn an era defined by distraction, overscheduling, and competing demands, one of the quiet casualties of modern life is sustained emotional connection between couples. Many relationships do not fracture dramatically; they thin out slowly, worn down by logistics, parenting, and exhaustion. What is often missing is not love, but time—specifically, intentional time.
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One Friday evening my parents told me we were going to a restaurant with our friends. I was super excited because we were going to a place called Kid Pizza which opened a year ago.
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In my work as a psychotherapist, I am seeing a marked rise in political anxiety among clients. This anxiety extends beyond political preferences or policy debates. Many people are living with a persistent sense of unease that affects sleep, mood, focus, and overall well-being.
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Many of us are intimately familiar with the annual Tribeca Festival and the New York Film Festival, juggernaut events that have become mainstays of the cinematic calendar, highly sought-after by film buffs and filmmakers alike. Yet, New York City’s true identity as a film capital is not found solely in these massive institutions.
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If you missed our first book swap of the year, held on January 10 and 11, you may be the only one! The swap drew the biggest crowds we’ve seen, and brought loads of great book donations from those in attendance. We’ll work on putting together another swap in the spring, once we’ve had a chance to recover from the excitement.
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On January 17, the People’s Voice Cafe in Greenwich Village became a space of reflection, connection, and moral urgency as Elijah Dixon Owens delivered a stirring tribute to the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The city that never sleeps is asleep while residents lose agency over what happens to their neighborhood. With changes in building requirements from The City Of Yes (TCOY), which does not promote affordability, it is clear that administrative actions do not improve quality of life.
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You’d have to be hiding in a hole not to know that our democracy is in a crisis. If it was not brought home before now, the recent brutal murders of ICU nurse Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota, made that truly clear.
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Newly elected Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, formerly our state senator in Albany, now takes on the representation of the entire borough.
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Blame Donald Trump. If your favorite major media outlet isn’t reporting New York City historic preservation news as often as you’d like, one reason might be the constantly breaking national news stories that “bigfoot” local coverage off the page.
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