Posted on May 9, 2012
In New York, it’s nearly impossible to walk a single block without encountering some form of street art. From stickers to mosaics, spray paint tags to sidewalk chalk spreads, the publicly accessible displays of creativity are everywhere. While walking to The High Line, I happened across this interactive installation resting on a street [...]
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Posted by Inside New York on Dec 7, 2008
515 Malcolm X Blvd (at 136th St). 212-491-2200. Mon-Wed 12pm-8pm, Thurs-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Closed Sun. 23 to 135th.This branch of the New York Public Library includes over five million texts, photographs, paintings and other items describing and documenting experiences of people of African descent from around the world. It was named after Arturo Alfonso [...]
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Posted by Inside New York on Dec 7, 2008
33 Wooster St (near Grand St). 212-966-9796. 1ACENR to Canal.For three decades the Wooster Group has been developing theatre techniques old and new at The Performing Garage, their home in SoHo. Under the direction of Elizabeth LeCompte, the group works as an ensemble to juxtapose theatrical elements like video, movement, and script-reinterpretation to create theatre [...]
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Posted by Erica Drennan on Mar 4, 2009
As a young, broke New Yorker, there is one word that always catches my eye: free. And then on very rare occasions, that word is coupled with another favorite young person word: alcohol. So when I found out that Louis 649 offers free alcohol tastings every Tuesday night, I had to dash over to Alphabet [...]
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Posted by Inside New York on Dec 7, 2008
144 W 14th Street, 2nd floor (near 6th Ave). 212-647-7778. Tues-Sat 11am-6pm. 123FVL to 14th.The Pratt Manhattan Gallery, the official gallery of the Pratt School, exhibits artists from around the world. Guest curators, who come from as far away as the Museo Nacional in Madrid, bring fresh and exciting ideas to their exhibits, which are [...]
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