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The Salvator Mundi Museum of Art is combining art with a great cause with its new exhibition, The Art of Rescue. The exhibition has a unique premise; it highlights the stories of art pieces that were restored and rediscovered to be worth millions of dollars and pairs those pieces up with dogs up for adoption at Badass Animal Rescue. Badass […]
The day after the televised debate with New York City mayoral hopefuls Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo Curtis Sliwa, (this of course was before Mamdani’s victory), it seemed logical to ask people for their thoughts about the candidates. Strangely, it was like pulling teeth, getting people to talk about these guys. “This is a very contentious race and I don’t want […]
Here the journey to Venice begins not with a flight to Marco Polo Airport, but with a memory. A quote from Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead for this viewer came back in full to begin the Brooklyn Museum’s dazzling new exhibition, “Monet in Venice,” setting the stage for what is less a traditional art show and more a sensory immersion into La […]
Cream cheese prices increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as did the prices of many other common grocery items. However, while the prices of most foods have come back down, the price of Philadelphia cream cheese remains high, even though the prices of other cream cheese brands have decreased. Cream cheese prices initially went up in part because of higher demand […]
Local activists and the state environmental agency are at odds over how to clean up a toxic site in Gowanus that the agency determined poses a significant threat to public health or the environment. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has placed the site at 459 Smith St., formerly the location of a manufactured gas plant, into the […]
