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In some cultures, there’s a belief that death comes not when your heart stops beating, but when you’re forgotten. To remember something is to keep it alive, even if only in your heart. That idea is the key to A Few of Each, the collection of cityscape art currently on display at Gowanus Wine Studio on 3rd Avenue. The exhibition […]
I first met Vincent Coppola in 1961 when we were high school freshmen at St. Augustine High School on Park Place in the Slope. After a career in journalism and some notable books, he’s now ensconced in Savannah, a city which, like Vinny, acknowledges the presence of ghosts. The interview has been edited to leave out the boring bits. Full […]
This is New York City, but today nobody’s rushing. People are lollygagging down the streets while the 95-degree heat penetrates their bones. So it’s not too hard to get them to stop and talk to me about their relationships with their phones—the very phones that most of them are staring into before our conversations begin. Christopher Loyd: I’m trying to […]
I think it’s hard to be just a little interested in aliens. Either they don’t register, or they become an obsession. My first serious boyfriend was in the latter camp. Kevin believed he’d been abducted as a child, an experience he found terrifying. Sometimes he was afraid to go to sleep. He was an artist. Aliens made their way into […]
When Victoria Law helped launch NYC Books Through Bars in 1996, her goal was to send a few boxes of books to incarcerated women and juveniles in the tri-state area. Law, a student at Brooklyn College with a keen interest in prison abolition, had seen the impact books can have in prison, watching several friends become voracious readers while incarcerated. […]
Soil vapor is still leaking into the annex of PS 372 in Gowanus, according to a letter to parents and staff from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Department of Health (DOH) sent out over the Juneteenth holiday weekend. Now, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory group is seeking answers from the state agency about the […]
