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Airstream Art on Astor Place

“I’ve missed seeing stuff like this.”

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Sticker Art, NYC

The streets of New York City are covered in tiny works of art. Thousands of stickers decorate the backs of street signs, mailboxes, lamp posts, and scaffolding. The artists behind the stickers use their surroundings to communicate with each other and the general public - expressing their views on everything from mental health to gentrification to love.

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The show goes on

The theatre industry creates approximately $13 billion dollars of tax revenue for the city of New York.

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NY People: Artist, Joyce Ziyuan Jin

Joyce Ziyuan Jin is an illustration student at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.

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Brooklyn Book Festival held virtually

But the virtual format also discourages some people who don’t like online events

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Backyard music lessons

As long as the Seattle weather permits she plans to continue this way, leaving a hand sanitizer pump at the student’s piano and wiping down instruments after each lesson.

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Artists share virtual support for Black Lives Matter protests

Created both by amateurs and professionals, a vast collection of artworks rapidly spread on social media with hashtags such as #blacklivesmatter, #georgefloyd, #icantbreathe, #saytheirnames and #BLM.

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The Evolution of the Big Apple Chorus

The barbershop chorus is changing.

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A Central American Poet Explores Identity, Race, and Rhythm… Via Zoom

Since González’s readings rely heavily on body language as well as spoken words, Zoom’s tiny squares of visibility present a challenge.

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Apocalypse Now

Being confined in a tiny New York apartment, where the walls are so low there isn’t enough space to crawl up them, and realizing that butt-shaped indent on your sofa is never going away, can drive anyone stir-crazy in a snap.