‘Dagger John’ Hughes built churches and a hospital, schools and a college. Most of all, he built power for the immigrant Irish in the formative years of modern New York.
ARTS and CULTURE
Nighttime NYC: How Nocturnal Trash-Pickers Profit from Discarded Treasures
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Although the pursuit has traditionally been about finding necessities, online sites and flea markets allow people to easily profit from once-trashed treasures.
ARTS and CULTURE
Nighttime NYC: Cabaret Law May Be Gone, But Zoning Still Curbs Dancing
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‘The Upper East Side is a residential neighborhood, people do not come to this neighborhood for dancing,’ was one City Council office’s take.
ARTS and CULTURE
Nighttime NYC: Chelsea Clubs, Bars Celebrate Repeal of Cabaret Law
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‘It was frustrating having to tell customers why they can’t dance. Especially when you have good music going on.’
ARTS and CULTURE
Nighttime NYC: 12-Step Groups Squeezed for Space
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Many 12-step groups that meet in New York church basements and rectories after business hours have had to close or move when the churches sold off property or raised the rents to cover the church’s own expenses.
ARTS and CULTURE
Nighttime NYC: LES Residents, Community Board Wary of New Liquor Licenses
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Residents have dubbed on area ‘Hell Square’—a 24-block area below East Houston Street with over 100 full liquor licenses.
Art at the Limits
New York’s ‘Night Mayor’ Plan Pushes Underground Venues Into the Spotlight
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But some local venue owners and community organizers are worried the Office of Nightlife will do little to protect artists from the impact of real-estate development that threatens dramatic change to the city’s cultural map.
Art at the Limits
NYC’s Cultural Plan Spurs Disabled Artists in Fight for Roles and Respect
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Artists with disabilities say efforts at inclusion in the process behind and language of the de Blasio administration’s CreateNYC plan were welcome. Now they want to see efforts to make sure both funding streams and art spaces become more accessible.
ARTS and CULTURE
NYC’s Native Groups Weigh in on the Columbus Controversy
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Most want the statue gone. But they see that as a beginning, not an end, of changes in how the city acknowledges and serves indigenous people.
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Crackdowns on Immigration, Arts Funding Threaten City’s Cultural Menu
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People who work to preserve traditional arts among the city’s immigrant communities find themselves in the crosshairs of two thrusts of President Trump’s policy: closing borders and cutting budgets.
ARTS and CULTURE
Youth Baseball Shrinking Dramatically Across the City, Threatening Leagues’ Survival
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Leagues from the northwest Bronx to Brooklyn and Staten Island report fielding 50 to 70 percent fewer players this year as other sports, longer school days, rising fees and other factors squeeze the game.