Photos and remarks from our 2019 gala honoring Elizabeth Cooke Levy, Richard Buery and Tom Robbins.
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Art at the Limits: The Makers Behind the Messages in Political Art
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We invited artists from a current (and very political) show at one New York gallery to talk about what their art meant or tell us about the person behind each piece.
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CityReviews: A Priest Whose Fight Helped Shape the City
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‘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.
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Art at the Limits: City Gallery of New York
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Check out the vibrant images and experiences that make up this amazing city.
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Nighttime NYC: Life After the Cabaret Law
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In the city that never sleeps, the recent repeal of the city’s Cabaret Law is a landmark event for some night-owls. But other parts of nighttime New York have their own stories.
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Nighttime NYC: Law’s Repeal Alone Won’t End City’s Dance Drought
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‘In real terms, the repeal alone is not going to increase the number of spaces that are able to offer dancing.’
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Nighttime NYC: Underage Drinking Still an Issue at Pub Cited in the Past
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The Abbey has had a series of underage drinking complaints since 2013, according to the State Liquor Authority.
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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.
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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.
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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.’
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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.