Fun fact about the UN building in New York: it’s considered the very first glass skyscraper in the world, where most of the façade is made entirely of glass. Even…

Fans of ultra-trendy coffee shops and low-sugar bakeries (that is, all of us) are always recommending places like La Cabra and WatchHouse to each other. But hardly anyone knows the…

Last year, New York spent about $81,000 per person living on the streets. For comparison, that’s nearly equal to the city’s median household income ($81,228) and almost twice what the…

One of the most remarkable things about museums in the U.S. that I’ve come across is that on museum ships, the guides are often people who once actually served on…

On April 4, the largest street food festival in New York — Smorgasburg — returns, promising more than 70 food vendors with an incredible variety of cuisines from around the…

A very unusual museum story happened in New York: a large and famous museum, while moving to a new and more spacious building, gave a small park a piece of…

A fun new tradition has appeared in New York: parties for people who share the same name. In the photo there’s a great example — a sheet of paper taped…

Alexander Molochnikov’s production Seagull: True Story is like a true New York phenomenon: it first appeared at La MaMa, then traveled around the world, including London. And, as often happens…

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is the kind of place that reveals itself differently with every visit and every season. You go once for the cherry blossoms and find yourself returning…

On March 10, a portrait exhibition by photographer Kirill Simakov titled “ON THE OTHER SIDE” will open. The idea is beautiful: we know the works of artists, producers, musicians, and…