by Downtown Magazine | Aug 26, 2019 | Events, Featured, Living, News, Sports
On August 24th, tennis stars John Isner and Lucas Pouille faced off as part of the 4th Annual Brookfield Place Open–but not just against each other. Isner and Pouille played doubles against six rotating pairs of lucky members of the crowd. The...
by Lucy Dondero | Aug 26, 2019 | Featured, Living
KATHY HOCHUL New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was re-elected for her second term in 2018. She chairs the statewide Regional Economic Development Councils, which have reinvented economic development in local communities, and co-chairs the State’s Heroin and...
by Alice Teeple | Aug 24, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Music
Natalie Clark By Alice Teeple Scene: Hot August night, secret location in SoHo. A hundred people sit on the floor, eagerly awaiting the show. A petite, raven-haired woman enters the room with a merry wave and vermillion red smile. She thumps her guitar,...
by Lucy Dondero | Aug 24, 2019 | Featured, News
C. VIRGINIA FIELDS Former Borough President of Manhattan. The current president of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. Civil Rights activist as a teenager. 1. Name three women that inspire you, and tell us why. Stacey Abrams: I am inspired by her...
by Lucy Dondero | Aug 23, 2019 | Featured, Living, News
SALLY KOHN One of the leading progressive voices in America today. A television commentator on CNN and formerly on Fox News, Sally worked for over 15 years as a community organizer. Her writing has appeared in publications such as the Washington Post, New York Times,...
by Alice Teeple | Aug 22, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Music
All photos by Alice Teeple You’d never know it was pouring outside Artists & Fleas. Thunderbolts and lightning dot the skies over Chelsea Market, but in here, the vibe is mellow. The DJ booth is blaring War’s Low Rider as shoppers mill about, heads bopping. At the...
