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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
Arts & Entertainment
Bringing the cosmos underground: celebrating public art created by women for the NYC subway
A virtual tour highlights a selection of subway art by women, from Yoko Ono’s sky paintings at 72nd Street to Faith Ringgold’s ode to Harlem at 125th Street.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
An NYC art show where the prices are kept within reach
The Affordable Art Fair, which is on display all weekend at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, is an alternative to the high-priced, blue chip art events that tend to dominate the scene.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Central Park's Wollman Rink will become NYC pickleball mecca this summer
CityPickle will take over Wollman Rink from April 7 to Oct. 9, and they're billing it as the largest pickleball installation in the Northeast.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
A 3-day festival celebrates author Philip Roth and his New Jersey roots
This weekend, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center presents "Philip Roth Unbound," a sprawling celebration of Roth's life and legacy to coincide with what would have been his 90th birthday.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
New photo exhibit celebrates 'the way New Yorkers live'
The inaugural exhibition of a planned triennial at the Museum of the City of New York features photography by little-known artists and living legends that captures what it means to call the city home.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
A new generation of visual artists is creating love letters to a vanishing NYC
A wide range of New Yorkers are creating social media projects to preserve and celebrate an ever-changing city as it emerges from pandemic trauma.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
The Lumineers, The War On Drugs & more to play inaugural Catbird Music Festival at Woodstock '69 site
This is the first new music and camping festival to take place at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts since the original 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Outsider Art Fair 2023 highlights the underdogs of the art world in Chelsea
Spread out within the sprawling space of the Metropolitan Pavilion, the fair is a dizzying assemblage of some of the finest amateur artwork you’ll ever encounter, featuring over 300 artists from eight countries.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Carnegie Hall will explore the musical legacy of the Weimar Republic during its 2023-24 season
Highlights of the upcoming season include legendary composer John Williams joined by Yo-Yo Ma, a 50th anniversary celebration for Kronos Quartet, and Patti LuPone performing her musical memoir.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Calling all New Yorkers: A few numbers with the 212 area code are back in circulation
For over a decade, New Yorkers have used questionable methods and paid hundreds of dollars to acquire their own 212 numbers. Now, a few have come back into circulation.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Banksy’s 2013 NYC residency gets revisited at new gallery
On Oct. 1, 2013, the elusive street artist known as Banksy put up one of his signature stencil pieces on a random wall on the Lower East Side, setting off a monthlong public art treasure hunt.
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Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Cartoonist Adrian Tomine reflects on 20 years of New Yorker illustrations
Illustrator Adrian Tomine spoke to Gothamist about how he first got a job with The New Yorker and how he resists the draw of nostalgia.
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Ben Yakas
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