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ART

Beautiful Grit: Vincent Smith’s Uncompromising Vision

The Brooklyn-born painter depicted his city, though he rarely saw anyone who looked like him on the walls of its museums

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CULTURE

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Carman Moore Has Got It Covered

From our new ‘Voice Lore’ print section — composer, performer, and critic Carman Moore talks about his decades at the heart of the NYC music scene

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NEW YORK

Social Justice and the City: Citizen Action of New York Seeks Progressives

Can everyday New Yorkers come together to better the city, the state, and the planet?

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NEW YORK

Exploring the Marvelous Manhattan of ‘Mrs. Maisel’

The TV show’s downtown eye-candy is rich with New York City history

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NEW YORK

Polar Bear Club Plunge: Washing Away the Last Two Years

Bracing for the new year with a bracing swim at Coney Island

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News

Rikers Island in the Crosshairs of Reform

Can a borough-based system of jails improve conditions for inmates and officers alike?

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NEW YORK

The Secret Life of Broadway Costumes

Some of the stage’s most recognizable outfits get an eco-friendly encore in Queens

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NEW YORK

Eric Adams Wants to Sell You Some Bitcoin

Investors are mining Bitcoin upstate. New York City’s incoming mayor wants to bring the crypto gold rush to the five boroughs.

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NEW YORK

Mike Tree in John Lennon’s Nutopia

A plant doctor’s secret friendship with the ex-Beatle

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News

City Hall’s Wave of Would-Be Disruptors

How will an increasingly diverse City Council align—or not—with the incoming mayor?

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