The Tavern Next Door is located at 327 Van Brunt Street, between Sullivan and King Streets, and is currently open for drinks and dinner starting at 5:00 p.m. daily, with the kitchen closing at 9:30 Let’s get this out of the way quick and early: Billy Durney’s brand new cocktail bar Tavern Next Door serves […]
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Art that involves children can be complicated to absorb when you have none of your own. My press pass gave me one of the earliest looks at the Venice Biennale last week, and I would never have predicted that the Japanese pavilion by Ei Arakawa-Nash would be such a hit among my colleagues, because it
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Casa Angelina in Praiano” width=”970″ height=”551″ data-caption=’Praiano. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Casa Angelina</span>’> In Positano, there is no escape from the crowds, who gather in hordes in the picturesque Amalfi Coast town between March and October. While Positano has become iconic for its colorful, cliffside buildings and umbrella-covered beaches, Praiano, its neighbor down the road, is less
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In 1950s New York, The Irascibles was the name given to a group of Abstract Expressionists who protested a “monster” exhibition at the Met, “American Painting Today—1950.” Eighteen artists signed the boycott, including Rothko, Motherwell, de Kooning and Pollock. Thus began the image-making of hard-hitting, hard-drinking, fierce, trailblazing male artists. Unfortunately, as so often in
This story begins where most would end. On April 16, 1828, Spanish artist Francisco de Goya died at the age of 82. It is often said that an artist’s work becomes more valuable in death than in life, as it dawns on prospective buyers that scarcity is now a factor with no more artworks being
Lovable.jpeg?quality=80&w=800″ alt=”Headshot of man in beige quarter ziip” width=”800″ height=”709″ data-caption=’Ryan Meadows is steering Lovable’s go-to-market strategy as demand for A.I. coding tools surges. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Courtesy Lovable</span>’> As interest in “vibe coding” spreads rapidly, so is the footprint of Lovable, a Swedish startup known for its A.I. coding tools for non-technical users. After raising $330 million
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Ordinarily quiet streets suddenly buzz with energy, patios of local cafes fill with visitors, world-renowned amphitheaters welcome premiere performances, and once frozen lakes now sparkle beneath
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Dozens of protesters blocked entrances to Delaney Hall, a massive ICE detention facility in Newark, for hours Sunday evening after word spread that guards were trying to move a detainee involved in an ongoing work and hunger strike. The detainee, Martin Soto, was among those who announced the strike on Friday, calling for the immediate
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Iran, not Ukraine, is currently at the center of America’s volatile foreign policy. But while the U.S. has shifted its focus elsewhere, Ukraine has been more than holding its own… More »
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In today’s GOP landscape, there are many variations on a uniform theme of ideological drift toward the far horizons of extremism. Your regular old conservatives and then people who are very conservative and some who are hard-core conservative. Since loyalty to More »
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