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Women Writers Top NYPL Lists, But Are They the RIGHT Women Writers?
...if you need glasses. In a perfect world--you know, the one where we don't spend all day analyzing our feelings about exactly why it's so disgusting to offer $10,000 for certain un-touched photos of...
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Skunk Spottings Scaring Pet Owners in Stench-ral Park
His name is Pepé. (NYC Parks Dept) And they say Jersey stinks. According to eye (and nose) witnesses, more skunks than ever before have been frequenting Central Park. Some Central Park regulars have...
View ArticleThird and Wrong: Designers Turn Heads With Wacky Super Bowl Helmets
These designers are letting football go to their heads. High-end fashion labels have gone beyond the animal logos, adding glitz, glamour, fur and spikes to football helmets in celebration of Super Bowl...
View ArticleCuomo Dismisses ‘Baloney’ Criticisms of Fund-Raising Haul
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose campaign finance filing this week revealed a mammoth total of $34.5 million over the course of the cycle, simply doesn’t think it’s a big deal that many of his donations come...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to 285 Kent
Why does everything have to suck so much? That was the most articulate reaction I could muster for a good 24 hours after I found out 285 Kent—Williamsburg's flashiest semi-legal venue and a place I've...
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Court Case: Long Island Crazies Want to Ban Street Basketball
What an eye-sore. (NBC) Time to forget your hoop dreams. Officials in Long Island's Munsey Park are on their way to banning basketball. The Nassau County Village claims that the hoops are unsightly...
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Brooklyn Baby: Alexander Wang to Force Fashionable to Cross East River
He'll be having no sleep 'till Brooklyn. Fashionista fits have been breaking since Alexander Wang announced the location of his February 8 fashion show — Brooklyn (Sigh). Mr. Wang, who usually dazzles...
View ArticleNever Get Caught Demanding Bridge Closures Again With New ‘Confide’ App
If you’re the type of person who sincerely believes that you need to own a paper shredder, have we got news for you. A new app called Confide will keep all of your important, top secret information as...
View ArticleCity Leaders Announce ‘Dramatic Expansion’ of Paid Sick Leave Law
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito rolled out their first legislative push this afternoon, announcing a bill that will extend mandatory paid sick leave coverage to an...
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Somewhat Sexist Statue Seriously Not Welcome in Queens
In all its sexist glory. (TriumphofCivicVirtue.org) Ah, sweet progression. Art depicting men trampling on women just isn’t as popular as it used to be. In 2012, The Triumph of Civic Virtue was removed...
View ArticleThese Brothers Will Make You Dance
The electronic music duo Disclosure is made up of Guy and Howard Lawrence, two brothers who took the United Kingdom by storm in 2013. Their polished debut album, Settle, received acclaim from a wide...
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To Do Saturday: Vogue Knitting Live
Barbara Kingsolver. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images) The fledgling baby blankets I remember knitting with my grandmother are light years away from the crafty, fashionable hobby highlighted at...
View ArticleDe Blasio Nominates Former Campaign Treasurer for City’s Chief Investigator
Mayor Bill de Blasio has nominated his close friend and former campaign treasurer to serve as the next commissioner of the agency tasked with investigating his administration. Mark Peters, a former...
View ArticleCuomo Steers Clear of Anti-Christie Bridgegate Bandwagon
While many Democrats, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, have been quick to tear into New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after last week’s “Bridgegate” scandal, New York’s top Democrat has no such interest....
View ArticleGov. Cuomo Says Albany ‘Has a Lot of Agitation Freaks’
Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave an unusually animated speech in front of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network this morning, at one point borrowing a phrase from the once controversial civil rights leader....
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To Do Sunday: Learn How to Meditate
What's your mantra? (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) The concept of meditation seems to either make perfect sense or none at all. Perhaps those in the latter category (of which I’m certainly one) need to...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Hammers Home Liberal Agenda on MLK Day
Hammering home several of the campaign themes that rocketed him to City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio and a host of elected officials celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Brooklyn Academy of Music...
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Why We’re Not Sleeping With Comedians
We just don't want to be Marlene. (NBC)What do you look for in a mate? Is it kindness? Empathy? Low-level psychosis paired with extreme bouts of narcissism? A sense of humor? Well, if it's the last two...
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Kanye West on How He Dealt With Taylor Swift Incident: ‘God, Sex, and Alcohol’
Kanye West (Getty Images)You know, we almost wish Kanye West had been a little bit crazier in his Interview dialogue with Steve McQueen. But he was almost normal...at least for Kanye. (It certainly...
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New SNL Player Sasheer Zamata Already Taking on GIRLS (Video)
HASHTAG GIRLS. (Above Average) After debuting on SNL over the weekend, featured player and certified black woman Sasheer Zamata had an even amazing-er video on Lorne Michael's viral YouTube network,...
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