After May Day, What’s Next for Occupy?
On the afternoon of May 1, Lang junior Lukas Walczak and a group of fellow students were marching up Sixth Avenue from Washington Square Park.
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The New School’s Earth-Shattering Construction Leads to Lawsuit
In 2007, private equity investor Michael G. O’Hara made the trek from Miami to New York City with his wife, Glorimar, and two children in search of a home. The couple, who are active in philanthropy in New York, ended [...]
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Music and Protest Come Together for May Day
While blockers and police officers clashed downtown on May Day, protesters in midtown marched down the streets armed with guitars, melodicas, and cellos.
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Mental Health and Comedy: An Interview with Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford is a comedian known for her distinctive and surreal style of stand up. She also starred on the Super Deluxe web series “The Maria Bamford Show.”
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Fangirls, Stay Away From Tumblr
A plea for fangirls everywhere to scale down their obsessions We all have that stage where we obsessively fangirl over something. For me (and I can’t believe I’m admitting this) it was at age 12, when I discovered Good Charlotte.
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Music and Protest Come Together for May Day
While blockers and police officers clashed downtown on May Day, protesters in midtown marched down the streets armed with guitars, melodicas, and cellos.
Fangirls, Stay Away From Tumblr
A plea for fangirls everywhere to scale down their obsessions We all have that stage where we obsessively fangirl over something. For me (and I can’t believe I’m admitting this) it was at age 12, when I discovered Good Charlotte.
This Little Piggy Stays Home
It happened a few weeks ago while I was in Austin for the South by Southwest film festival. I remember the exact, epiphany-like moment (what alcoholics refer to as “a moment of clarity”) — like the time I realized I was straight, and another time, years later, that I realized being straight doesn’t have to keep you from having a [...]
After May Day, What’s Next for Occupy?
On the afternoon of May 1, Lang junior Lukas Walczak and a group of fellow students were marching up Sixth Avenue from Washington Square Park.
The New School’s Earth-Shattering Construction Leads to Lawsuit
In 2007, private equity investor Michael G. O’Hara made the trek from Miami to New York City with his wife, Glorimar, and two children in search of a home. The couple, who are active in philanthropy in New York, ended up purchasing a three-floor triplex apartment in a five-story building at 5 E. 13th St., for $8.2 million.
Students Debate Curriculum Changes at Mannes
Nine months after stepping in as the dean of Mannes College, Richard Kessler has proposed a number of controversial changes to the music conservatory’s traditional, classical-based curriculum, compelling some students to take matters into their own hands.
Why HBO’s “Girls” Is Not Racist
On April 22, HBO aired the second episode of the new series “Girls” — the much-vaunted over-billed black comedy about four over-privileged women in their early 20’s trying to overcome the obstacles against being taken seriously as adults, while still living off their parents.
A Word to the Wise: An Early Exodus
“Do you believe in the uncanny?” he asked out of the blue. “If you mean an event that baffles because it transcends what’s normal, yes I do. Invariably, it becomes explainable when we apply the power of reason. We look back and realize we had missed something. Suddenly the pattern becomes clear.
Protesters Break Barriers, Take Fifth Ave. During May Day March
Hundreds of protesters marched 23 blocks down Fifth Ave. on the afternoon of May 1, making their way from Bryant Park to join the mass “solidarity rally” in Union Square at 4 p.m.. Some had originally been a part of the “Guitarmy” march promoted by Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. The NYPD had prepared for the unpermitted march [...]
“Wildcat” March Takes Over Lower East Side
By the time marchers reached the staging area for the May Day ‘Wildcat March,’ many had already come a long way. Occupy Bushwick had marched all the way from Maria Hernandez Park, joining with Occupy Williamsburg to the west and crossing the Williamsburg Bridge in an action they called the ‘Morning Commute.’ They, along with other groups, converged on Sara D. Roosevelt Park near 2nd [...]
