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Eater Nominated for a 2024 NY Emmy
The nominations for the 2024 New York Emmy Awards were announced on Friday, and an episode of Eater’s The Experts was nominated in the Informational/Instructional — Short Form or Long Form Content category. The Experts series brings audiences behind the scenes of top restaurants across the country. The...
How NYPD K-9 teams are helping to keep the Paris Olympics safe
NEW YORK – A specialized New York City Police Department K-9 team is in Paris for the Summer Olympics to help with security.Officer Michael Finamore with K-9 Gunner and Officer Rafael Delacruz with K-9 Davie are checking out venues and routes across the City of Light."They go to work by actively seeking out sources of explosive trace," said NYPD Deputy Chief Jason Huerta, with the Counterterrorism Bureau.Huerta said their duties include sweeping sports venues, train stations, transit hubs, parade routes and routes spectators and athletes may use for travel."All in an effort to keep the summer Olympics safe," he...
Reliever Ryne Stanek acquired by Mets from Mariners for minor league outfielder Rhylan Thomas
NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Ryne Stanek was acquired by the Mets from the Seattle Mariners for minor league outfielder Rhylan Thomas on Friday night in a move by New York to bolster its bullpen. Stanek, who turned 33 Friday, was 6-3 with a 4.38 ERA and seven saves...
Mets bolster ailing bullpen, acquire Ryne Stanek from Mariners
NEW YORK -- The New York Mets' quest to improve their bullpen, their biggest flaw, before Tuesday's trade deadline continued Friday when they acquired reliever Ryne Stanek from the Seattle Mariners for minor-league outfielder Rhylan Thomas, the team announced. The transaction came hours after developments impacted both clubs' bullpens. On...
MLB Trade Grades: Mets address biggest weakness with least-surprising deadline move
The MLB trade deadline is approaching quickly and the stove is starting to heat up faster than many anticipated. July 26 has been full of trades from teams all over the league. The Seattle Mariners are a team that continues to find themselves in the middle of all of these discussions.
Mets' Senga exits season debut with left calf strain
New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga exited his first start of the season with a left calf strain, the club announced Friday. Senga seemed in pain while grabbing his left leg as he chased a pop-up in the sixth inning against the Atlanta Braves. The 31-year-old was making his 2024 debut after missing the first half of the season with a shoulder injury.
Koozies, key chains and T-shirts: Who's buying all that Billy Joel merch?
NEW YORK, NY.- It’s been nearly 51 years since Billy Joel recorded the song “Piano Man” — five decades of performing and merchandise for all occasions. That’s a lot of T-shirts — more than 10 million, in the estimation of Claire Mercuri, a spokesperson for Joel — and that’s just the count for licensed wear.
Monica Bonvicini, 'Put All Heaven in a Rage' to open in September at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery will present Put All Heaven in a Rage, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with Monica Bonvicini, opening on Wednesday, September 4th in New York. Among the most important artists of her generation, Monica Bonvicini’s evocative and thought-provoking works explore the relationship between architecture,...
Native modern art: From a cardboard box to the Met
An installation view of “Mary Sully: Native Modern” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, July 18, 2024. Nearly lost, Sully’s discovered drawings riff on Modernist geometries and Dakota Sioux beadwork and quilting. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- The Dakota Sioux artist...
This year's BroadwayCon raises the curtain on mental health
NEW YORK, NY.- Watching a Broadway musical can be an overwhelming experience — to say nothing of the actors performing in it. “If you die onstage or your character’s screamed at, your body believes that’s really happening to you every night,” said Hannah Cruz, who made her Broadway debut this spring in the women’s suffrage musical “Suffs.”
Delicious New NJ Diner Marks A First In The State
We hear more and more about how diet is so very important for your overall health. The expression "You are what you eat". So, the better the food, the fresher the food, the more natural the food, and the better the diet. So when we talk about "farm to table" we are talking about one of the best ways, if not the best, ways to help your diet. Food is picked right in the garden and goes right into the kitchen. That's what makes this concept of "a farm-to-table diner" very exciting here in New Jersey. It's the first-of-its-kind "farm-to-table" diner here in the Garden State.
The world's most famous dumplings have arrived in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — The Taiwanese dumpling chain Din Tai Fung has one of the food world’s more devoted fan bases worldwide. But after attending the recent preview of its very first restaurant in New York City I feel the need to assert bragging rights: I’ve now eaten at 18 of the Taiwanese chain’s eateries, in 10 countries and on four continents, over the span of three decades. Scoff if you like, but those stats count for a lot in the global community of DTF devotees, whose numbers are sure to swell rapidly in my own city, now that it hosts the chain’s biggest restaurant.
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