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Billy Joel at Home: 10 Photos of the Piano Man Through the Decades

For Billy Joel, New York is more than just a place. It’s an inextricable part of what makes the singer who he is. “My speech patterns are New York. The music that I like, it was all New York–based. That’s what I think of when I think of home,” he said in his 2025 HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes. “It’s my roots.”

New York, NY · 1d
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Hip-hop feud heats up New York governor's race

New York · 7d

radioworld.com

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New York State Broadcasters Association Inducts Seven Into Hall of Fame

The New York State Broadcasters Association inducted seven radio and TV personalities into its Hall of Fame during a ceremony Thursday at the Rainbow Room in New York City. The Class of 2026 spans major-market news operations and regional community stations across the Empire State. “From the biggest stage in...

New York · 13d
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25 Famous Comedians You Didn’t Know Were From Upstate New York

New York City has long been one of America’s great comedy capitals, from earlier vaudeville theaters to Manhattan’s stand-up clubs and television studios. But some of the people who helped define American comedy came from places well beyond the five boroughs. Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Jamestown, Saratoga Springs, and the smaller towns of Upstate New York have their own connections to late-night television, sketch comedy, sitcoms, stand-up, and comic writing.

New York · 22d
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25 Historic Hudson Valley Estates and Mansions With Remarkable Stories

The Hudson Valley has been home to some of New York’s most remarkable country houses for more than three centuries. Long before the Gilded Age brought railroad fortunes, elaborate gardens, and grand weekend retreats to the river, colonial landowning families were establishing farms, trading centers, and estates along its banks. The Hudson was both a transportation route and a source of wealth. Land, agriculture, river commerce, and the labor of enslaved people and tenant farmers helped sustain the households that later became known for their imposing mansions.

New York, NY · 22d

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45th Symposium on Industrial Archeology October 24th

The 45th Symposium on Industrial Archeology in New York and New Jersey will take place on October 24th in Hoboken, New Jersey. The day will feature talks from from varied professions on the archeology, history and heritage of industrial sites in the New York and New Jersey region. Deadline for registration is October 16, 2026.

Hoboken, NJ · 28d

PIX11

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Profiling the People’s Theatre

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The People’s Theatre in Manhattan is New York’s first immigrant cultural center and the largest Latino theater in New York State, where every detail tells a story. Here’s our Marysol Castro.

Manhattan, NY · 29d

New York Post

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Star Dem-backer Debra Messing endorses GOP’s Bruce Blakeman for NY governor: ‘What we need’

Enter stage right. Anti-Trump “Will & Grace” actress Debra Messing is snubbing Democratic incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul and instead backing Republican Bruce Blakeman’s gubernatorial campaign. It’s quite a sea change for Messing, who once stumped for Hillary Clinton for president and donated to far-left actress Cynthia Nixon’s campaign for governor in 2018 and has been, at least until recently, a staunch critic of Blakeman-boosting President Trump. Debra Messing and Bruce Blakeman during a fundraiser hosted by dietician Tanya Zuckerbrot in Manhattan, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. Blakeman Campaign But Brooklyn-native Messing, who even appears in a video with Blakeman, has complained about what she claims is a decline in her hometown’s conditions. “I am so grateful you are running. You are what we need more than anything,” she told Blakeman during a recent Manhattan fundraiser for the candidate hosted by dietician Tanya Zuckerbrot . Meet the 10-year-old fashion prodigy dressing Sharon Stone, Debra Messing “The decline in this city over the last four years has been so exponential and devastating — economically, socially and on every level. And obviously, we’ve lost so much business here. People are leaving,” said Messing, an NYU alum. Messing called the Big Apple the “city I

New York · 10-04

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Future Fambo’s ‘Red Light, Pepper Light’ Becomes First One Music’s Biggest Hit

The track blowing up in Brooklyn clubs and upstate New York radio right now was not made by a major label, and that is exactly what makes it interesting. “Red Light, Pepper Light” by dancehall veteran Future Fambo, produced by Brooke Vernon of First One Music, has quietly crossed the 1.16 million stream mark across YouTube alone, and Vernon is not shy about what that means to him.

Brooklyn, NY · 09-24

LongIslandPress

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Manhasset students earn New York State Thespians leadership roles

Two Manhasset High School students have been selected for leadership positions with the New York State Thespians, recognizing their involvement in theater arts, leadership and service to the performing arts community. Regina McLean, a senior at Manhasset High School, has been appointed Junior Thespian Officer and will serve on the...

Manhasset, NY · 09-21

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New York moves to protect historic African burial ground in Elmhurst

New York wants to ensure a historic burial ground of formerly enslaved people in Queens finally receives the protection and recognition it deserves. Attorney General Letitia James on Friday filed a motion to intervene in a pending foreclosure action involving 47-11 90th Street in Elmhurst, a site where nearly 300 freed African slaves were buried in the early 19th century, seeking a court order requiring any prospective buyer to be notified of the human remains on the property and their legal obligations to protect them. Dating back to 1818, the site was rediscovered in 2006 and has since been paved over and disturbed during subsequent development. Now that the property is once again up for sale, the state is seeking to ensure the burial ground is respected by its next owner.

New York · 09-21

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Rare 9/11 artifacts, new photos mark 25th anniversary at NY State Museum

The New York State Museum marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a new photo show, new artifacts and public programs. The museum announced the exhibits and programs to honor those killed, the people who responded and the attacks’ lasting impact on New York and the nation. Witness to 9/11 opened Sept. 5 and remains […]

New York · 09-13

FOX 43

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Snakes audition for New York Metropolitan Opera

New York Metropolitan Area, NJ · 09-08

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The Swamp: Tanneries, Bucktails, Loco Focos & Democracy

“The Swamp” was a lowland area in Lower Manhattan centered around Beekman’s Swamp, bounded roughly by modern-day Gold, Frankfort, Pearl, Water, and Ferry streets just south of the Brooklyn Bridge in the Financial District. In the 17th century the marshy wetland was known by the Dutch as Bestevaer’s...

New York, NY · 09-07

NYS Music

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Strange Machines Announces Tour With 4 New York State Shows

New England genre-bending band Strange Machines has begun a series of tour dates this fall across New York and New England, including the group’s first stops in Manhattan, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Rochester since before the pandemic. Since their last New York State appearances, Strange Machines have released their third...

Buffalo, NY · 09-03

NEWS10 ABC

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New York State Museum to open new 9/11 exhibit

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City.

New York · 09-02

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New York Ranks Second Nationally For Sense Of Humor, Leading In Comedy Shows Per Capita

New York has the second-best sense of humor in America according to a new study, with comedy shows happening constantly across the state and locals searching for jokes online more than almost anywhere else.

New York · 09-01

CBS New York

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9/11 Memorial & Museum unveils new exhibit focused on "9/11-inspired service"

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum​ announced Monday it will educate visitors in new ways about the day of the terror attacks and the people who were inspired to give back over the last 25 years.

New York, NY · 09-01

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This Little-Known Aviation Museum In New York Will Make Your Top Gun Dreams Come True

Somewhere on Long Island, there’s a place where you can stand nose-to-nose with a real Blue Angels jet and feel like the coolest person alive. The Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you’ve been spending your weekends doing literally anything else.

Garden City, NY · 08-30

New York Post

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NYC-funded puppet show turns into Israel bashing hatefest: ‘Came out of nowhere’

A Jewish mother who took her 4-year-old son to what she thought would be a family-friendly puppet show in Lower Manhattan earlier this month was horrified when the performance morphed into an Israel-bashing disgrace, she told The Post. “The Cardboard Pizza Puppet Circus,” a show created and performed by puppet troupe the Boxcutter Collective that the ensemble describes as “a celebration of” New York City, was featured at this year’s International Puppet Fringe Festival, a multi-day celebration sponsored in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts. The Cardboard Pizza Puppet Circus performs during the International Puppet Fringe Festival, sponsored in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts. Instagram / Judie Eisenberg “Featuring dancing skyscrapers, giant rats, fossil-fuel-fighting flowers, a live brass band, and Lady Liberty herself,” the show’s description reads. But 15 minutes into the Aug. 13 performance, the show shifted from covering New York-centric topics into controversial political positions against the Jewish state, said the Brooklyn mom, 43, who declined to be named. Israel says Netherlands must leave Gaza coordination center due to Dutch government’s trade restrictions

New York, NY · 08-29