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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Staten Island Expressway gets a little country as Dolly Parton tributes roll out

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation featured safety messages inspired by Dolly Parton’s music on variable message signs on the Staten Island Expressway following the country music icon’s death at age 80. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the tribute to honor Parton, who...

New York · 08-28

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Musical Engineer Back In Rhythm After Receiving Long Island’s First Pancreas Transplant

Audio engineer Carlyle Preudhomme, Jr., 47, works with some of the biggest acts in hip-hop and R&B. But sound quality had to take a back seat to quality of life once he needed dialysis after decades spent battling type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that shuts down the pancreas’ ability to make insulin and leads to a cascade of disastrous health impacts, including kidney failure – and eventually – death.

New York · 08-25

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Jonas Brothers and Bruno Mars headline packed weekend of concerts in NY/NJ

With high demand across both major concert events, remaining tickets are going for hundreds of dollars.

Newark, NJ · 08-21

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Escape The Noise And Experience These 10 New York Outdoor Concerts Before Summer Ends

Summer in New York can feel like a nonstop siren, subway rumble, and screen glow loop, which is exactly why an outdoor concert hits so differently right now. When live music spills into parks, plazas, beaches, and lakefront lawns, the whole state suddenly feels bigger, breezier, and a lot more fun than your usual routine.

New York · 08-04

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These 12 Oldest Churches In New York Have Been Welcoming Visitors For Centuries

New York is full of headline-grabbing landmarks, but some of its most unforgettable places have been standing quietly for centuries, watching the state change from colony to global icon while still opening their doors to curious visitors today. Step inside these old churches and you will find weathered stone, hand-cut...

New York, NY · 07-24

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Small & Scarce: Early New York Paper Making History

A printing press was set up in Cambridge, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638, and others in Boston, New York and Philadelphia before the end of the century; but the printed output was small, less than one thousand books and pamphlets in the sixty-two years from 1639 to 1700.

New York · 07-19

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Zeckendorf family accuses supermarket moguls of selling pilfered art

The Zeckendorf family has accused the co-owners of a Pennsylvania supermarket chain of selling stolen art. The Zeckendorfs, a legacy New York office developer, filed a lawsuit against the heirs of Robert and Patricia Weis, who own a nearly two-thirds stake in Weis Markets, accusing them of auctioning a painting stolen a half century ago from a Zeckendorf patriarch, Crain’s New York reported.

New York, NY · 07-14

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No glass, no guards, no whispers: just 100 giant sculptures and Hudson Valley sky

An hour north of New York City, 500 acres of rolling meadows, woodlands, and mountain views hold more than 100 large-scale sculptures. No glass cases, no hushed hallways, no velvet ropes. You walk the same ground the art stands on, under open sky, with the Hudson Highlands rising in the...

New York, NY · 07-07