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off target: magic, chance, and coincidence on a thursday night
I’ve included some key points below from the above video.
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nyc summer 2025: dreaming in brooklyn bridge park
The best way to go to Brooklyn Bridge Park is via NYC Ferry, although you can always stroll across the iconic bridge; there are six piers with eight…
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nyc summer 2025: heating up at moma ps1
Since it first opened in 1976 as P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the building known as MoMA PS1 since 2000 has been presenting multidisciplinary work…
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June 2025

nyc summer 2025: wise words for new herring festival
“A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring,” Sholem (Sholom) Aleichem claimed.
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nyc summer 2025: new york is hot, art is cool (the shed, the high line, and hudson yards)
The Shed, the High Line, and Hudson Yards are hosting special events all summer long; below is the current full schedule.
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nyc summer 2025: packing them in at pac
Since opening in September 2023, the Perelman Performing Arts Center, known as PAC NYC, has presented a wide range of cultural events downtown, next to…
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laughing through the pain: julia masli’s “ha ha ha ha ha ha ha” at the public
Julia Masli’s Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha uses ingenious ways to make people laugh at life’s endless predicaments (photo by Austin Ruffer)
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nyc summer 2025: lincoln center presents
So sorry about the terrible sound quality of the above video — there was a howling wind — but below are highlights of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the…
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riff’s rants #3: pissing in a river
All aboard the Lt.
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rashid johnson: deep thinking at the guggenheim
RASHID JOHNSON: A POEM FOR DEEP THINKERS
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riff’s rants #2: coffee articulations
Is it really that hard to be considerate of others on public transportation?
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May 2025

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