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A Book That’ll Jolt Your Mind - NYCITYWOMAN
Everyday Play: A Campaign Against Boredom is a quirky, offbeat, maybe even subversive guide to brainpower overhaul—or at least some charged-up amusements By Suzanne Charlé Selma Selman, Self-Portrait 11, 2017, Performance view. ••• News got you down? Spending too much time cooped up at home? Want to experience a different way of thinking? Or are you just wishing for an escape from the daily routine? Your answer: Everyday Play: A Campaign Against Boredom (Redstone Press).
IN A NEW YORK CITY MINUTE: BIRD-FRIENDLY RETROFIT AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
This article appears in the fall 2021 issue of The Urban Audubon. By Suzanne CharléIf you visit Liberty Park, overlooking the 9/11 Memorial at the southern tip of Manhattan, look closely: The raised park’s glass railing—now sporting thousands of small gray dots—is the most recent step in making New York City safer for birds.
West Side Story, Its Past and Darker Present | NYCITYWOMAN
Director Ivo von Hove has stripped the show to “the essentials,” and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has choreographed it with cerebral, often menacing movements. By Suzanne Charlé West Side Story rehearsal photos by Devin Alberda. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixty-two years ago, West Side Story opened on Broadway. Since then, the celebrated musical has captivated audiences, returning to Broadway four times.
March On! | NYCITYWOMAN
Get your your marching boots and pink “pussy hats” ready! On January 20—the anniversary of Trump’s inauguration—join some 400,000 people nationwide in the 2018 Women’s March. By Suzanne Charlé Photos of the 2017 NYC Women’s March by Anne Ruthmann Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . One year after four million women (and men) marched world-wide in support of women’s rights, following the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the U.S., the 2018 Women’s March takes off on January 20th.
Trump’s EPA Will Make You Sick | NYCITYWOMAN
Judith Enck, a former EPA Regional Administrator, warns: If Trump gets his way, the Bronx won’t get funding to deal with lead poisoning, Manhattan and the outer boroughs will struggle with sea level rise, and smog will choke the city. By Suzanne Charlé The Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn neighborhood after Hurricane Sandy. These days, New Yorker Judith Enck is busy on the talk circuit. Why?
These Are No Ordinary Women | NYCITYWOMAN
What do a Supreme Court Justice, a robotics engineer, and a Nepalese street hawker have in common? In the photo exhibit “200 Women,” they are women “Who Will Change the Way You See the World.” By Suzanne Charlé “You can’t empower women without listening to their stories,” notes Gloria Steinem. Her observation lies at the heart of “200 Women Who Will Change the Way You See the World,” a photo exhibition at Pen + Brush gallery in Manhattan.
City of Water Day | NYCITYWOMAN
As temperatures rise, City of Water Day gives New Yorkers a chance to get cool at dozens of events in-, on- and near the water—and learn some maritime history as well! By Suzanne Charlé Fireboat John J. Harvey in New York Harbor. Photo: Nicholas Knight / Public Art Fund, NY. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ever since Henry Hudson went up river in 1609, the island of Manhattan has been one of the world’s most important harbors.
New York Splendor: Luxurious Rooms | NYCITYWOMAN
In her sumptuous new book, Wendy Moonan takes us on a magical tour of the city’s most memorable rooms, opening doors to residential spaces that “amplify our knowledge of New York’s social history.” By Suzanne Charlé Cover: Joanne De Palma re-imagined a library with late-nineteenth-century lighting, antiques and William Morris patterned walls. Photograph by Francesco Lagnese.
Activist Artists Focus on Politics Past and Present | NYCITYWOMAN
Armed with pens, brushes, cameras and wit, artists take on the establishment. By Suzanne Charlé Wonder Woman on the cover for Ms. magazine’s first issue, July 1972; and forty-five years later. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ever since Trump became president, art museums and galleries have become political hotbeds. Early in 2017 MOMA installed works by Muslim artists from nations whose citizens were refused entry to the U.S. by Trump’s travel ban.
Courtroom Artists’ Rogues Gallery
Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, Bernie Madoff—when cameras are banned, artists capture the key characters in the nation’s most notorious trials. By Suzanne Charlé In Elizabeth Williams’ courtroom sketch, defendant Jeffrey Epstein, left, and his attorney Martin Weinberg listen during a bail hearing in federal court, Monday, July 15, 2019 in New York. Client: Associated Press. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Up on the Roof in New York City
New York City has long been famed for its skyline. Now, New Yorkers can be atop that skyline, thanks to Leslie Adatto and her search for the city’s best rooftops. By Suzanne Charlé The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cantor Rooftop Garden with Alicja Kwade’s sculpture “ParaPivot.” Photos by Clay Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . Just about every New Yorker has been to the top of the Empire State Building. But did you know that just six blocks to the west is the second largest green roof in the US?
Apollo 11: Fifty Years After the Giant Leap | NYCITYWOMAN
Looking at the moon and beyond, past, present and future By Suzanne Charlé First Moon Walk: Buzz Aldrin pauses as Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 (reflected near the lunar module in Aldrin’s visor), snaps his photo. NASA. . . . . . . . . . . . . “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Do you remember where you were on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first walked (and cavorted a bit) on the moon’s surface? I do.
Just in Time: The Statue of Liberty Museum
As the president rails against immigrants, a new museum opens on Liberty Island, examining liberty’s multi-layered, multi-cultural meaning. By Suzanne Charlé Photos by David Sundberg . . . . . . . . . . . . Chisels scrape, saws hum, hammers beat, while workers chat in French. In the studio of Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, workers are busy creating what will become one of the world’s best-known statues, listed by the U.N. as a World Heritage Site.
The Bookshop Band | NYCITYWOMAN
Coming to your local bookstore, soon! Britain’s beloved literary musicians. Be prepared to laugh, perhaps cry—and engage in the musical life of fiction, ranging from Shakespeare to the latest best-seller. By Suzanne Charlé Ben Please and Beth Porter of The Bookshop Band. Photo by Owen Benson. . . . . . . . . . . . . It’s not so unusual for musicians to be inspired by books: Joni Mitchell, for instance, wrote “Both Sides, Now” on an airplane while reading Saul Bellows’ Henderson and the Rain King.
Crossing the Hudson to Reclaim the Nation | NYCITYWOMAN
Outraged by Trump’s policies and attacks on civilized debate, New Yorkers are knocking on doors in New Jersey, hoping to flip the House. Tom Malinowski (at left) meeting with canvassers in Dover, New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . I arrived at the Summit, N.J., field office of Tom Malinowski’s congressional campaign with plenty of time to spare—but the room was already packed and I just managed to squeeze into a space against a wall.
The Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg | NYCITYWOMAN
Justice Ginsburg talks about the nation, her past, her future, how she keeps fit—and how you can benefit from her routine. By Suzanne Charlé In October, President Donald Trump bragged to insiders that he expects to appoint three justices to the Supreme Court, in addition to Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was appointed 14 months following Justice Scalia’s death, after Republicans blocked President Obama’s nominee.
Hotbed: How Women Got the Right to Vote
An up-close look at Greenwich Village in the early 20th century and the activists who were young, sexy and ready to break the rules to obtain women’s right to vote. When New Yorkers lined up at the polls to vote this year, they were also paying tribute to 1917, the centennial of the bill that gave women the right to vote in New York State.
When Addressing Climate Change Is Good Business
Smart companies are working to reduce their role in global warming now to get ahead of regulators and gain a competitive edge. (originally published by Booz & Company) Debate around the economics of global warming — who will pay the bill and who will profit — is heating up. Government leaders have already proposed broad efforts to limit the effects of greenhouse gases.
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