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An Off-Broadway Star from Argentina Makes Big Moves
Latin theatre triple-threat, Valeria Llaneza is taking on the New York performance scene by storm.
A Brooklyn Artist Brings Healing One Woven Piece at a Time
Meet Cynthia Alberto, the founder and director of Weaving Hand, as she explains the art of Zero Waste weaving and how she has made it a pathway to healing.
Real People Things
These two musical theatre writers from NYU Tisch have turned their pandemic experience into a theatre event.
Onomatopoeia: Germaine Goodson: Tapper Extraordinaire on
Anastasia Johnson gets to know Germaine Goodson, a Broadway tap master, performer and teacher. Germaine’s passion is infectious and her stories are too. Meet her kind and resilient spirit.
Manhattan's New Dreamy Art Exhibit Takes Visitors to the Sky
Central Park in the sky. That is what New Yorkers are calling the city’s newest art installation, Air. But for the artist and creator known as Kenzo Digital, 42, the immersive observatory experience is much more.
The dream-like exhibit opened in Manhattan on October 21. It begins underground at One Vanderbilt’s Grand Central Terminal entrance, where an illuminated elevator catapults visitors to the sky. Atop New York’s fourth tallest building at over 1,200 feet, views span from Coney Island all
The dream-like exhibit opened in Manhattan on October 21. It begins underground at One Vanderbilt’s Grand Central Terminal entrance, where an illuminated elevator catapults visitors to the sky. Atop New York’s fourth tallest building at over 1,200 feet, views span from Coney Island all
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Anastasia Johnson gets a reading from a New York City psychic. The question is what, or who, will come through?
Travis Scott’s McDonald’s Collaboration Caters to His Fans
For the first time in almost 30 years, a celebrity can say that their name is on the McDonald’s menu. On Sept. 8, 2020, 28-year-old hip-hop artist and music producer Travis Scott began a collaboration with the fast food franchise, launching McDonald’s x Travis employee uniforms, clothing merchandise and a “Travis Scott Meal.” The menu item consists of a quarter pounder with onions, pickles, bacon, lettuce, melted cheese, mustard and ketchup, which will be available until Oct. 4, 2020. This is Sc
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Anastasia D. S. Johnson is a journalist from Canada with a B.A.(Hons.) from the University of Toronto, a M.F.A. from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and a M.S. from the Columbia University Journalism School. She specializes in print editing, multimedia and broadcast, and has worked as a journalist at the Los Angeles Times and the Senate of Canada, among other places of publication.