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Something unusual unfolds on-line every spring. As the hotter months method, many males appear compelled to put up in regards to the attract of a girl in a sundress. The easy wardrobe staple has lengthy been some extent of inexplicable obsession, however this 12 months, individuals are asking questions. Why do some males get so […] More

Dolly McDermott and her mom, Patricia McDermott, have been making their method alongside Surf Avenue on Coney Island shortly after midday on Saturday. They have been attempting to get to the registration desk for Brooklyn’s annual Mermaid Parade, nevertheless it was gradual going — spectators stored asking them to pose for photos. The daughter was […] More

A marble statue of the Roman goddess of knowledge that presided over Wells College for 156 years, surviving each a devastating hearth in 1888 and an tried kidnapping in 1975, was embraced by college students as a logo of resilience for generations. Until Minerva was decapitated by a backhoe. The statue was unintentionally broken throughout […] More

The wallpapered-room is stuffed with antiques and a menagerie of blinged-out taxidermy. A 24-foot-long banquet desk has been laid out, however the dinner company appear to have disappeared, leaving their coats behind. On the desk: nucleated eyeballs nestling in golden spoons, miniature torsos propped up on cake stands, and child Kewpie dolls trapped in crimson […] More

This week in Newly Reviewed, Jillian Steinhauer covers Farkhondeh Shahroudi’s nuanced historical past, a Latin American textile present and an exhibition that includes 46 modern artists who work in a variety of mediums and supplies. Gramercy Park Farkhondeh Shahroudi Through July 3. Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving Place, Manhattan; 212-439-8700, goethe.de/ins/us/en/. The artist Farkhondeh Shahroudi […] More

But since lawmakers did embrace the cash within the price range they authorised in March, arts organizations thought that funds would finally come their method. It took Mr. DeSantis a number of months to formally obtain, overview and signal the price range, for the fiscal 12 months that begins on July 1. Funding for some […] More

A marble statue of the Roman goddess of knowledge that presided over Wells College for 156 years, surviving each a devastating hearth in 1888 and an tried kidnapping in 1975, was embraced by college students as an emblem of resilience for generations. Until Minerva was decapitated by a backhoe. The statue was by accident broken […] More

Why can’t we do extra of this extra simply? A good-looking new library department in Inwood, on the northern tip of Manhattan, had its mushy opening Thursday. It’s the second library on the town through the previous 12 months or so to strive one thing intelligent and modern: partnering with a one hundred pc reasonably […] More

The Dutch designer Iris van Herpen, who counts Beyoncé, Björk and Tilda Swinton amongst her common purchasers, is understood for dazzling high fashion items that resemble sculpture. Now she’s aiming to point out that the equation additionally works the opposite manner round: She’s not a designer however an artist who occurs to make items for […] More

Last week, Becky Hughes took over the publication as a result of I used to be as much as my eyeballs in spreadsheets stuffed with sandwiches. This week, all that lovely group got here collectively within the type of our checklist of “57 Sandwiches That Define New York City,” a grand survey of all 5 […] More

The castles of the German and Austrian Alps are identified for his or her fairy-tale high quality. The iconic turreted silhouette within the background of the Disney brand was, the truth is, modeled after Neuschwanstein, King Ludwig II’s Bavarian palace close to the border of the 2 nations. Schloss Fuschl, positioned on an evergreen-ringed, emerald-hued […] More

If I had been mayor of Picnictown, each picnic would have the next: a blanket, a 1:1 dog-to-human ratio and esquites. The blanket’s there as a result of grass is itchy it doesn’t matter what probably the most outdoorsy individual within the group says; the canine as a result of canine are nice. The esquites […] More