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Drug Ritual is ‘Biologically Explosive’ During COVID. Some Devotees Dont Care. Read full article Pawel Bienkowski / Alamy Stock Photo William Menech believes he has discovered a cure for COVID-19. It’s a fairly simple mixture of three herbs he learned about while studying Amazonian plant medicine and shamanism over the last two decades. “Some of them are available right off the shelf at health food stores” across the world, he told The Daily Beast. “Everybody treated with these thre...

Order Reprints Print Article Ricardo Barrett, a member of the Alison Cook Beatty Dance company, performs a new work, "Central Park Field #4," shot in Central Park. Ellen Maynard Text size While producers concede that Broadway won’t likely open until next fall, the next best thing—thanks to New York’s new “Open Culture” legislation—will be here this spring, debuting on a street corner near you. New “Open Culture” laws passed by the City Council on Dec....

SHARE: The arrival of a coronavirus vaccine in New York this week may have you thinking again about that long-awaited return to normal, however far off it is. But with theaters, concert halls and other performance spaces still shuttered for the foreseeable future, there is no clear path to relief for the New Yorkers who make their living in the performing arts. An association of independent musicians called the Music Workers Alliance released a report on Thursday showing that of roughly 300 mus...

Photo Courtesy of Jeff Reed/NY City Council “We need to use our City’s space in new and creative ways to make sure the cultural community can perform and create,” Councilman Van Bramer said. By Michael V. Cusenza The City Council on Thursday voted in favor of a bill that would allow eligible art and cultural institutions or cultural venues to use approved open, public street space for artistic or cultural events, and a zoning map amendment to establish a Special Flushing Waterfront Distri...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – JANUARY 05 2020: US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attends the No hate no fear solidarity march. As anti-Semitic incidents have increased in New York City as well as the United States, demonstrators held no hate no fear solidarity march. Representatives from various Jewish organizations as well as marchers from around the country joined the New Yorkers to call for an end to religious bigotry. / John Lamparski / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images B...

In Long Island City, it’s the scar that won’t heal. Two years after Amazon pulled out from a proposal to build a massive headquarters along the Queens waterfront, the site is a vacant eyesore — and, to many locals, the squandered economic opportunity is even more painful amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The site just sits there empty. It’s terrible,” said Donna Drimer, owner of the Matted LIC art gallery and gift store. “We’re in the middle of a pandemic. People say, ‘If we onl...

The Museum of the City of New York opened an outdoor photo installation this summer titled “New York Responds,” Photo courtesy of MCNY The New York City Council on Thursday passed legislation permitting cultural institutions to use public outdoor space for events and performances. Sponsored by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, the bill requires the city to create the “Open Culture” program, modeled after the city’s successful outdoor dining initiative, which lets restaurants set up ...

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NYC Council passes ‘Open Culture’ program that lets performers stage outdoor shows The City Council passed a bill Thursday enabling artists to perform on the streets of New York. Under the new “Open Culture” program sponsored by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Queens), artists will be able to apply for permits to stage ticketed shows outdoors. The program, modeled on the city’s popular outdoor dining program, is set to take effect March 1. “The joy that comes from everyday New Yorker...