by Dan Metz | Jul 13, 2019 | Featured, News
Header Photo by Suraj Patel Protesters gathered in Foley Square on Friday afternoon to protest proposed ICE raids targeting thousands of migrants across the country. The crowd began with only 50 people at 5 pm, but ballooned to hundreds by the time the 7 pm vigil...
by Dan Metz | Jul 12, 2019 | Art, Culture
Have you ever heard of “Powwowstep?” How about Supaman, a First Nations dancer and hip-hop artist? The Martha Redbone Roots Project? Me neither, until today. That’s part of the power of Tepkik, a new visual art installation at Brookfield Place. The installation,...
by Dan Metz | Jul 11, 2019 | Exercise, Health & Fitness
The average adult is supposed to consume at least eight 8oz glasses worth of water per day. It’s 85 degrees in NYC today, so I should probably be drinking more. If you’re one of the people I see jogging through the streets of Manhattan in this weather, that goes...
by Dan Metz | Jul 10, 2019 | Architecture, Business, Downtown News, hotels, Shop Local
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) is celebrating more than 100 Hotel Indigo properties around the world with the launch of their “shoppable hotel room.” The room, in Hotel Indigo Lower East Side, displays local art from Hotel Indigo locations around the globe, part...
by Dan Metz | Jul 9, 2019 | Art, Culture, Events, Featured, Movies
I did not know what to expect from the Rooftop Films Summer Series. I had the core facts: I was going to the William Vale in Williamsburg to watch an indie film, Pink Wall, on the building’s roof. Rooftop Films shows these kinds of indie films by up-and-coming...
