by Riya Duddi | Aug 4, 2025 | Art, Culture, Events, NYC, Outdoor
Battery Dance returns with its 44th Annual Festival, presenting free performances by international and New York-based dance companies. This year’s events span two locations. It begins with a special program at the newly reopened Wagner Park on August 9 and continues...
by Grace A. Capobianco | Jul 22, 2025 | Culture, NYC, Outdoor, Sightseeing
All images by Preeti Desai Your tours are incredibly immersive, what first sparked your passion for uncovering wildness in urban spaces like New York City? Well I’ve loved nature as long as I can remember, and I’ve always loved NYC too. I’m really...
by DOWNTOWN News | Jul 16, 2025 | Dining, NYC
Above: The Fulton’s Roasted Organic Chicken. NYC Restaurant Week is back, running from July 21-August 17. Beat the heat by dining in the best of NYC’s restaurants, with modest prix fixe lunches and dinners! The Fulton The Fulton, located by Pier 17 at The...
by Linda Sheridan | Jun 16, 2025 | Dining, NYC
Chef Preston Clark, who has been the Executive Chef at the legendary SoHo staple Lure Fishbar for decades, is now at the helm working at the new gastropub Bar Mercer, another restaurant from Mercer Street Hospitality, just a few doors down. It’s inviting...
by DOWNTOWN News | May 23, 2025 | Business, Culture, Featured, LA, Miami, News, NYC, Philanthropy
Every day, women all around the world are using their voices, their business acumen, their gut instincts, and their hearts to express themselves, make tough decisions, often going against the status quo, to create room for change. It took decades of suffragists being...
by Linda Sheridan | May 23, 2025 | Dining, NYC, Restaurants
Photos by Nicholas Lee Ruiz If you’re a native New Yorker (as I am), dining by a hotel might not be the first choice that comes to mind. But I can honestly say the vegetarian forward menu at Lindens by Arlo Soho Hotel, along with the cocktails, decadent...
