by Dan Metz | Aug 15, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured
Laura Gómez. Photo by Erika Morillo. Actress Laura Gómez talks about her career, what’s next, and the art of bringing OITNB’s Blanca Flores to life for seven seasons. For seven years, Laura Gómez transformed herself into the character of Blanca Flores on...
by Dan Metz | Aug 3, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured, News
Downtown chats with actress Li Jun Li of Wu Assassins about her career, her love of martial arts, and growing up as a Chinese American immigrant. Li Jun Li will be playing Jenny Wah on Netflix’s Wu Assassins. Photo credit: Storm Santos Li Jun Li’s voice is...
by Downtown Magazine | Jun 17, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment
From debuting as a web series with its first two episodes uploaded to YouTube back in 2012, Eastsiders has grown into an Emmy-nominated show with a cult following and three darkly twisted yet hilarious seasons with more to come. Eastsiders is an LGBTQ+, dark comedy...
by Sarah Strong | Apr 24, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured
It’s been a few weeks since the second season of On My Block premiered on Netflix, but we’re still basking in the glow of Monse, Ruby, Jamal, and Cesar and their ability to mix silly moments with serious social issues. We chatted with Sierra Capri, who...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 14, 2017 | Dining, Events
As this Sunday is Easter, a lot of New Yorkers have plans to dine out. Whether or not Sunday marks the end of Lent for you, Downtown spoke to representative from four great spots to consider for your Easter meal: Wilmer Chicaiza, General Manager of Irvington Anthony...
