One Story Magazine's annual Literary Debutante Ball is exactly what it sounds like, complete with the pomp and circumstance of a traditional deb ball, and it happens tonight.
In the lower level of the Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in Little Italy is a labyrinth of vaults for bodies. The crypts beneath the cathedral belong to bankers, lawyers, captains of industry, merchants, and even to Civil War-era generals.
Today's Daily What?! is the pop-up library on Governor's Island, complete with hammocks, sun, and literature, and all totally for free.
From June 21st to July 10th, Soho gallery Hotel Particulier will host a rotating exhibition called UNCOLLECTABLE, named both for the art it will showcase that explores collection, and for the site-based work that can't survive beyond the environment it's installed in and thus resists collection.
New York City has long been known as a central hub for the art world--and with our Foursquare list, Must See Galleries, you can visit the best of the bunch, or at least the best of the galleries you haven't heard of, anyway.
In this week’s Vintage Photos post, Untapped Cities brings you New York City through the lens of the Wurts Brothers,
Across New York City, century-old churches are being torn down and replaced by residential property, retail stores and newer churches. The same battle now faces Saint Vincent de Paul, the last remaining Francophone Catholic church in NYC.
One of the largest cemeteries in NYC, Queens' Calvary Cemetery boasts over 3 million burials, a number greater than the living population of the borough. Explore this city of the dead with us as we uncover its hidden cultural and architectural treasures.
The story behind the Church of Mary Help of Christians, a 97-year-old church in the East Village that is in danger of being demolished by property developers.
Have you ever liked a novel so much that you wished you were part of the story? Explore our featured app of the week, The Silent History, an exploratory novel app that uses geolocation in its narrative structure.