Here’s a question: have you purchased cannabis for recreational use here in NYC? And did you purchase it from one of the legal retailers licensed by the state’s codification of […]
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As Black houses of worship grapple with mental health, clergy are both subject and solution
Suicide has a disproportionate impact on Black communities in the United States: in 2020, suicide was the third leading cause of death for Black people in their teens and early […]
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Talkspace launches free therapy program for NYC teens
Talkspace has launched a new initiative called TeenSpace to provide free online therapy for New York City teens. Youth ages 13 to 17 will have access to Talkspace’s services at no cost. […]
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Seeking therapy, New Yorkers find a happy place among horses in Queens
For Beau Queen, the past 45 minutes had galloped by. “It felt like 10,” she told her instructor, Elisheva Horowitz, while dismounting from Rosebud. Queen ambled over toward her walker […]
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Kaiser Kamal
This week we welcome Kaiser Kamal, a Queens-based artist originally from Bangladesh. Kamal earned an MFA in Painting from the University of Dhaka. He is actively involved with the Queens Council […]
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Epicenter is hiring an Editorial Director
Epicenter-NYC seeks a leader to help set our news agenda and innovate new ways of connecting news and information to New Yorkers.
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There are many people besides migrants to blame for city budget cuts
You’d be forgiven for thinking that migrant arrivals have single-handedly blown a hole through the hull of the rapidly sinking city budget, based on both Mayor Eric Adams’ public pronouncements […]
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Being a kid at heart: Pink Princess Nails
At one salon in the Bronx, every client feels like a princess — and gets a glam-up to rival any fairy godmother’s spell. Manicures, pedicures and mini-facials come with a […]
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Epicenter’s guide to Giving Tuesday
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed on Giving Tuesday with the amount of emails received from good causes, all as worthy as the next. Here at Epicenter, this is where we’re […]
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Alex Rudin
This week we welcome Alex Rudin, a NYC-based multimedia artist and illustrator whose work focuses on social justice, abstract political theory and human rights. Alex attended both Parsons New School […]
