Food pantries continue to face evolving challenges as Covid-19 has slowly changed from a pandemic to an endemic. Throughout the worst of the pandemic government relief programs aided food pantries […]
Posted inTransit
The MTA is essential — and essentially broken
Close your eyes for a second. When you do, I want you to try to imagine one thing that, if it were gone or stopped working for a day or […]
Posted inHip Hop
Hip-hop didn’t invent anything. Hip-hop reinvented everything. —Grandmaster Caz
While real hip-hopheads began celebrating back in January, the 2023 Grammy Awards ceremony served as a kick-off to the celebration of 50 years of hip-hop. But there’s another award ceremony […]
Posted inLabor
Workers left in the lurch as Hillstone shutters its Midtown branch
Salvador Robledo, 60, had worked as a bartender at the Midtown branch of the Hillstone in Manhattan for a staggering 22 years. On Jan. 14, 2023, a Monday, he was […]
Posted inFeatured Artist
Sajal Sarkar
This week we welcome Sajal Sarkar, an artist of the Indian diaspora who works in the mediums of drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Sarkar studied drawing and painting as an […]
Posted inArts
Every Tuesday this New York record store transforms into an underground music venue
Jasper Stadhouders was in a musical trance, immersed in his guitar at the Downtown Music Gallery, a tiny record store in New York City. Beads of sweat appeared on his […]
Posted inNYC Hacks
NYC Hack: Broadway on a budget
If you missed 2-for-1 Broadway tickets earlier this month, never fear: They were kind of hard to navigate anyway. But in the process of trying to win the lottery for […]
Posted inThings to Do
Black History Month exhibits at the New York Historical Society
New York Historical Society exhibitsNew-York Historical Society, located on the Upper West Side at 170 Central Park West, has two upcoming exhibits centered on Black History Month. “Crafting Freedom: The Life […]
Posted inSchools
At last, Hunter College High School announces criteria for admissions
Hunter College High School, a selective public school harder to get into than the Ivy League, has announced its exam date and admissions criteria for the fall of 2023. Details […]
Posted inHousing
What to know about rent stabilized housing in New York City
Since the beginning, the purpose of the Epicenter newsletter has been at least in part to spur readers to actually do something. Be informed, yes, but also participate in some form or […]
