Because you love the word “hexadecimal,” we’re back with more school-related news. We would usually leave the heavy lifting to our sister newsletter, The Unmuted, but it’s off for mid-winter recess. The New York City Department of Education, on the other hand, is not and has been busy on the admissions front.
You know your child’s lottery number. Now what?
If your child is applying for New York City middle school or high school this year, please be sure to note a critical update on their profile in MySchools, the portal used to rank your choices: Their lottery number.
NYC’s Free Black Women’s Library
In 2015, OlaRonke Akinmowo sent out an email to her friends and family informing them that she was beginning a new project. She asked them all to answer the same question: What book by a Black woman do you think every person should read? Books from prominent Black female authors like Zora Neele Hurston, Jamaica Kincaid, and Alice Walker were sent to her. She took those books and some from her own collection out to a stoop in Brooklyn, and waited for people to come and trade books with her, thus the Free Black Women’s Library was born.
Tanaïs
This week we welcome writer and perfumer Tanaïs for a multisensory exploration of their latest book, “In Sensorium: Notes for My People.” Tanaïs first worked in New York City as […]
Permanent outdoor dining serves up opposing voices
New York City’s restaurants, known for their gastronomical delights, delivered to customers any time day and night, were hit, and hit hard, since the pandemic began. To alleviate the any time day and night, were hit, and hit hard, since the pandemic began. To alleviate the burden of restaurants that could only offer takeout and delivery and no indoor dining, NYC introduced outdoor dining at establishments that previously did not have that option. Outdoor dining helped many restaurants stay afloat prior to vaccines being available and when the lockdown forbade customers from dining indoors. Cars shared the road with sheds, yurts and plywood chalets. However, after nearly two years, the decision whether outdoor dining is here to stay is up for a very lively debate.
Ivana Larrosa
This week we welcome Ivana Larrosa, a visual artist, performer and educator from Spain living in New York City. Larrosa creates video installations in response to spatial environments, often merging […]
The brilliance of Maurice Hines shines through in film
Maurice Hines is known as a triple threat: actor, singer, dancer. In celebration of Black History Month, the film, Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back recently premiered on STARZ and the STARZ app. Epicenter-NYC reporter Andrea Pineda-Salgado spoke to the film’s director, John Carluccio, about Maurice Hines’s extraordinary seven-decade career, his legacy and relevance today.
New York Democrats gain with new maps
Welcome to the latest edition of this NYC civics-focused newsletter. I’m journalist Felipe De La Hoz, and today we’re discussing New York’s new congressional maps, which will ultimately dictate how federal and state representation will work in the state for the next decade.
The people excluded by the Excluded Workers Fund
It’s been four months since the applications for the Excluded Workers Fund closed. The fund largely served the estimated 300,000 undocumented workers in New York City. Many of them were essential workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic.
Kristina Libby
This week we welcome artist Kristina Libby. Libby works in oil paints, ceramics and sculpture. Her work has been discussed and reviewed in the New York Times, the Washington Post, […]