How an Abandoned Rat Made it to Broadway

Last summer, a few abandoned albino rats (the kind people keep as pets) took up residence in a median strip on NYC’s West 57th street. They rapidly began to multiply, alarming both the city health department and a tight community of rat rescuers. One of those rats, named Rose, was adopted by Lydia DesRoche, who happened to be the animal trainer for the Broadway play, …

The Real Thing at NYC’s Flowers Gallery

A group exhibition of four photographers gets the head spinning on gender constructs, relationships and more

This Thursday, the Chelsea, NYC location of Flowers Gallery opens “The Real Thing,” a group exhibition featuring photography from four different artists questioning social constructs of gender, identity, femininity and more. Most of the four have aimed the lens at themselves. Recent graduate Juno Calypso (who was named a winner of the 2016 British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Awards) stars in a series of …

Questlove’s Wild Story About Prince

Questlove, the multi-talented member of The Roots, has seen a lot throughout his career. He recently shared the weirdest story about an experience he had with Prince, and it’s almost too good to be true. It begins with Questlove and his pals taking a stretch Hummer limo to a Prince concert, and ends somewhere entirely unexpected. The wild narrative has been animated by illustrator Hectah, …