“Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy” at Museum of Chinese in America

Storytelling by way of cooking Chinese food

The Museum of Chinese in America’s latest food-centric exhibition isn’t as Instagrammable as, say, the rainbow sprinkle pool at the Museum of Ice Cream’s NYC pop-up. Instead, it asks visitors to sit, stick around, and converse—just like one would do around the table, at a family meal. Located just north of the hustle and bustle of Canal St, MOCA hosts “Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy,” a …

Best Dressed at the Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade

From the adorable to absurd and awkward, the 2016 Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade in NYC brought out all kinds of pooches (and owners) who delighted the crowds this past weekend. Among a few Harry Potters, aliens and Princes, there were also some Game of Thrones references, and (perhaps the weirdest and best) even a “Human Centipede” costume that has to be seen to …

NYC Reimagined: City of Women

Even though the biggest (and arguably most recognizable) statue in NYC is Lady Liberty, most of the streets, monuments, bridges and buildings in the city are named for men. For their upcoming book “Nonstop Metropolis” Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro have made a “creative atlas of New York City” that, through maps and essays, explores a different NYC. Just one of the pages is “City …