Noise Complaints Are Threatening the Last Steel Panyard in Crown Heights
After a series of concerning emails from an unhappy neighbor, steel orchestra Pan in Motion is rallying its supporters ahead of its most important weekend of the year.
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I Was a Fan of Doug Shaw
Remembering the multi-genre musician, who was adored by New York's independent music scene.
The Off-Broadway 'Heated Rivalry' Musical Is Fucking Awesome
'Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody' sends up the HBO surprise megahit—and its horned-up female fandom—with love and laughter.
'San Juan Hill' Documentary Shows Us What Lincoln Center Destroyed
The arts institution's ignominious origin story, courtesy of itself.
A 90-Year-Old NYC Printmaker Finally Gets His Hometown Due
Mohammad Omer Khalil is an art star everywhere but here—but a new retrospective should change that.
Alexa, Show Me a Shitty Ass Met Gala
Jeff Bezos's party sucked.
'Bustopher Jones' Is the Cat's Meow
"The Jellicle Ball"'s Nora Schell has transformed a semi-disposable "Cats" character into a newfound Broadway icon.
An Outsider Artist Is Fronted $1,000 for His MoMA Debut and Drops $80 on Groceries
Aluminium foil sculptor Dean Millien kicks off Hell Gate's newest column, Creative Accounting.
What a NYC Trans Art Fest in 2026 Means
"Trans art is the preservation of joy, not merely the celebration of it."