A Discovery Worthy of Columbus
“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.” —Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) Five hundred and twenty years after Columbus set sail a new discovery awaited lucky New Yorkers […]
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Strawberry Fields Turns 30
Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace. —from Imagine by […]
A ‘Walk’ in The Whitney
“People seem to be in some kind of hypnotic dream state. They seem to be programmed.” —George Segal (1924–2000), his observations while he was researching Walk, Don’t Walk This is […]
Seamen in The Whitney
“I think the picture portrays an enjoyable side of Navy life. I think it would make a good recruiting poster. I will raise my prices.” —Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), his response […]
Happy Birthday, Alice
“Curiouser and curiouser!” —Alice’s cry of wonder wandering in Wonderland, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) This year Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the beloved story for children […]
Walk About New York on TV
“Death cannot kill what never dies.” —the poignant epitaph chiseled into the gravestone of the groundbreaking artist Violet Oakley (1874–1961) On Sunday, June 28th—Gay Pride Sunday—Walk About New York led […]
Big Gay Success Story
“If I weren’t gay, I wouldn’t call it the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. And if I weren’t happy, I wouldn’t have the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. It would […]
Spanish Rice is Nice in NYC
“I am passionate about food; it is one of the most gratifying pleasures in life. To me, eating is like a ritual, an expression of one’s soul.” —Jesus ‘Lolo’ Manso, […]
I Love NY’s ‘Paris’
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man Who could ask for anything more? I’ve got daisies in green pastures I’ve got my man Who could ask for […]
Gay Green-Wood Trolley Tour
“Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.” —Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) For the second year, Green-Wood will celebrate Brooklyn’s Gay Pride […]
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