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As restaurateurs sweat out Mayor Bill de Blasio’s stubborn resistance to indoor service, owners of places with alfresco seats are coping with unaccustomed challenges — from pop-up thunderstorms to out-of-control vehicles crashing into dining areas. And, in a highly competitive environment, they’re also coping with malicious rumors possibly spread by competitors. The tale has been …
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Keke Palmer is going to be having a real kiki as host of the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards from New York on Sunday. The “Hustlers” actress-singer, 27, will preside over performances by the likes of Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, The Weeknd and Miley Cyrus in the first live major awards show of the …
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Their temperatures were low and their spirits were high. New Yorkers rejoiced over the reopening weekend at many city museums and other cultural institutions, pumping their fists triumphantly as they entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art Saturday for the first time since the coronavirus closed its doors on March 13. Masked Met visitors had their …
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Though the coronavirus pandemic has kept Broadway shuttered for the better part of the 2019-2020 season, the Tony Awards show must go on — virtually — and with far fewer productions qualifying for consideration. Only 18 shows and plays qualified for this year’s award show, a significant drop from last year’s 34 eligible productions, and …
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Culture vultures, rejoice! Gov. Andrew Cuomo decreed that NYC’s museums and cultural institutions could reopen at 25 percent capacity starting Aug. 24, reversing the mandated months-long hiatus of the city’s beloved institutions since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. Gyms and bowling alleys are also allowed to reopen with safety precautions, and movie theaters are …
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It’s the House of Not So Much. Famed Bushwick club House of Yes has temporarily closed after losing its liquor license for violating COVID regulations. In an email that went out Friday morning, the venue — which has been offering outdoor drinking while nightclubs are closed — said that it had fallen foul of the …
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City restaurateurs reacted with shock and disbelief to Mayor de Blasio’s lack of urgency to reopen eating places indoors — an industry that employs over 300,000 people and is an indispensable part of the Big Apple’s social and business fabric. More than 1,000 of the city’s 25,000 sit-down eateries have closed since the start of …
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The lingering coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on New York’s economy and workforce — more than four months after the killer bug arrived here, sobering new data from the state Labor Department reveals. New York State York’s unemployment rate in July was 15.9 percent — three-tenths of a percent higher than in June. The …
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A tribute concert celebrating the life of actor Nick Cordero will be exclusively streamed on Labor Day weekend via Broadway on Demand. The webcast takes place Sunday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. ET/4 PT. The tribute will celebrate Cordero’s life and career featuring appearances from his former castmates. Cast members from his best-known shows — …
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Upper West Side restaurateurs struggling to survive COVID say the city did them no favor by moving hundreds of homeless men dealing with drug addiction into the neighborhood just as outdoor dining was getting underway. Now, in addition to making sure customers and staff are happy and safe, eatery owners also have to worry about …
As restaurateurs sweat out Mayor Bill de Blasio’s stubborn resistance to indoor service, owners of places with alfresco seats are coping with unaccustomed challenges — from pop-up thunderstorms to out-of-control vehicles crashing into dining areas. And, in a highly competitive environment, they’re also coping with malicious rumors possibly spread by competitors. The tale has been …
