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Brooklyn Public Library launches first ever craft library
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (363+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET The Brooklyn Public Library will launch its first-ever craft library on Wednesday, allowing library cardholders to borrow art supplies for a variety of activities, including screen printing, bookbinding, metal stamping and hand embroidery. The program is…...
A lost archive of NYC 9/11 street art memorials comes back online
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (678+ words) Published Sep 7, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET After the Twin Towers fell, life-size human silhouettes made of tape appeared throughout New York City. You’d see them on roll-down gates, construction fences, mailboxes and many building facades. They were made by the artists of…...
NYC artist creates device that slows Citi Bikes passing through rent-burdened areas
1+ week, 6+ day ago (695+ words) Published Sep 1, 2026 at 6:31 a.m. ET There are many benchmarks to measure the city’s affordability crisis, but one crafty “technologist” has devised a novel way for New Yorkers to physically feel the disparity in rent burdens. Justin Blinder, 41, built a device that…...
Meet Mamdani's arts commissioner, who wants to keep NYC's culture scene affordable
3+ week, 2+ day ago (783+ words) Published Aug 21, 2026 at 9:01 a.m. ET Common guidance holds that it can take about six months to acclimate to a new job. By that point, the nerves have calmed and it becomes easier to look clearly at what has worked, what should…...