Nice Stuff #11

Indie rockers were among the many musicians who played a part in Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign to become mayor of New York City. Lucy Dacus, for instance, welcomed Mamdani onstage during her performance at All Things Go. Mamdani is keeping that connection going as his term officially begins today. (It’s also the first day of…

When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York

The 28-year-old artist is excited for her husband Zohran Mamdani’s new job. Just don’t call her the mayor’s plus one.

This last year has been one of the hardest years for transgender people in memory. Somehow, though, I'm feeling hope going into 2026.

A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.

Santa Cruz company Swellcycle is making 3D-printed surfboards from recyclable material.

In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directed from the very top and the damage this legitimization of bigotry has done

I am now available to work with students individually to consult on their longer nonfiction projects. I work with writers who are interested especially in formally innovative nonfiction — whether reported and / or memoir, or blends of both. I am especially interested in working with writers coming f

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During the spring of 2020, as the world locked down and people were dead and dying and breaking apart and mourning and afraid and hiding, the British author J.K. Rowling decided to publish an open …

You may struggle over the holidays if you’re estranged from your family, but you are not alone.

Weekly Catskills report featuring local events, winter conditions, Dinner Club gatherings, local makers, real estate finds, gardening tips, and Catskill-made goods.