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Openings & Closings: Air Cafe; New York Loves Yoga; Savor Coffee & More; a Daytime Bakery at Ghemo
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (693+ words) West Side Rag Openings & Closings: Air Cafe; New York Loves Yoga; Savor Coffee & More; a Daytime Bakery at Ghemo By Lisa Kava and Natalie Demaree Air Cafe, a new French-American-inspired restaurant, is opening in fall 2026 in the Hotel des Artistes…...
UWS Historical Photo Challenge No. 29
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (335+ words) Upper West Side History Photo Challenge This biweekly series gives West Side Rag readers the opportunity to identify historic photos that were taken in our neighborhood. It's both a test of your knowledge of Upper West Side history and a…...
Upper West Side Apartment Becomes a Gallery Until the Lease Runs Out
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (488+ words) Audrey Wright, 36, and Geoffrey Robertson, 42, have been married for nearly eight years. When they met, they were from completely different worlds. Geoff was a user-experience researcher for a tech company, while Audrey was a violinist with the Baltimore Symphony. "We…...
Selfies on the Upper West Side
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (155+ words) Gary B. Martin'is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe. See them all'here....
Olivia Rodrigo Films Music Video Inside of Century-Old Upper West Side Deli
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (393+ words) Zingone Brothers has been on the Upper West Side for nearly 100 years, but it recently marked a first, when an international pop star filmed a music video inside the longtime grocer at 471 Columbus Avenue, near the corner of West 83rd Street....
UWS Weekend: Great Things to Do in (and Around) the Neighborhood
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (126+ words) Early Voting: Starts Saturday, June 13th from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and continues on Sunday from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and beyond; find your polling place here Watch the World Cup!" "Uncle Vanya" in Riverside Park: Thursdays to Sundays through June 21st starting at 6: 30 p. m. , at The Soldiers" and…...
WSR Cartoon: Bringing the City Together
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (191+ words) Bob Eckstein does the WSR Cartoon that appears on Fridays. He is a New Yorker cartoonist, award-winning illustrator, and world's leading snowman expert. He has written for the New Yorker, New York Times, Reader's Digest, Playboy, GQ, and Wall Street…...
West Side Canvas: Homebound
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (699+ words) Robert Beck is a representational painter with a cultural focus on our here-and-now and extensive bodies of work addressing Bucks County (PA), New York City, and Maine. He is known for painting from life in active situations. This work has…...
Knicks Mania Takes Over the Upper West Side: Museum Planetarium, Statues, Cookies, Bagels, and More
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (433+ words) New York Knicks mania has taken over the city, including on the Upper West Side. On Monday, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would light up its Hayden Planetarium Sphere orange and blue in honor of the…...
From the Mets to the Met Opera on the UWS: Musicians from Different Fields Play Together in 'Second Ending Ensemble"
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (721+ words) On June 14th at Alice Tully Hall, musicians from the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic will perform Mahler's Symphony No. 1 alongside a software engineer, an international banker, an eyewear entrepreneur, an employment lawyer, and the wife of Mets shortstop…...