219 West: Facing Challenges
The latest edition of our TV news magazine examines the art of overcoming obstacles, from the political stage to the handball court.
Spotlight
via City Limits
Acting Out to Change Laws
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC is using the stage to bring attention to homelessness and other social issues.
via Gothamist
Iguanas & Lizards & Pigs – Oh, My!
Unusual pets rule the roost at the Center for Avian and Exotic Medicine on the Upper West Side.
via Brooklyn Based
Artistic Insight in Greenpoint
More than 300 neighborhood artists – including Ky Anderson – invited the public into their studios.
via New York Daily News
The Subway Stinks in Brooklyn
A sewage leak is sickening riders at the Myrtle/Wyckoff L train station in Bushwick.
via Brooklyn Based
Bushwick Feels the Bern
Bernie Sanders fans in the Brooklyn neighborhood are banding to campaign for the presidential hopeful – and to dispel the idea that millennials are apathetic.
via Fort Greene Focus
Aiming Art at Gun Violence
Activists want to raise awareness – and money – for a program to fight gun violence through art.
via Bensonhurst Bean
New Life for Old Clothes
The Sanitation Department is mulling extending its curbside textile collection pilot program.