Graham Dickie

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Annabel Aguiar |Graham Dickie

The spokeswoman said the stadium had no issues complying with the 75-decibel limit - about the equivalent of a vacuum cleaner or a barking dog - on the sound permits it received from the Police Department. But in 2023, the city also started to measure the concerts against a 45-decibel standard meant for noise from stores, bars and restaurants. In response to the noise complaints, Mr. Luba said, the stadium is reducing the size of its speakers and incorporating more of them.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ivan Penn |Graham Dickie

For beekeepers, the problem isn't just climate change and extreme weather: It's also DOGE, the trade war and the immigration crackdown. For beekeepers, the problem isn't just climate change and extreme weather: It's also DOGE, the trade war and the immigration crackdown. Credit... Listen to this article with reporter commentary Nancy and Keith Budke, married 43 years, are migratory beekeepers.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brian Josephs |Graham Dickie

On a recent Friday night at Paragon, a two-level dance club that sits under train tracks in Bushwick, Brooklyn, partygoers jerked their bodies to the thump of rave music. In the less roomy basement, silhouettes swayed as the flashes of blue from the ceiling's grid of LED lights revealed young faces. It was "def a good night for us," John Barclay, the owner of Paragon, said in a text message the next day.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Emmanuel Morgan |Graham Dickie

Two men, barefoot and wearing traditional loincloths around their waists, tussled with each other on a stage transformed to look like a sumo ring. A fighting consultant, who had been observing the rehearsal nearby, stepped in to offer advice: The men's arm movements were too straight; their motions needed to be smoother and more circular. Moments later, the two actors were at it again: reaching out, shifting their weight and then pushing off each other in a grappling exchange.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Lanna Apisukh |Graham Dickie |Benjamin Hoffman

With the event returning to Midtown Manhattan for the first time since 2020, thousands of dogs flooded the city with a single goal in mind: best in show. What did Tonic, a Pomeranian, need before competing in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show? A crisp high-five from his owner and handler, Sonya Ratliff. With the event returning to Midtown Manhattan for the first time since 2020, thousands of dogs flooded the city with a single goal in mind: best in show.