
Hannah Frishberg
Culture & Arts Reporter at WNYC (New York, NY)
Reporter at Gothamist
reporter @wnyc/@gothamist | bk native & enthusiast
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3 days ago |
gothamist.com | Hannah Frishberg
How is a bar supposed to last 30 years in New York City? At the West Village’s legendary lesbian bar Henrietta Hudson, the secret to survival has always been care — also, Lisa Cannistraci. “She’s amazing,” Henrietta’s manager Gabriela Rosales said of the Hudson St. bar’s founder, who opened the bar in 1991 “with donated boom boxes and labor and materials” according to Henrietta’s lore, and website. Cannistraci said part of her bar’s success is that it has been willing to evolve.
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Hannah Frishberg
A Tony Award-winning theater production company has found a home in Downtown Manhattan. No Guarantees, the lead producer of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Fat Ham," has secured a long-term lease for Manhattan’s 298-seat Astor Place Theatre, which was home to the Blue Man Group for decades until the show ended its 33-year run there in February.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Hannah Frishberg
A small, sadistic candy confection is for sale at an old-fashioned Brooklyn sweets shop. Behind the counter at seven-year-old Park Slope candy store Fferins, right under some Japanese KitKats, sits a box decorated with flames, containing “Lil’ Nitro: The World’s Hottest Gummy Bear!”The box claims the candy is infused with 9 million-Scoville-unit chili extract, referring to a . The famously hot Ghost pepper is rated at around 1 million Scoville units.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Hannah Frishberg
The New York Botanical Garden’s has transformed itself into a floral homage to Vincent Van Gogh. The South Bronx institution’s upcoming exhibit, “Van Gogh’s Flowers,” opens to members on Friday, May 23 and to the general public on Saturday, May 24. “One of the reasons why we chose Van Gogh was because he was so drawn to the use of color, in his flowers in particular,” said Brian Sullivan, NYBG’s vice president of landscape and glasshouses.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Hannah Frishberg
A new bill aims to prevent pedicab drivers from stopping within 50 feet of Broadway theaters. New York City Councilmembers Keith Powers, Erik Bottcher and Chris Banks introduced the measure in response to complaints from constituents about noise and crowding.
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