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6 Hidden Shops in New York Worth Visiting

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro |Hiroko Masuike

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. You didn’t come to New York to wander fluorescent aisles hunting for someone to unlock the fitting room. You came for the locked-door city — where nothing’s labeled, the elevator grumbles and whoever buzzes you in has already decided how the afternoon should go.
John Lennon visitó mi escuela cuando yo tenía 8 años, ¿o me lo imaginé?

Jan 28, 2025 | infobae.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Pop and Rock MusicLennon, JohnPang, MayOno, YokoBeatles, TheFriends SeminaryNew York CityUna historia de recuerdos confusos, una estrella del rock reticente y un día especial de 1973. ¿O fue en 1974? Una mañana de mediados de la década de 1970, se oyó un solemne anuncio por el intercomunicador de la escuela Friends Seminary: "El conocido John Lennon se encuentra ahora en la casa de reuniones. Caminen, no corran". No corrimos. Pero queríamos hacerlo.
John Lennon visitó mi escuela cuando yo tenía 8 años, ¿o me lo imaginé?

Jan 26, 2025 | nytimes.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Una mañana de mediados de la década de 1970, se oyó un solemne anuncio por el intercomunicador de la escuela Friends Seminary: "El conocido John Lennon se encuentra ahora en la casa de reuniones. Caminen, no corran". No corrimos. Pero queríamos hacerlo. Acabé sentada con el resto de mi clase de segundo grado en un duro banco de madera del balcón de la casa de reuniones de nuestra escuela cuáquera, en la calle 16 Este de Manhattan.
John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?

Jan 21, 2025 | flipboard.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

In Ybor City May Pang will share her "Lost Weekend" photos of John LennonJohn Lennon’s “Lost Weekend” is a period from 1973-1975 in which Lennon mostly lived in L.A., estranged from his wife Yoko Ono, who remained in New …
John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?

Jan 21, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

“It was for Rick, some kind of makeup for a school event we missed when we were out in L.A.,” she told me, and confirmed that Lennon did not bring his guitar or sing. “Rick” was Rick Sklar, the longtime program director for WABC radio and an early Beatlemania champion. He was also the father of two Friends students and a member of the P.T.A. Through his connections, pop stars like Patti LaBelle, Harry Chapin and even Alice Cooper made house calls for assemblies and school fair concerts.
John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?

Jan 21, 2025 | nytimes.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: "Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse. Walk, don't run."We didn't run. But we wanted to. I ended up perched with the rest of my second-grade class on a hard wooden pew in the balcony of our Quaker school's meetinghouse on East 16th Street in Manhattan.
Havana on the Hudson: A Cuban Sculptor’s Big Bet on Union City

Dec 10, 2024 | untappedcities.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Become a paid member to listen to this article Earlier this year, on a windy March day, overwhelmed and procrastinating on a looming deadline, I wandered into a fancy, very uptown, blue-chip gallery opening. The crowd was peak Upper East Side: elegant, self-assured, perfectly accessorized. Not so polished or poised, I was a writer on a bullying deadline, seeking a fresh perspective to escape my head for a while.
Our greatest Jewish sculptor has a passion for life and a soft spot for Mallomars

Sep 26, 2024 | forward.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Joel Shapiro is 83 and one of our greatest living artists. How many people are the greatest living anything? My father, before he passed away at 99 was certainly the greatest living flirter with nurses. It's not much of a connection until you understand that Joel Shapiro and my father are/were Mallomars fans.
The 1964 Venice Biennale was a landmark in art history

May 14, 2024 | forward.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government decided that one of the best ways to fight Communism was... with a stuffed goat. In 1964, the U.S. aimed to make a splash at the Venice Biennale, the world's most prestigious art exhibition. Enter Alice Denney, a well-connected Washington art insider, who recommended Alan Solomon, an ambitious Jewish curator known for shaking things up.
'A Jewish woman, a widow, a damn good painter and a little too independent'

Feb 27, 2024 | forward.com | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Before Jackson Pollock became Jackson Pollock, he was Lee Krasner's husband. Lee Krasner helped Jackson Pollock become Jackson Pollock, until in 1949, Jackson Pollock became God. That made Lee Krasner Mrs. God. Lee Krasner only ever wanted to be called an artist.