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I recently attended Queens Pride, the Pride parade in the New York borough of Queens. Queens is actually the largest borough in New York City by area, 109 square miles, [...]

On Dec. 4, Carnegie Hall will host a holiday celebration to benefit Ukraine. Compositions by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Eric Whitacre and others will be performed by choral groups from [...]

If I could have my life all over again, the one thing I would wish is that when I was graduating from college someone would have told me you don't [...]

GUEST VOICES by Jim McDermott NCRonline.org/authors/jim-mcdermott Have we reached a moment when it's time for the many LGBTQ bishops, priests, deacons, brothers and sisters of the Catholic Church to come [...]

When the British TV writer Jimmy McGovern was 10 years old, his teacher at the all-boys school he attended offered a contest: The boy who wrote the best composition on [...]

While going through a series of notes meetings on a TV show she had with a network, Lakota playwright and MacArthur Fellow Larissa FastHorse jokes that she came up with [...]

'Here Lies Love,' a disco-inspired musical about Imelda Marcos, wife of Filipino president and later dictator Ferdinand Marcos, opened this summer on Broadway. Created by American pop icon David Byrne [...]

Last fall Bruce Norris's Off-Broadway play Downstate had theatregoers abuzz with its provocative and unsettling portrait of a halfway house for pedophiles. It was just one of a number of [...]

One of the best parts of Christmas, in my opinion, is hearing about how other people celebrate it. It is going to your in-laws' house and learning that in place [...]

NEW YORK * It's early evening on Thursday, Sept. 16, and I'm walking through the Broadway district of Manhattan, on my way to the Ambassador Theater. It's like a hundred [...]

If I could have my life all over again, the one thing I would wish is that when I was graduating from college someone would have told me you don't [...]

The article looks at the existential crisis facing writers and actors in the U.S. entertainment industry. It points out the threat posed by machine learning and artificial intelligence to writers and actors and raises question on the sustainability of streaming services. Focus is given on the difficulty facing writers and actors such as lower salaries, shorter series runs and collapse of residuals. It shows a sense of betrayal by business executives in their treatment of their creative staff.

A personal narrative is presented which discusses the author's experience of considering lessons learnt from COVID-19 pandemic and declaration of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the end of public health emergency.

The author presents observation about the U.S. midterm elections. Topics discussed include need of the press to examine the process by which it draws and offers conclusions about the election, importance of the abortion issue for Catholic voters, and one of the many frightening legacies of the administration of President Donald Trump.

The documentary film "Emergent City" directed by Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg explores the struggle of the Sunset Park community in Brooklyn against gentrification and displacement caused by outside developers. The filmmakers take an observational approach, allowing the story to emerge from the perspectives of various community members. The film highlights the complexity of the issue, showcasing the deep goodness and generosity of the residents, as well as the strain they face due to rising rents and ongoing development plans. Ultimately, "Emergent City" offers a nuanced and immersive glimpse into the fragile and complicated nature of urban life. [Extracted from the article]