Works in Progress: After Slave Revelations, She Has a New Mission Onita Estes-Hicks, 80, learned that Jesuits who once ran Georgetown University sold some of her ancestors. She is now enrolled in a social justice program aimed at helping her…
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New York Today: New York Today: Police and Teens, Connecting Thursday: Operation Conversation, a notable New Yorker, and a blog for bikers. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
I Was Misinformed: Loving Robo Cat Needs Home Those mechanical cats that bring joy to those in nursing homes? Not everybody is fooled. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Brand New Colossus: A Statue of Liberty Revival Amid Immigration Woes In a shifting civic landscape, the statue is re-emerging as resonant symbol amid a polarizing debate about immigration. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Feature: The High Price of Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Life Young adults who decide to abandon their cloistered Jewish communities have only one another — and a single organization — to help them navigate the alternate reality of modern-day New York. {$excerpt:n}…
Editorial: A Grand Bronx Plan Requires Local Input The state must hear how residents want to transform the blight of the Sheridan Expressway. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Sex Abuse Trial of Foster Father Paints His Home as ‘a Prison’ Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu, a Long Island foster father who took in 106 boys, is charged with sexually abusing six and endangering the welfare of two more. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
De Blasio Stymied in Attempt to Pay Legal Fees With Donations A city agency capped donations to the mayor’s planned legal defense fund to cover legal bills he incurred during inquiries into his fund-raising practices. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Justin Vivian Bond, Betsy Wolfe, and Wesley Taylor Star in Tales of the City Concert The one-night-only concert event played Broadway’s Music Box Theatre. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Max Crumm and Ann Morrison Will Head Cast of Beatsville: The Beatnik Musical The Glenn Slater-Wendy Wilf musical will make its world premiere at Asolo Rep. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
New Date Set for Robert Whitehead Award Ceremony Producer Mike Isaacson will now be presented with the award during a reception at Sardi’s in May. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Christie Ally Is Sentenced to 2 Years in George Washington Bridge Scandal ‘I was wrong and I am truly sorry,’ Bill Baroni, a former Port Authority official, says of closing lanes in Fort Lee, N.J., in 2013. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
What Are the Top 5 Longest-Running Broadway Musicals? Test your theatre knowledge with this week’s Playbill Five. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Latin History for Morons Extends Again John Leguizamo’s new Off-Broadway solo show adds three performances following positive reviews. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Gertrude Lawrence, Angela Lansbury, Kelli O’Hara, and More in The King and I The original Broadway production opened March 29, 1951 at the St. James Theatre. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill