The New York Fashion Innovation Center (NYFIC) has awarded $120,000 in its fourth grant round, giving $10,000 each to 12 projects that turn New York-grown wool, flax, hemp fiber and agricultural byproducts into usable textile materials. Recipients include Brooklyn startups Cellsense and MushLume Lighting, Syracuse
New York Fashion Week opened on September 10 with roughly 70 runway shows and presentations on the official CFDA calendar, introducing Spring/Summer 2027 collections under a new fur-free policy that marks the first time animal fur has been formally prohibited from the event’s official schedule.
Culture Pass NYC gives cardholders of the Brooklyn, Queens and New York public libraries free admission to about 100 museums, gardens, historic homes and performance venues across the five boroughs. Cardholders aged 13 and older reserve passes online, and participating institutions release a limited number of new passes at the start of every month. Key Takeaways Culture Pass launched on July 16, 2018, with about 30 participating institutions, and now offers access to roughly 100. The program passed 500,000 total reservations in January 2026. Cardholders made nearly 120,000 Culture Pass reservations in 2025, the highest yearly total since the program began. Each cardholder can reserve one pass per institution per calendar year and hold up to four active reservations at a time. About 75 percent of Culture Pass users report visiting a site they had never been to before. The estimated value of all passes reserved since launch is $25,647,435.
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Fashion editors in Manhattan are stepping back from the seasonless fashion New York movement after years of championing capsule wardrobes and year-round pieces. The model promised liberation from seasonal shopping cycles, but the city’s humid summers and icy winters expose its limits. The thesis: seasonless
The average person wears roughly 20 percent of the clothing in their closet on a regular basis, leaving the remaining 80 percent occupying space without contributing to daily outfit rotations. Building a wardrobe that functions efficiently requires a shift from accumulation-based shopping toward intentional curation,
King of the Yees, Lauren Yee’s semi-autobiographical comedy, opens Monday, October 19, 2026, at Signature Theatre’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater on West 42nd Street. Kelly Marie Tran stars as Lauren, the playwright’s stand-in, opposite Tony winner Francis Jue as her father. The limited run continues through November 15. Key Takeaways King of the Yees opens October 19 at the Pershing Square Signature Center after previews began October 6, and closes November 15, 2026. Kelly Marie Tran, known for playing Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel films, plays Lauren, a New York playwright searching for her missing father. Francis Jue returns as Larry Yee, a role he has played in Chicago and Los Angeles productions of the play. Joshua Kahan Brody directs, as he did for the play’s 2017 Chicago premiere. The production runs about 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission. This is the third Lauren
The James Earl Jones Theatre on West 48th Street begins previews of Wanted, a new musical about outlaw twin sisters Mary and Martha Clarke, on October 15, 2026, with opening night set for November 8. The booking places an original musical inside a 114-year-old house
Open House New York Weekend returns October 16 to 18, 2026, with more than 300 buildings, rooftops, infrastructure sites, and historic homes open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Most sites are free and drop-in. The 24th edition opens with
Pace University has completed a $200 million renovation of the podium at One Pace Plaza in Lower Manhattan, giving its Sands College of Performing Arts a new centralized home. The 185,000-square-foot project, backed by about $175.4 million in New York State support, adds performance venues,
Walking into a vintage fashion market for the first time reveals racks sorted by era, bins of accessories, dealers who know garment history, and prices that reflect condition and rarity. This vintage fashion shopping guide explains what first-time visitors will encounter, how stalls are organized,
The gap between a well-dressed person and an everyone-else-dressed person is rarely about how much money got spent on the outfit. It is almost always about how the shoes and accessories were chosen, organized, and combined. The clothing is the easy part. A decent shirt
Today’s clothing does more than just look good—it solves problems. From moisture-wicking workout gear to temperature-regulating outerwear, fashion designers now combine aesthetics with advanced textile engineering. The right fabric choice can mean the difference between a garment that performs and one that falls short. Understanding
The world of beauty and fashion has always been fluid, but in recent years, a new trend has emerged: looksmaxxing. It’s a term that’s been buzzing in online communities, especially among those obsessed with self-improvement and aesthetics. Essentially, looksmaxxing refers to the deliberate pursuit of
Chappell Roan’s unannounced performance at a compact Lower East Side club during New York Fashion Week (NYFW) turned a standard night of after-parties into a era-defining viral moment. By appearing in an intimate, no-barricade setting, Roan leveraged the “scarcity principle” to bridge the gap between
Jeju Noodle Bar, chef Douglas Kim’s Korean ramyun restaurant and the first noodle restaurant in the United States to earn a Michelin star, has opened its second New York City
Daniel Humm, the chef behind Eleven Madison Park, opens Humm on Saturday, October 10, at 435 Hudson Street in the West Village. The 5,000-square-foot restaurant serves an à la carte
Old Fulton Street in DUMBO now also carries the name “Patsy and Carol Grimaldi Way,” honoring the couple who began serving coal-fired pizza on the block in 1990. The co-naming
Latin Food Fest NYC takes place Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 12 PM to 7 PM under the viaduct at 12th Avenue and West 133rd Street in West Harlem. City
Bowen Yang, the former Saturday Night Live cast member and Wicked film actor, began a 12-week limited Broadway engagement as Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s Tony Award-winning comedy Oh, Mary! on September 15, 2026, at the Lyceum Theatre. Yang succeeds Meg Stalter in the
Tracee Ellis Ross is giving New York audiences another reason to keep Broadway on their summer cultural calendar. The actor and producer is currently starring in Every Brilliant Thing at the Hudson Theatre, bringing her established screen presence to a solo stage production while adding
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