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Mazel Tov Cocktail Party's influences are global, but the sound they create is uniquely their own. Laura Carbone/Kathleen Tagg hide caption
Mazel Tov Cocktail Party: Take an ounce of hip hop, dash of polka, then square dance
Several pyramids in the morning light in the royal burial grounds in Meroe, Sudan. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York hide caption
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A typical sight during the 2019 Village Halloween Parade in New York City. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption
New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan
A Vermont Man Needed Assistance To Kayak. His Community Got To Work To Change That
What Residents Of NYC's Little Haiti Think About The Killing Of Haiti's President
Toots Hibbert, of Toots and the Maytals, performing in London in 1980. David Redfern/Redferns hide caption
Trojan Records, Legendary Reggae Label, Resurrects A Long Out-Of-Print Trove
Bob Fass, longtime radio host for WBAI, died Saturday. His show, Radio Unnameable, aired for more than 50 years. Jon Kalish hide caption
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 DOONESBURY © G. B. Trudeau. Reprinted with permission of ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION. All rights reserved. ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION hide caption
'I Just Followed My Interests': Garry Trudeau On 50 Years Of 'Doonesbury'
Online Miniature Puppet Parade Will Replace New York City's Annual Halloween Parade
"The Writing On The Wall" art installation projects writings by incarcerated people onto the sides of buildings, such as The New York State Supreme Court Building, above. Chemistry Creative hide caption
'The Writing On The Wall' Finds Poetry Behind Bars, Projects It Onto Buildings
The whole family came along to drop Kent Garrett off at college in fall 1959. He's pictured above in Harvard Yard with his sister, aunt and mother. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hide caption
'We Were Curiosities': One Of 'The Last Negroes At Harvard' Shares His Story
The Archive of Contemporary Music in New York, which houses more than three million recordings dating back to the 1920s, is leaving its longtime Manhattan home due to rising rents. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Archive Of Contemporary Music — And Its 3 Million Recordings — Is Leaving NY
Irving Burgie at his home in Queens in 2017. Burgie, who rewrote the lyrics to the traditional Jamaican song "Day-O," died Friday at the age of 95. Susan Watts/NY Daily News via Getty Images hide caption
Irving Burgie, Songwriter Who Helped Bring Calypso To America, Dies At 95
Paul Krassner, Comedian Who Captured The Zeitgeist Of The '60s, Dies At 87
Each of these vignettes required 37 "hexies," little hexagonal scraps cut from donated neckties. Dan Meyers hide caption