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UWS Fashion Illustrator Thanks Hero First Responders

Sara Lewin Lebwohl June 7, 2020 Community No Comments

Upper West Side fashion illustrator, Brooke Hagel, wanted to find a way to give back to healthcare heroes who have fought the battle against the Read More...

This Guy is Giving Haircuts in Central Park

Mike Mishkin June 3, 2020 Community 9 Comments

A guy named Herman is giving haircuts in Central Park. You can find him near the lake, through the 72nd Street entrance. The photos below Read More...

The Upper West Side Appreciates You, Green Keepers

Claudie Benjamin May 26, 2020 Community No Comments

In late May, walking west from CPW on 89th Street, you might want to do a double-take. Just before you reach Columbus Avenue, right in Read More...

Dancing For Frontline Workers

Mike Mishkin May 21, 2020 Community 2 Comments

Joseph Bolanos is the president of the 76th Street Park Block Association, has been an Upper West Sider for over 45 years, and has been Read More...

Telling Stories That Get At Essential Joy & Pain

Claudie Benjamin May 17, 2020 Community 2 Comments

“Chomping at the bit” is how UWS documentary producer and director Muffie Meyer describes her eagerness and impatience to pick up a project she had Read More...

This Upper West Sider Knows About a Lot of Things, Including Toilet Paper

Claudie Benjamin May 16, 2020 Community 1 Comment

Wit and wry enthusiasm come across in everything Upper West Sider Ron Blumer does. And, he’s also a very serious person, dedicated researcher and documentary Read More...

Writing “The Russian Key”: An Upper West Sider Recounts Her Undercover Human Rights Work in The Soviet Union

Claudie Benjamin May 8, 2020 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

For years, Jeri Laber’s friends and family have told her that her human rights work, as described in her 2002 memoir, The Courage of Strangers, read Read More...