Jennifer Vanasco
Stories
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Arts & Life
Lost Tina Turner song is just OK, say critics. But that's not why it matters.
Originally recorded for the rock star's major album Private Dancer, "Hot For You Baby" was thought lost.
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Arts & Life
The Met invites the use of senses — smell, touch — to connect with new fashion exhibit
Art museums have historically been places for looking at paintings. The latest fashion exhibit from the Metropolitan Museum of Art takes a step forward by highlighting smells, textures and sounds.
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Arts & Life
An 'anti-World's Fair' makes its case: give land back to Native Americans
A new art installation asks people and institutions to go beyond land acknowledgements - and give property back to Indigenous tribes.
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Arts & Life
Pee-wee Herman creator Paul Reubens dies at 70
Reubens' persona of Pee-wee Herman was a petulant man-child, yes — but he was also a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.
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'This Is New York' exhibit is a gritty, stylish city celebration
A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York focuses on the Big Apple's impact on pop culture.
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Music
This man's recordings spent years under a recliner — they've now found a new home
More than a century ago, a Met librarian made some of the first live music recordings. Now, (with an assist from NPR) 16 of the Mapleson Cylinders are joining the New York Public Library collection.
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Arts & Life
Encore: She inscribed 120,000 pennies with a pandemic message. Is one in your pocket?
As part of a public art project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.
