A short history of New York City mayors who ran for President of the United States
Last week former mayor Michael Bloomberg very unofficially — and somewhat belatedly — entered the 2020 presidential race by filing
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The Bowery Boys Live at Joe’s Pub: Join us on Patreon to get the audio — and some new swag!
We want to thank everybody who came out to our live Halloween ghost stories shows at Joe’s Pub at the
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Motherless Brooklyn: Ten things to know before checking out Edward Norton’s detective film
Motherless Brooklyn, a radical retro transformation of Jonathan Lethem’s book of the same name, refits the bright noir of the
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New York City stories: Great documentaries about the Apollo Theater, Statue of Liberty and the Bronx
One positive side of the near-infinite television choices we now face in 2019 — more documentaries than ever! And in
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Moonstruck: The Bowery Boys Movie Club can’t snap out of its love for Cher’s Brooklyn comedy
The new episode of the Bowery Boys Movie Club explores the film Moonstruck and its rich historical details. An exclusive
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Once Upon A Time In Five Points: The Bowery Boys Movie Club revisits Scorsese’s Gangs of New York
As a celebration of filmmaker Martin Scorsese (whose film The Irishman opens this month), we’ve just released an episode of
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The Current War: The new film about Edison and Westinghouse is a sublime jolt for history lovers
The Current War, an epic detailing the battle for electrical power in the 19th century, was supposed hit theaters in
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The Bowery Boys Ghost Stories Podcasts: The Complete Haunted Collection — All 13 Episodes
Want the perfect listening for a cold autumn evening? Looking for some interesting history with a side of urban folklore?
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Join the Bowery Boys podcast for a live recording in December at WNYC’s Greene Space
Tickets are now on sale for the new Bowery Boys podcast live event — this time a live podcast recording
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Oh the drama! Sarah Bernhardt’s first visit to the United States
Sarah Bernhardt may be the most famous and most mysterious actress who ever lived and certainly “the greatest celebrity of
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Haunted Houses of Old New York: Four historical tales of ghosts and ghouls who never left home
PODCAST Welcome to the unlucky 13th Annual Bowery Boys ghost stories podcast, where history combines with folklore for a bone-chilling
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The mysteries of the Guggenheim Museum, the Frank Lloyd Wright oddity of the Upper East Side
The Guggenheim Museum turns sixty years old today! Celebrate the history of this iconic museum space, a space-age upside-down ziggurat
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Open House New York: Ten historic places to visit this weekend and some podcast recommendations
It’s Open House New York time again! the city’s annual celebration of history, architecture, culture and design. Hundreds of places
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The Complete Bowery Boys Halloween Collection: New York City’s Most Famous Ghost Stories
Here is the complete collection of Bowery Boys Halloween specials. Creep yourself out while listening to these spooky legends of
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Whatever happened to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Island?
Welfare Island (once the more enticingly named Blackwell’s Island) was New York’s depository of human services, once a dour place of
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