Matthew Courtney hosting the "Wide Open Cabaret" performance and poetry readings at ABC NO RIO in the late 1980s and early 1990s (photo by Ilana Storace) Matthew Courtney - the downtown New York City legend and artist, who sold his work on Prince Street in New York City, has died at the age of 66 on May 2, 2025. Hyperallergic Magazine has a good article on his passing. Matthew had many lives and some challenges. I got to know him from his “Wide Open Cabaret” performances at

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As the year 2021 ends with another wave of Covid-19 illness and death, I wanted to call attention to the time when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit in January and February of 2020. Although only 2 years ago, it seems like so much has happened since then and that the memory of the deaths from Covid-19 of heathcare and essential workers during that first devastating and isolating time is being lost. Do you remember the 7pm clapping salutes to front line workers that happened e

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Artist Gabriel Specter put up this memorial for Eric Garner in August 2021. Garner was killed by a police officer using a chokehold while...