Tony Sportiello

More Than A Trace – Native American and First Nations Contemporary Art

November 25, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

No one knows for sure how or when the Native Americans first settled to the Americas. The most popular theory is that approximately 15,000 years ago (and possibly 30,000) they migrated from Eurasia across Beringia, […]

The Show Must Go On – Even In A Pandemic

November 21, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

“Coronavirus made us lose our identity in a scary way. Being told you’re unessential is tough. I know we’re not the only industry that went through this, but it feels like we’ll be the last to come back.” Lara Hayhurst […]

The Costumes of Royalty

November 12, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

Two of Netflix’s most popular shows are currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum – or at least, their costumes are. As most binge watchers know “The Crown”, (premiering in 2016), is based on the […]

Animaniacs Returns Following a 25 Year Hiatus

November 9, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

You might think it odd that a guy who was diagnosed four years ago with throat cancer and had to endure a rigorous and painful treatment program would consider himself among the luckiest men on […]

Krispy Kreme Dominates the Big Apple

November 8, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

Located at 48th Street and Broadway, a half block from the temporarily closed TKTS booth, the flagship Krispy Kreme doughnut shop is open for business and covid or no covid, it seems that people […]

New York Reacts to a Biden Victory

November 7, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

Politics is not a spectator sport in New York City. It is a rough and tumble battle to the death sometimes with most of the town heavily invested on what’s going on in their city, […]

Can Indie Theater Survive a Pandemic?

August 31, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

When the nationwide lockdown occurred in March of 2020 pretty much every industry in America was shaken. Restaurants and small businesses shuttered their doors, too many of them destined to never return. Gyms and WeWorks […]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gets Ready to Open Its Doors

August 21, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

One of New York City’s most popular venues gets ready to emerge from the shadows of the pandemic as The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced plans to reopen to visitors on Saturday, August 29, with […]

NYC Under Protest

June 2, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

This past weekend, in an effort to distract me from helping her with her homework, my ten year old daughter suddenly asked me, “Daddy, did you march with Martin Luther King?” While I knew this […]

Hospitalized in New York during the time of Corona

April 25, 2020 Tony Sportiello 0

New York City is in the midst of a global pandemic, as is the country, as is the world. At the time of this writing 2.87 million people have been confirmed to have the corona […]