The sighting of the new moon marks the end of fasting during Ramadan. South Asian Muslim communities gather all over New York City, including in Jackson Heights, to celebrate Chand Raat, night of the moon.
Category: New York City
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Lincoln Center Revives Summer for the City, Hoping to Draw New Fans
The festival will include hip-hop, Korean arts, Mostly Mozart and a flock of 200 flamingo lawn ornaments.
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Robert Trotman, 82, Dies; Opened Swimming Lanes to Minority Children
The club he started as a coach has helped young Black and Hispanic youths learn to swim and compete in the sport in urban areas not known as oases for it.
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40 Years Later, The Return of Halley’s Day-Glo Comet
With four shows of work from the ’80s traveling the globe, the artist is still seeing what he can get away with.
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Met Museum Commissions Bring Contemporary Art Front and Center
With a new wing years away, the Met will highlight cutting-edge art with Nairy Baghramian on its facade and Jacolby Satterwhite in the Great Hall.
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The New York Mets: Fair or Foul Weather Ahead?
The Mets have had a poor start to their season, but on the day their home opener is scheduled, fans are still believing.
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The New York Mets: Fair or Foul Weather Ahead?
The Mets have had a poor start to their season, but on the day their home opener is scheduled, fans are still believing.
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Jane LaTour, Fighter for Women in Labor Unions, Dies at 76
No stranger to blue-collar work herself, she pushed for equality in male-dominated unions and as a writer chronicled the struggles of “sisters in the brotherhoods.”
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6 Picasso Shows to See This Year
Fifty years after his death, the Cubist painter will be featured in art exhibitions in New York, Paris and Madrid.
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Neal Boenzi, Top New York Times Photographer for Four Decades, Dies at 97
He built a reputation for finding compelling subjects on the street. “Anyone can take a picture,” he liked to say, “but are you a journalist?”
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John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished
The 96-year-old composer of “Chicago” and “Cabaret” is making a brand-new start of it with “New York, New York,” his 16th Broadway musical.