What went down at Kraków's Unsound Festival 2025

In an age where music is often filtered, optimised, and enshittified, Unsound remains one of the few festivals committed to probing the tangled threads of contemporary culture. Its 2025 discourse programme, WEB, explores these sticky intersections...

WatchTime New York Wraps 10th Anniversary

The 10th anniversary edition of WatchTime New York, North America’s premier watch collector event, concluded on a high note at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall. The tenth annual watch enthusiast event, held October on 17th-19th, drew record attendance from...

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio: 1965’s Immigration Act ‘Changed Fabric’ of the Diocese of Brooklyn, US

President Lyndon Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 alongside the bill’s supporters in front of the Statue of Liberty. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — In 1970, a newly ordained 25-year-old priest from Newark,...

How Mandy And Rebecca Wolfe Transformed Salads Into A Lifestyle Empire

For sisters Mandy and Rebecca Wolfe, the cofounders of Mandy’s Gourmet Salads, the journey to building one of Canada’s leading restaurant chains has been paved with big dreams, vision, innovation — and a lot of hustle. Founded in Montreal in 2004,...

BAY VILLAGE: Bay alumni, educators honored

The Bay Alumni Foundation Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Educator Award recipients were honored at the Hall of Fame Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 4, at Avon Oaks Country Club. Distinguished alumni honorees were: Dik Daso, Executive Director of...

Slugger from upstate New York dreams of Women's National Softball Team

The USA Softball Women’s National Team will take on Australia later this year in a series of exhibition games to promote the sport as both nations advocate for its inclusion in the Brisbane 2032 Olympic program. One of the 16 Americans heading...

ICE raids NYC’s Canal Street vendors following complaint from MAGA influencer: ‘Check this corner out’

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Deseret News archives: Guggenheim opened in 1959 in New York City

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70 films and world premieres to open the Dominican Film Festival in New York 2025

New York, USA.- The 14th Dominican Film Festival in New York (DFFNYC) will open on October 23 with the international premiere of Los Rechazados: Operación Submarino, directed by Yasser Michelén, at the United Palace Theater in Washington Heights....

Pastor set to self-deport after leading growth movement at Texas church

By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Pastor Albert Oliveira (right) leads a baptism service on July 23, 2025, at First Baptist Church (FBC) Gordon. | Courtesy FBC GordonFor Pastor Albert Oliveira, immigration isn’t...

Zohran Mamdani, NYC mayoral candidate criticises PM Modi at Diwali event

While visiting temples in Queens as part of a Diwali outreach drive for Hindu-American voters, Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral candidate for New York City, attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that he was raised with a pluralistic view of...

Harvey Weinstein’s ex-wife Georgina Chapman facing foreclosure on $2.5 million NYC home

Georgina Chapman, who was married to convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein, is facing foreclosure on her $2.5 million New York City home. The fashion designer was issued a foreclosure notice on Oct. 15 that read, “You are in danger of losing...

EXCLUSIVE: The New York Times Launches TikTok-Inspired ‘Watch’ Tab

The New York Times unveiled a new Watch tab in its flagship app on Tuesday, a mobile-native destination for vertical video that marks a significant expansion from the publisher into visual journalism. The swipeable video feed, which has been...

Travis Kelce joins activist investor group pushing for changes at Six Flags

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce is running a new play, joining an activist investor to push for changes at the financially struggling Charlotte, North Carolina-based amusement park company Six Flags Entertainment Corp. New York City-based...

Union Temple Baptist Church Spurs Million Man March Anniversary, Unifest Events

While people around the country navigate a government shutdown and nationwide division, hundreds highlighted the power of collective action, unifying in celebration of two marquee events in D.C. history: the 30th anniversary of the Million Man...

Allston-Brighton Community Services Report Shrinking Attendance As Immigrants Stay Home

Normally a quiet patch of grass lodged between a synagogue, senior center, and the local library, Brighton Common comes alive each Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of locals flock to the park to buy produce and catch up with their neighbors at the...

Federal Agents Shoot U.S. Marshal and Undocumented Immigrant in Los Angeles

As immigration raids ramp up across the country, ICE agents in Los Angeles, California, shot and wounded two people in a botched operation Tuesday. The agents reportedly shot an immigrant from Mexico they were attempting to arrest. A bullet then...

From NYC to Lisbon, Tribeca Festival Lisboa on Mission to Bridge Transatlantic Divide

The Tribeca Film Festival, originally an effort to unite New York City after the 9/11 attacks, is bringing its healing ways — and select indie movies from its 2025 festival — to Tribeca Festival Lisboa’s second edition amid a widening...

Jamie Dimon's $3 billion bet on NYC is complete

Legacy projects come in all shapes and sizes. For oil baron John D. Rockefeller and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, there were namesake philanthropic foundations. Walmart heiress Alice Walton, likely the world's richest woman, built the renowned...

South Country schools to address overspending at tonight's Board of Education meeting

South County Superintendent of Schools Antonio Santana will address the community at a Board of Education workshop tonight about the district's spending beyond what it had allocated for the current school year. The meeting comes in the middle of...