New York beyond the obvious

Looking for a Broadway show that leaves you smiling, singing, and dancing all the way home? &Juliet deserves a spot at the top of your list.

What if the most important pieces of New York City are not the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, or Times Square, but the pizza shop on your block, the old neighborhood bar, the corner store where someone knew your name, or the theater you passed every day? That is the New York City that artist Lily Annabelle is capturing, one storefront at a time.

What does it actually feel like to live in space? At Space Explorers: The ISS Experience at Eclipso New York, you do not just learn about astronauts, you step into their world.

New York City has no shortage of observation decks, but two experiences consistently dominate the conversation right now: One World Observatory and SUMMIT One Vanderbilt.

There are plenty of places to see the New York City skyline, but One World Observatory feels different from the moment the experience begins.

The moment the elevator doors open at SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, New York City stops feeling real.

That’s the idea behind BOUQUET Parfums, where fragrance stops being something you buy and becomes something you create.

There are plenty of things to do in Times Square, but RiseNY feels completely different from the usual tourist stop.

There is something quietly magnetic about the work of Margarita Howis. Her paintings feel elegant and cinematic at first glance, but underneath the beauty is emotional tension.