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August 5, 2014 Amy K. Nelson

On WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show on Tuesday morning, fill-in host Manoush Zomorodi was doing a segment about yesterday’s Department of Justice report on the rampant abuses, corruption and civil rights violations of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island. Toward the end of the segment, around the 26-minute mark, Zomorodi goes to the phone lines to take an anonymous […]

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Sophie Weiner

“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. Today, Brooklyn’s Bear In Heaven released their fourth album, Time Is Over One Day Old. […]

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Bucky Turco

Hunter, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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August 4, 2014 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, we’re excited to premiere the trailer for “Pig Movie” by sound artist Kate Levitt and video artist Miles Pflanz. The film was written by the prisoners of the Lincoln Correctional Facility.  In spring of 2014, we were […]

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Sophie Weiner

Last Friday, a bird took a well-timed shit on Vladimir Putin, while he was giving a speech at the unveiling of a monument commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I. The poop landed on the Russian President’s tailored suit shoulder, as he said, “Humankind should grasp one truth: violence generates violence.” Watch the video […]

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Marina Galperina

Willem, Midtown. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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August 1, 2014 Aymann Ismail

Jayson, Midtown. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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July 31, 2014 Marina Galperina

Mel, Bed-Stuy. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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July 30, 2014 ANIMAL

Sid, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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July 29, 2014 Sophie Weiner

“Listen In“ is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. Hector’s Pets is a throwbacks, but it’s hard to say exactly to when. An amalgam […]

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