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If hell has a steam room, then today’s weather is probably what it feels like. Although we’re just barely in the upper 80s temperature-wise, the humidity is currently hovering at about 65%, which is contributing to that unbearable, hot and sticky feeling you will have to deal with when stepping outside. 

If you’re sensitive to heat, you might want to find a place with AC all weekend: we’re currently under an active heat advisory across NYC that will continue until 7pm tomorrow. Potential rain tonight and Saturday won’t do much to relieve the humidity and heat, which will finally end on Sunday when the temperature drops to the high 70s and low 80s. 

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Although this isn’t officially a heat wave just yet, we’re already dealing with one of the hottest summers on record. We’ve had three major heat waves since the start of the season, the type of thing we’ll have to start getting more used to as climate change makes each summer hotter than the last. 

Another reason to stay inside today? The New York State Department of Conservation issued an air quality health advisory for New York City from 11am to 11pm today. The current index shows that we’re at a level orange, which is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups, a category of folks that includes children, the elderly and people with asthma. 

If you don’t have good AC or cooling systems at home, we suggest finding a cooling center near you by calling 311 or checking out the city’s recently revamped cooling center maps, highlighting places with functioning air conditioning that are free and open to the public. 

If you do have to step outside today, though, we would suggest doing so before 5pm, when showers and thunderstorms are expected, or, if you can, wait until tomorrow, before 2pm, since the heat will pick up around 3pm. Semi-respite will finally come tomorrow night after 8pm, when cooler weather sans rain is expected.

Windows of rain will continue on through Sunday but, luckily, it’ll be a little cooler. Regardless of how hot it is, it looks like we have a muggy and grey weekend ahead. Netflix, here we come.

* This article was originally published here

A lot celebrities have their eye on the New York theater’s fall scene: Adam Driver will play a country music icon in Off Broadway’s Hold on to me Darling, Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho will be the new stars of Broadway’s Cabaret and Nick Jonas will appear in in the 14-week-run of The Last Five Years. 

Today, a new A-lister joins the above list—albeit in connection to a show scheduled to debut next year: actor Keanu Reeves will star in Jamie Lloyd’s new Broadway production of Waiting for Godot in the fall of 2025.

Fellow actor and Reeves’ real-life pal Alex Winter (they both appeared in the 189 sci-fi comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure!) will also star in the production, which will be mounted at an ATG Theater that’s yet to be announced.

“It is a real honor to be collaborating with the brilliant Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on Samuel Beckett’s sublime masterpiece — one of the greatest plays of all time,” director Lloyd said in an official statement. 

Although details about the production and additional casting decisions have not been released yet, the play is extremely well-known, so we can surmise a thing or two about the plot.

According to People, Reeves will play Estragon and Winter will be Vladimir, basically the only two characters in the play who spend the time talking to each other while waiting for the titular Godot to arrive. Spoiler alert: Godot never shows up. 

“The original French text was written in 1948-1949 before making its world premiere in Paris in 1953,” reports People. “An English-language version came to London in 1955 and toured the United States that same year.”

In 1956, the first Broadway iteration of the work opened at the John Golden Theatre and, since then, the play was revived a number of different times.

We’re sure this latest version will do the original text justive.

* This article was originally published here

All eyes have been on the Olympics games in Paris this week. From Pommel Horse Guy (aka Stephen Neodoroscik)’s dizzying performance to Simone Biles’ gold-medal win to the grace of Bob the Cap Catcher, the games have been both astonishing and adorable. 

Though we don’t have the chance to win a gold medal for it, sometimes living in New York City feels like competing in the Olympics itself. Running to catch a bus in 90-degree weather, helping a parent carry a stroller up subway stairs, weathering surprise thunderstorms, and navigating Times Square to get to a Broadway show could all be Olympic sports in our opinion. So that got us to thinking: If New Yorkers were to win a gold medal in something, what would it be? We asked on social media, and the answers did not disappoint. So now, with our readers’ help, we now present the Olympic “sports” that New Yorkers would crush. 

The Olympic sports of NYC

• Speed walking
• Baby carriage up the subway stairs relay race
• The ability to step over puddles of questionable liquid without breaking their brisk stride
• Jaywalking
• Resilience
• The ability to do 10 different things in less then 30 minutes
• Swiftly doing a days worth of errands near the office all within the remaining 27 minutes after buying and inhaling your lunch
• Understanding other New Yorkers’ attitudes without getting offended
• The crosswalk slush jump
• Minding our business but knowing exactly what’s going on
• The 100-meter dash to beat the closing subway car door
• Telling you like it is
• Not caring about gold medals
• Being unbothered
• Not slapping anyone on the subway
• Waiting on line (not in line)
• Expert parallel parking
• Hailing a yellow cab
• Rat aversion
• Being super helpful and kind with directions
• Bob-and-weave through crowds in 6 inch heels while eating a slice and drinking a coffee as we talk on the phone
• Sitting 3 inches from the tables on either side while maintaining a private dinner conversation with your dining companion
• Ability to walk on cobblestone streets in four-inch heels and not fall over
• Carrying as many things as you can with on your body (for example: backpack, purse, groceries, phone, cup of coffee, etc.). Extra points for going up and down subway stairs with all items
• Cursing in the most languages
• Talking fast
• Pizza-making
• Managing a double stroller with two kids in tow onto a city bus
• Wearing black
• Triathlon: Tourist jumping, subway running and puddle swimming
• Looking at their phones while walking
• Overpaying rent
• Determining if a subway car should be avoided and dashing to another before the doors close
• Attitude
• Theater
• Acceptance
• Surviving

* This article was originally published here

We love ourselves a ranking, especially when it confirms New York’s supremacy in… just about anything?

According to a new survey by Fortune, Long Island’s North Hempstead is the 15th best place to live in the U.S. for families, a title we will gladly claim as New York’s own.

The report analyzed over 2,000 cities and towns with approximately 20,000 residents of more throughout 50 states, looking at data that pertains to a number of different categories, including livability, education, resources for aging adults, financial health and general wellness.

“The Long Island township of North Hempstead is a peaceful escape from the Big Apple with tree-filled enclaves and tranquil harbors dotted with sailboats,” reads the study, also mentioning that the city boasts 25 museums and historical sites in addition to the Black Botanic Garden and the historic mansion-turned-museum Old Westbury Gardens.

North Hempstead’s proximity to New York City—it takes less than an hour to get into Manhattan when using the LIRR—is also a big plus.

“The township has the highest Sharecare community well-being ranking on the list,” continues the writeup. “It’s also home to some of the best school districts in New York and has the highest number of recommended hospitals in the area on the list.”

Clearly, it’s time to consider a move.

The best places to live for families in the U.S.:

1. Silver Spring, Maryland
2. Upper Merion, Pennsylvania
3. Chantilly, Virginia
4. Ann Arbor, Michigan
5. Mason, Ohio
6. Franklin, Tennessee
7. Lafayette, Colorado
8. Overland Park, Kansas
9. Morristown, New Jersey
10. Portsmouth, New Hampshire
11. Somerville, Massachusetts
12. Woodbury, Minnesota
13. Frisco, Texas
14. San Jose, California
15. North Hempstead, New York
16. Bethany, Oregon
17. South Portland, Maine
18. Middletown, Wisconsin
19. Westfield, Indiana
20. West Chicago, Illinois

* This article was originally published here