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Out Late: Inside the reinvention of MoMA PS1’s Warm Up
“Out Late” is Time Out’s nightlife and party column by DJ, Whorechata founder, and Staff Writer Ian Kumamoto, which publishes every other Tuesday. The previous edition was about how to have a Brat summer in NYC, in honor of Charli XCX’s groundbreaking album.
As much as I hate to admit this as a self-proclaimed Brat, I get tired of partying, too. The strobe lights, the poorly ventilated clubs, and the late-night hours that turn into a shameful Uber ride past morning joggers have a poignant way of reminding me of my most degenerate tendencies. But what if we imagined a decadent club space that operated during the daytime and, not only that, but also took place in a former public school-turned-world-class-museum? This might sound like the type of dream party space you might only find in a place like Berlin, but actually, it’s in Long Island City, Queens.
MoMA PS1’s Warm Up series has become beloved by both the nightlife and art worlds for bridging the gap between two creative universes that rarely converge. It’s where you’ll find underground DJs spinning on a stage decorated by globally renowned modern artists and club kids dancing alongside museum curators.
MoMA PS1’s Warm Up series isn’t new, of course: The legendary party began in 1997 and has hosted DJs and performers that went on to do big things, including Honey Dijon, Cardi B, Solange, and many others. The COVID-19 pandemic brought a change in directors and big personnel shifts that significantly altered its direction. Now, in its second year operating post-pandemic, Warm Up is keen on reinventing itself.
I spoke with Warm Up curators Kari Rittenbach and Nick Scavo about how they’re re-imagining the series and what longtime Warm Up fans can expect moving forward. To understand how the event series will be different this year, it’s worth understanding its curators’ backgrounds: Rittenbach is an art curator at MoMA PS1 and Scavo is an experimental artist and musician. Both have been longtime attendees of the party series but recently joined the curatorial team.
One of the biggest shifts from pre-pandemic Warm Up parties is that the museum actually stays open during the DJ sets, which means that the art inside is something that Rittenbach and Scavo now have to think about when building the lineup. Because of this, the curation is all about contrasts and synergy: How do the set design, museum art, and DJ sets all speak to one another? At the core of this new era is a desire to push New Yorkers to think about how sound, visual art and entertainment converge—each medium ultimately aspiring to awaken something within us and encourage us to approach the idea of a social space from a new perspective.
That nightlife community also deserves a space in the museum.
“I think it’s interesting to think about how that nightlife community also deserves a space in the museum,” Rittenbach tells me. “We want to expand the mind of our audience, so someone who might be coming into MoMA PS1 to see an exhibition suddenly hears something on stage that they’re not accustomed to. We’re really thinking about those juxtapositions.”
An example of that clash in genres and concepts can be seen in their party coming up on July 26. For that party, you can expect an experimental artist, African American Sound Recordings, who plays music with live saxophones and works through archives of sound while playing live music over them. That performance will be followed by a set by Easyfun, a British producer who helped co-produce Charli XCX’s Brat. That’s then going to transition into the headliner, UNIIQU3, who is a pioneer of Jersey Club music.
In their process of curating this year’s lineup, Rittenbach and Scavo also thought about how they could help elevate underground DJs and artists who don’t often get their flowers, or for artists who are already well known, how they can present them in a way that no one has ever seen them before. They’re going back to the series’ roots, which started out as a space that was more experimental and not afraid of challenging its audience’s expectations. “Musicians often don’t have that kind of opportunity for institutional validation and being able to show work at an institution like MoMA PS1 really does give that kind of validation that’s very rare in experimental music and club music,” Scavo tells me. “I performed at the dome in PS1 in 2017 and being able to say that was massively consciousness-changing for me at that time.”
It’s a third space where the daytime and nighttime creatives converge.
What hasn’t changed about Warm Up, though, is what’s always made it work: It’s a third space where the daytime and nighttime creatives converge. The name of the event itself is an allusion to its liminality—A place where some begin their night, and others end it. It’s the reason that Scavo suggests arriving to the event as soon as doors open and staying till the very end—there’s a sort of narrative arc to the entire experience. “There’s a momentum where there’s a live set at 6pm and a transition into more dance-forward sets for the evening,” Scavo tells me. “There’s this group catharsis that happens.” To feel the catharsis, you have to be there for the buildup.
It’s a space to party, but it’s also a space to learn, socialize and get off your damn phone.
Given that Warm Up is one of the longest-surviving parties in the city, Scavo sees it as a sort of oral history. They’re continuing a legacy that is about much more than just music: It’s about creating new memories that are loosely linked to a New York of the 90s, when the party started. At its core, Warm Up is about maintaining some essence of New York culture that some might claim has been lost forever. It’s a space to party, but it’s also a space to learn, socialize and get off your damn phone.
“Warm Up is about having a wholesome day rave and creating an experience for you to remember,” Rittenbach tells me. “To me, it’s what New York summer is all about.”
I went to Warm Up this past Friday when the lineup included Nick León b2b DJ Python, Safety Trance, Lolina and FITNESS.
An hour-by-hour account of an evening at MoMA PS1 Warm Up
5:45pm
I arrive with my friend Jezz, and the vibe is chill. There aren’t a lot of people yet, and for the most part, folks are sitting on picnic tables or waiting to get a drink at the bar. The bar menu includes cocktails like a frozen passion fruit lemonade, frozen margarita, and Aperol Spritz as well as a decent selection of beers, seltzers and wine.
5:51pm
We stumble upon an experimental performance of someone crawling on the gravel shirtless and hugging people. I’m into it, I think.
5:57pm
We admire the giant interactive sculptures by Yto Barrada, the Moroccan artist whose installation dominates the courtyard. The structures she built have a colorful and playful look to them, but they’re actually inspired by Moroccan pyramids. I didn’t know Morocco had pyramids but it turns out they do, and they look like stairways to heaven. People are climbing over the sculptures, drinking frozen drinks on them, and there’s an easy energy that makes everyone feel less intimidated. We make two friends who are artists and play in a band together. One of them lives upstate and came here for Warm Up.
6:30pm
We dance for a bit. The people here are cool, all beautiful in a non-conventional but still captivating way. There are lots and lots of tattoos, many of them with nature scenes, some of them alluding to Satan. I go inside to use the bathroom.
7:29pm
Jezz and I end up in an exhibition upstairs, and there’s an open square on the ceiling where you can see the clouds. They’re beautiful today and remind me of the clouds in the Toy Story movies, very white and self-contained against a cobalt sky. There are a couple dozen other people here taking a breather from dancing, and I can tell some of them are definitely high.
Jezz and I speculate if the hole is completely open or if there’s glass over it, because I swear I can feel the breeze. We ponder this for a while and when we leave, we read the artist’s statement outside. It turns out the installation is by an artist called James Turrell and the open hole is, indeed, completely open. The artist created it by shattering the cement roof with a jackhammer in 1979, a violent process for an otherwise peaceful outcome.
7:50pm
We exit the museum building and walk to a separate section in the courtyard, where a couple of street vendors from the Street Vendors Project are set up. We’re not hungry, but the food looks good.
8:30pm
We dance and dance and dance. The sun begins to set and the skyscrapers all around us are reflecting light. People look at us from their apartment buildings that tower over the museum, and I wave to them. They don’t see because there are hundreds of other people dancing. Three people bring out huge bubble guns and we try to pop them. There is, actually, a feeling of catharsis.
8:56pm
The night reaches a peak. It’s crowded now, and I don’t know who I’m dancing next to. We make a couple of new friends and run into a couple of old acquaintances.
10pm
The night is over and everyone is asked to leave. Me and Jezz want to keep moving our bodies, at least a little bit, so we get Korean food and record a TikTok dance.
How to catch the next MoMA PS1 Warm Up
Where: MoMA PS1 (22-25 Jackson Ave, Queens, NY 11101)
When: Every Friday from now until August 16 from 4pm-10pm.
Cost: $20-$25
How to get in: Get advance tickets on their website.
The vibe: Ravey and experimental.
What to wear: Dress for the heat, dress to impress and most importantly, wear comfortable shoes for the gravel courtyard.
New York’s first-ever Bartender Week will debut this November
There are over 2,000 bars in NYC that fuel the city’s nightlife. And drinking—whether that be alcoholic beverages or not— is a universal language that brings people from all walks of life together. Hanna Lee Communications (HLC), an award-winning multimedia PR and marketing agency, wants to honor that in the first-ever “New York Bartender Week.”
This fall, from November 18 to 24, NY Bartender Week will spotlight the bar community, stretching from NYC to the larger state area. How? Through storytelling. HLC says that storytelling catalyzes social connection and can bring people in the drinks community together. Through this engagement, HLC says NY Bartender Week celebrates the art of bartending and encourages tourism and economic development.
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Whether you are a cocktail enthusiast or someone who just wants to check out and support local bars, NY Bartender Week may give you a chance to connect with the city through culinary storytelling. To sum it up, the week is a combination of a consumer festival, a tourism initiative and a media symposium.
Other events include a gala event to kick off the week and ticketed panels and seminars that unpack the past, present, and future of the bar industry. There will also be the Excellence in Storytelling Awards that invites bartenders, bar restaurant owners, bar backs, and hoteliers (among others) to share a story of triumph and perseverance, with the chance to win a prestigious award.
“To celebrate our agency’s 20th anniversary, as proud New Yorkers we decided to launch New York Bartender Week to show our love for our city and state,” says Hanna Lee, President & Founder, Hanna Lee Communications, in a press release. “This annual event will inspire New Yorkers and visitors alike to expand their travel destinations and explore the amazing hospitality scene across all of New York State. We will also encourage consumers to visit their favorite local bars and support their beloved bartenders and bar teams. Our mission is to bring bars, tourism and economic development together to spotlight our wonderful state and the people who make it special. It is also to salute bartending as a noble career path and celebrate its craft.”
The New York Bartender Week is part of a larger initiative to expand the event to cities across the U.S. and the world in 2025. Keep your eyes peeled for D.C., Knoxville, and New Mexico Bartender Week, as well as Colombia, Kenya, and the Philippines.
In the meantime, you can show up and show out to your local bars and support the industry that keeps New York City so alive!
Visit hannaleecommunications.com to keep abreast about the Week’s events.
Out Late: Inside the reinvention of MOMA PS1’s Warm Up
“Out Late” is Time Out’s nightlife and party column by DJ, Whorechata founder, and Staff Writer Ian Kumamoto, which will publish every other Tuesday. The previous edition was about how to have a Brat summer in NYC, in honor of Charli XCX’s groundbreaking album.
As much as I hate to admit this as a self-proclaimed Brat, I get tired of partying, too. The strobe lights, the poorly ventilated clubs, and the late night hours that turn into a shameful Uber ride past morning joggers have a poignant way of reminding me of my most degenerate tendencies. But what if we imagined a decadent club space that operated during the daytime and, not only that, but also took place in a former public school-turned-world-class-museum? This might sound like the type of dream party space you might only find in a place like Berlin, but actually, it’s in Long Island City, Queens.
MoMA PS1’s Warm Up series has become beloved by both the nightlife and art worlds for bridging the gap between two creative universes that rarely converge. It’s where you’ll find underground DJs spinning on a stage decorated by globally renowned modern artists and club kids dancing alongside museum curators.
MoMA PS1’s Warm Up series isn’t new, of course: The legendary party began in 1997 and has hosted DJs and performers that went on to do big things, including Honey Dijon, Cardi B, Solange, and many others. The COVID-10 pandemic brought a change in directors and big personnel shifts that significantly altered its direction. Now, in its second year operating post-pandemic, Warm Up is keen on reinventing itself.
I spoke with Warm Up curators Kari Rittenbach and Nick Scavo about how they’re re-imagining the series and what longtime Warm Up fans can expect moving forward. To understand how the event series will be different this year, it’s worth understanding its curators’ backgrounds: Rittenbach is an art curator at MoMA PS1 and Scavo is an experimental artist and musician. Both have been longtime attendees of the party series but recently joined the curatorial team.
One of the biggest shifts from pre-pandemic Warm Up parties is that the museum actually stays open during the DJ sets, which means that the art inside is something that Rittenbach and Scavo now have to think about when building the lineup. Because of this, the curation is all about contrasts and synergy: How do the set design, museum art, and DJ sets all speak to one another? At the core of this new era is a desire to push New Yorkers to think about how sound, visual art and entertainment converge—each medium ultimately aspiring to awaken something within us and encourage us to approach the idea of a social space from a new perspective.
That nightlife community also deserves a space in the museum.
“I think it’s interesting to think about how that nightlife community also deserves a space in the museum,” Rittenbach tells me. “We want to expand the mind of our audience, so someone who might be coming into MoMA PS1 to see an exhibition suddenly hears something on stage that they’re not accustomed to. We’re really thinking about those juxtapositions.”
An example of that clash in genres and concepts can be seen in their party coming up on July 26. For that party, you can expect an experimental artist, African American Sound Recordings, who plays music with live saxophones and works through archives of sound while playing live music over them. That performance will be followed by a set by Easyfun, a British producer who helped co-produce Charli XCX’s Brat. That’s then going to transition into the headliner, UNIIQU3, who is a pioneer of Jersey Club music.
In their process of curating this year’s lineup, Rittenbach and Scavo also thought about how they could help elevate underground DJs and artists who don’t often get their flowers, or for artists who are already well known, how they can present them in a way that no one has ever seen them before. They’re going back to the series’ roots, which started out as a space that was more experimental and not afraid of challenging its audience’s expectations. “Musicians often don’t have that kind of opportunity for institutional validation and being able to show work at an institution like MoMA PS1 really does give that kind of validation that’s very rare in experimental music and club music,” Scavo tells me. “I performed at the dome in PS1 in 2017 and being able to say that was massively consciousness changing for me at that time.”
It’s a third space where the daytime and nighttime creatives converge.
What hasn’t changed about Warm Up, though, is what’s always made it work: It’s a third space where the daytime and nighttime creatives converge. The name of the event itself is an allusion to its liminality—A place where some begin their night, and others end it. It’s the reason that Scavo suggests arriving to the event as soon as doors open and staying till the very end—there’s a sort of narrative arc to the entire experience. “There’s a momentum where there’s a live set at 6pm and a transition into more dance-forward sets for the evening,” Scavo tells me. “There’s this group catharsis that happens.” To feel the catharsis, you have to be there for the buildup.
It’s a space to party, but it’s also a space to learn, socialize and get off your damn phone.
Given that Warm Up is one of the longest-surviving parties in the city, Scavo sees it as a sort of oral history. They’re continuing a legacy that is about much more than just music: It’s about creating new memories that are loosely linked to a New York of the 90s, when the party started. At its core, Warm Up is about maintaining some essence of New York culture that some might claim has been lost forever. It’s a space to party, but it’s also a space to learn, socialize and get off your damn phone.
“Warm Up is about having a wholesome day rave and create an experience for you to remember,” Rittenbach tells me. “To me, it’s what New York summer is all about.”
I went to Warm Up this past Friday when the lineup included Nick León b2b DJ Python, Safety Trance, Lolina and FITNESS.
An hour-by-hour account of an evening at MoMA PS1 Warm Up
5:45pm
I arrive with my friend Jezz, and the vibe is chill. There aren’t a lot of people yet, and for the most part, folks are sitting on picnic tables or waiting to get a drink at the bar. The bar menu includes cocktails like a frozen passion fruit lemonade, frozen margarita, and Aperol Spritz as well as a decent selection of beers, seltzers and wine.
5:51pm
We stumble upon an experimental performance of someone crawling on the gravel shirtless and hugging people. I’m into it, I think.
5:57pm
We admire the giant interactive sculptures by Yto Barrada, the Moroccan artist whose installation dominates the courtyard. The structures she built have a colorful and playful look to them, but they’re actually inspired by Moroccan pyramids. I didn’t know Morocco had pyramids but it turns out they do, and they look like stairways to heaven. People are climbing over the sculptures, drinking frozen drinks on them, and there’s an easy energy that makes everyone feel less intimidating. We make two friends who are artists and play in a band together. One of them lives upstate and came here for Warm Up.
6:30pm
We dance for a bit. The people here are cool, all beautiful in a non-conventional but still captivating way. There are lots and lots of tattoos, many of them with nature scenes, some of them alluding to Satan. I go inside to use the bathroom.
7:29pm
Jezz and I end up in an exhibition upstairs, and there’s an open square on the ceiling where you can see the clouds. They’re beautiful today and remind me of the clouds in the Toy Story movies, very white and self contained against a cobalt sky. There’s a couple dozen other people here taking a breather from dancing, and I can tell some of them are definitely high.
Jezz and I speculate if the hole is completely open or if there’s glass over it, because I swear I can feel the breeze. We ponder this for a while and when we leave, we read the artist statement outside. It turns out the installation is by an artist called James Turrell and the open hole is, indeed, completely open. The artist created by shattering the cement roof with a jackhammer in 1979, a violent process for an otherwise peaceful outcome.
7:50pm
We exit the museum building and walk to a separate section in the courtyard, where a couple of street vendors from the Street Vendors Project are set up. We’re not hungry, but the food looks good.
8:30pm
We dance and dance and dance. The sun begins to set and the skyscrapers all around us are reflecting light. People look at us from their apartment buildings that tower over the museum, and I wave to them. They don’t see because there are hundreds of other people dancing. Three people bring out huge bubble guns and we try to pop them. There is, actually, a feeling of catharsis.
8:56pm
The night reaches a peak. It’s crowded now, and I don’t know who I’m dancing next to. We make a couple of new friends and run into a couple of old acquaintances.
10pm
The night is over and everyone is asked to leave. Me and Jezz want to keep moving our bodies, at least a little bit, so we get Korean food and record a TikTok dance.
How to catch the next MoMA PS1 Warm Up
Where: MoMA PS1 (22-25 Jackson Ave, Queens, NY 11101)
When: Every Friday from now until August 16 from 4pm-10pm.
Cost: $20-$25
How to get in: Get advance tickets on their website.
The vibe: Ravey and experimental.
What to wear: Dress for the heat, dress to impress and most importantly, wear comfortable shoes for the gravel courtyard.
How to see the Northern Lights in New York early Wednesday morning
One of the most phenomenal celestial events of the year is scheduled to grace New York’s sky tomorrow morning and believe us when we tell you that, if you don’t properly get ready for it, you will miss it.
The Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, consist of the nighttime light display caused by, according to Space.com, “energized particles from the sun [slamming] into Earth’s upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million miles per hour.”
The result? A light show that looks like colorful curtains were draped across the sky, flickering and spiraling just so.
People from all over the world travel to Iceland, Finland and Norway to catch the beautiful happening, so being able to potentially see it from New York (if the constant rain lets up) is something to take advantage of.
To that intent, here is our guide to the best way of catching the Northern Lights in New York early tomorrow morning.
When will the Northern Lights be visible in NYC?
To be clear, a number of experts recently noticed the after-effects of a “halo CME.”
“A CME is a cloud of magnetic fields and charged particles from the sun that stream into space at up to 1,900 per second,” explains Forbes.
According to Space.com, the phenomenon has prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center to issue a storm watch for tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24.
Although the alert also covers New York areas, no timing specifics have been announced, just that it’ll happen in the early hours.
“Recent predictions anticipate the arrival window in the early hours of July 24, but there is a level of uncertainty about the exact timings,” reports Space.com.
The best time to see the Aurora Borealis in NYC
According to yesterday’s alert, “displays of Northern Lights could be seen over some northern and upper Midwest U.S. states from New York to Idaho between 06:00-09:00 Universal Time on July 24—that’s 01:00-04:00 EDT,” reports Forbes.
Generally speaking, the Northern Lights are seen best at night/early morning. The darker, the better. So stay away from any place that might be polluted air-wise and try to find a swath of vast open sky to stare at instead.
Also to keep in mind is that you will be more likely to catch a glimpse of the happening in the northernmost areas of New York.
Where else in the U.S. will see the Northern Lights this week?
According to Forbes, in addition to New York, folks might be able to see the spectacular Aurora Borealis from Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
What causes the Northern Lights?
We won’t bother you with all the technical details but here are a few fun facts about the Aurora Borealis, according to NASA:
– Although best seen at night, the event is actually caused by the sun
– The Sun sends energy and small particles towards the Earth pretty steadily
– Sometimes, those storms actually travel down the protective magnetic field that surrounds the Earth and interact with gases in our atmosphere—producing a beautiful light display that we refer to as the Aurora Borealis
The Mesmerizing Northern Lights May Be Visible In NY Early Tomorrow Morning
The Northern Lights, aka Aurora Borealis, is a stunning natural phenomenon that creates an incredible display of color that seems to dance across the sky. Though, sadly, they’re typically only seen in countries closest to the Arctic and Antarctic circles that are often remote–but you may not have to hop on a flight to see them this week!
Due to heightened solar activity the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a geomagnetic storm watch for July 24th, aka we may be seeing the northern lights in NY!
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has found that a large Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is expected to hit the earth’s atmosphere sometime in the early hours of Wednesday, July 24th. This means the potential to see the aurora borealis dancing across the night sky!
Here’s everything you need to know about potentially seeing the dazzling Northern Lights display in NY:
When will the Northern Lights be visible in NY?
New Yorkers will have a chance to potentially see the Northern Lights in the early hours of Wednesday, July 24th.
However, space weather physicist Tamitha Skov noted that “likely the storm will be fashionably late, due to slow solar wind ‘traffic’ & an additional glancing storm blow ahead of it.”
According to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, the best viewing times are usually within an hour or two of midnight, between 10 pm and 2 am local time.
Where can I see the Northern Lights in NY?
Due to NYC’s intense light pollution you’ll have to find the darkest spot possible to see the lights. Places such as a dark park or beach will provide you with the best chance of seeing them.
Those in darker, more rural parts of New York have a better chance of catching the spectacle. However, these cloudy skies we’ve been having may but a damper on everyone’s viewing plans.
What are the chances of seeing the Northern Lights in NY?
The Geophysical Institute has a North American forecast ranking of Kp 6 on the geomagnetic index for July 24th. The geomagnetic index measures auroral activity. The scale ranges from zero to nine, with nine being the most active.
When the northern lights were seen in NY on May 10th there was a forecast ranking of Kp 8.
Do I need to a telescope to see the Northern Lights in NY?
One of the (many) fabulous things about the Northern Lights is that they don’t require any special equipment to see them! As long as you’re in a dark place looking up to the sky with the naked eye is enough.
When will the Northern Lights be visible next?
Lucky for us the Northern Lights may be visible more often over the next few years!
The NOAA has stated that we’re nearing the peak of Solar Cycle 25, an 11-year period in which the sun flips its north and south poles and causes various weather events to occur that can bring geomagnetic storms–along with the northern lights–to Earth.
How else can I see the Northern Lights?
If the Northern Lights aren’t visible in the sky where you are, don’t fret–you can always watch them on this Northern Lights Live Stream!
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This popular Miami cafe is opening its first NYC location
Given New Yorkers’ recent propensity for all things wellness, we’re sure this piece of news will delight: Pura Vida, the popular all-day health food-focused cafe in Miami, has officially expanded into the New York, opening its first domestic venture beyond Florida at 1151 Broadway by 26th Street in NoMad.
First founded by husband-and-wife team Omer and Jennifer Horev back in 2012, Pura Vida serves a pretty large menu that includes all day breakfast options (avocado smash toast, breakfast wrap, croissant sandwich, veggie omelette), bowls (the spicy tuna and vida veggie strike our fancy), salads (from a Thai almond salad to a classic Greek salad), soups and snacks like the harissa hummus and baked empanadas.
The healthy plate menu item is what particularly draws our attention, though. Customers can choose between roasted potatoes, cilantro Jasmine rice, sweet potatoes and organic quinoa as their base, followed by a protein option (chicken, veggie bites, tuna or salmon), all served on a house salad made with mixed greens, green onions, fennel, radish, pecan, Parmesan and herb vinaigrette.
The superfood smoothies and organic acai bowls also embody the company’s devotion to healthy eating. From a green goddess smoothie (kiwi, lemon, cucumber, green apple, mint, honey and matcha) to a chocolate PB version (banana, peanut butter, almond mylk, honey, chocolate grass-fed whey protein) and what’s being marketed as a post workout go-to (blueberry, banana, spinach, almond butter, almond mylk and vegan vanilla protein), we’re sure that the shakes will quickly become New Yorkers’ new must-try gastronomic concoctions.
Dishes exclusive to New York include the smoked sammy sandwich and the charred fruit toast—both clearly worth a taste.
“Entering New York City symbolized a bold step forward in our mission to redefine the landscape of wellness,” Jennfier said in an official statement. “This expansion is a strategic move that introduced the Pura Vida lifestyle to a broader audienece. As we journey into the NoMad neighborhood, we’re not just opening a cage; we’re fostering spaces where wellness and community intersect, and every dish serves as a catalyst for a healthier, happier lifestyle.”
The couple’s conviction in their cause and the potential interest that their company might generate in New York is so strong that plans to open a second location, this one in Brooklyn, are already under way. According to an official press release, the new address will debut by this upcoming fall, with over ten additional outposts scheduled to open by 2026.
Good luck, Pura Vida, and welcome to town!
16 Separate Tornadoes Pummeled Upstate New York In Just One Week
According to New York Upstate, 16 separate tornadoes have hammered upstate New York in just seven days, the most on record since official tornado records began in 1950. The previous record was 13 in July of 1992, according to data from the National Weather Service.
The publisher writes that the tornadoes were split into two waves: seven hit on Wednesday, July 10th, and nine more hit on Monday, July 15th and Tuesday, July 16th. They touched down as far southwest as Chautauqua County to the edge of the High Peaks in the Adirondacks.
Of the 16, the most powerful one was an EF-2 tornado that brought winds of 135 mph to Rome, Oneida County on Tuesday. It traveled through the city for more than five miles, destroying two church steeples and a brick wall sporting an iconic mural.
Beyond the tornadoes, four microbursts, or intense gusts of straight, downward winds, also blew through upstate New York, the strongest of which blew gusts of wind at speeds of 100 mph through Schuyler County on Tuesday.
An 82-year-old man was struck by debris Tuesday in the Madison County village of Canastota, accounting for the only fatality from any of the tornadoes.
According to New York Upstate, Mark Pellerito, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Binghamton office, stated:
It’s not the wind that hurts and kills people and causes damage — it’s the stuff that blows or trees falling down on houses or on people or on cars. Whether it’s going in a straight line or a tornado, you’re talking about the same type of damage.
On Saturday, July 20th, Governor Kathy Hochul announced her request for recovery operations in 15 different counties: Chemung, Genesee, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oswego, Oneida, Ontario, Saratoga, Schuyler, Steuben and Warren.
The Emergency Declaration would “authorize FEMA to provide reimbursement for debris removal operations, emergency protective measures like search and rescue operations, and actions to eliminate or reduce immediate threats of significant additional damage to critical infrastructure such as roads, bridges, water control facilities and utilities,” reads a press releaswe.
Hochul stated:
After extreme weather struck parts of our state midweek, I’m requesting a federal Emergency Declaration to support our recovery efforts and provide assistance to families and businesses. We must give our communities the support they need to recover, and I will do everything in my power to get New Yorkers the resources they need.
According to data collected over the last three decades from the Weather Service, New York typically averages nine tornados per year, though AccuWeather meteorologist Guy Pearson says that July is the most common month for tornadoes in the northern U.S. due to the season’s peak of heat and humidity.
The full database of tornadoes in New York can be seen here.
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