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Behind Gnarls: The backstory of The New School’s climate change-fleeing, Vogue’ology-loving narwhal mascot

The Student Leadership and Involvement office at The New School rebranded the mascot into Gnarls Narwhal at the beginning of the fall 2021 semester. The office intended to create a more fitting mascot for The New School. Illustration by Caroline McKenzie

Get to know the real Gnarls. The New School mascot, Gnarls Narwhal, has always remained a mystery across campus. However, with a fresh new look and a more…

Kurt Deimer, a multi-disciplinary artist who works with Bon Jovi’s Phil X, hits New York with virtuoso guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen

Left: Kurt Deimer and Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X supporting Yngwie Malmsteen at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on May 3. Right: Yngwie Malmsteen. The touring package is scheduled to stop in New York City at Gramercy Theatre tonight. Photos by Johnny Knollwood

The singer, writer and actor who appeared in ‘Halloween’ released his debut EP at the end of last year and will perform at Gramercy Theatre tonight alongside the…

Home away from home

International students at The New School talk about places that remind them of home. Being so far from home causes them to miss that familiarity, finding ways to get that same comfort in the city. Illustration by Camila Giraldo

International students share how they find pockets of home in the city. To leave home and travel to New York City is a huge upheaval. As of fall…

Broadway musical ‘Six’ is history for the living

“Six,” a captivating musical about the six women who were married to Henry the VIII in the 1500s, is playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre at 256 W. 47th St. through September. The show ties the gruesome 14th century tale with a refreshing feminist take on how the stories of women are told today. Photo by Emma Donelly-Higgins

‘Six: The Musical’ hands the mic over to the women known as the six wives of Henry VIII. More than six months after the popular musical “Six: The…

NYC Hidden Hotspot: Andy Warhol’s Factories

Pittsburgh-born artist Andy Warhol made impacts on the art world during his time and even today. His legacy is encapsulated in the different locations of his Factory throughout Manhattan where he changed the face of what it means to be an artist forever. Illustration by Oz X. Yangas

This article is dedicated to the history and location of Andy Warhol’s personal art workshops known as the Factories. Andrew Warhola, Jr. (more commonly known as Andy Warhol):…

The pulse of being ‘Not Black Enough’

A minstrel is looking onto a screen of individuals dressed in monkey masks. This scene plays in the trailer for “Not Black Enough.” Photo courtesy of Jermaine Manigault/30 Productions

Avoiding tropes of race relations films, director Jermaine Manigault revives the conversation by reconsidering what it means to not be ‘Black enough’ in Black America. “Do all Black…