Free manicures for senior women as they get ready for the senior prom happening on the Upper East Side on Thursday. Rana Novini reports.

Every year, state assembly member Rebecca Seawright praises a distinguished group as Women of Distinction. This year, WOD ’23, two active community members make the list: Susana del Campo Perea and Yulisa Santana. The ceremony for the awards is on May 10th, and you are invited. Celebrate these outstanding women with AM Seawright.

Margot visits 90-year-old artist Sheila Schwid at her studio in the Westbeth building, NYC. Painting since she was a little girl her love for creating art is stronger than ever.

Fashion models who have gone on to pursue multi-hyphenate careers are not uncommon, but few have done so with such a profound impact as Gigi Stoll. The Texas-born model, whose 25-plus-year career in front of the camera eventually compelled her to turn the lens onto others—first snapping away at the fascinating characters and scenes around her for the pages of Vogue and esteemed art galleries, before refocusing on humanitarian initiatives on faraway continents.

Carter Burden Gallery presents two new exhibitions: Over the Sofa in the East and West galleries featuring sixteen gallery artists that turn the idea of buying artwork to go with the furniture on its head and On the Wall featuring the installation The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but The Truth by Mitchell Lewis.

More low-income residents are moving into the traditionally Latino neighborhood. Nonprofits have stepped up, but more services are needed.

It was, in its own right, the very best of Roosevelt Island art. In a time fraught with anxiety and stress, CBN‘s older adult artists delivered color and spirit to Gallery RIVAA. It was as much surprise as delight.

“The Difference We’ve Made: Women Artists Active in the NYC Art World in the 1970s and Still Making Art” is a landmark exhibition at the Carter Burden Gallery.