Experiences / Nightlife

Young woman in a crown and white sweatshirt poses in front of a bar with bottles of liquor.

Halloween Bar Etiquette, From a Bartender
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For $350, You Can Ruin Someone’s Night at Blood Manor
A small statue of a child sits in a niche above the shadow of "CAFE GITANE" on a textured wall.

NYC’s Beloved Cafe Gitane Is Back. A Former Waitress Wonders If It Can Escape Its Shady Past.
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I’m a Bartender. Here’s What Your Drink Order Says About You.

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Inside the Sultry, Bejeweled, Spectacular World of Company XIV

I went backstage at the New York theater company that has spent two decades blurring the lines between burlesque, ballet and cabaret

A blonde woman in a "Music is a Blessing" tank top plays a blue glitter bass guitar, flanked by a smiling DJ and a man in a beret.

The Private Club Courting Gen Z With … Ping-Pong?

They say Gen Z can’t interact without an icebreaker. That’s not exactly what I discovered at Blu DeTiger’s exclusive ping-pong tournament.

SZA, with voluminous red curly hair and a cropped sweater, smiles while a DJ works the turntables in a dimly lit club.

Hanging With SZA at New York’s Hottest New Nightclub

With its impossible door, is BC the new Bungalow 8?

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The Gatecrasher’s Guide to London’s Most Exclusive Clubs

With the right amount of subterfuge and shamelessness, you too can sneak into these seemingly impenetrable social clubs

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Rivkah Reyes Swears by Line Dancing and Hotel Chelsea Staycations

I caught up with the actor and musician to talk dating green flags and why you need to book one of the hotel’s “haunted rooms with a big-ass bathtub”

ariel arce sitting in front of a wood-paneled wall wearing a dark blue prada jumpsuit

Ariel Arce Knows the One Restaurant Seat to Avoid at All Costs

I caught up with the restaurateur behind Tokyo Record Bar and Pearl Box to talk takeout, bowling and the concert she caught in two separate cities