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NYC & Company is predicting just over 31 million visitors in 2021.
NEW YORK (AP) The once-deserted steps outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art are filling up with visitors again. Hotel lobbies are losing their desolate feel. Downtown, people are back to taking selfies with the Charging Bull statue near Wall Street.
Tourists who vanished from New York City s museums, hotels and cultural attractions when the coronavirus pandemic hit a year ago are trickling back in as restrictions loosen.
There s still a long way to go before the still-closed theater district is mobbed with international travelers again.
But lately, indicators like hotel occupancy and museum attendance have ticked up, thanks to domestic travelers and day trippers who don t mind seeing the city operating at less than its usual hectic pace.
Stocks in Hong Kong and mainland China climbed on Thursday as the Federal Reserve delivered an upbeat assessment on the US economy and President Biden unveils a US$1.8 trillion social-support spending plan.
Parable of the Sower, and
A Childrenâs Bible by Lydia Millet. Even just assembling a general reading list by Black and Indigenous folks can be instrumental, since for a long time the environmental movement has been predominantly white.
âIf folks can take the time and take the steps to decolonize and diversify the content theyâre consuming about the climate crisis and broaden their understanding beyond just saving the polar bears, recycling, using metal straws,â Agrawal-Hardin says, âand rather turning to Indigenous knowledge or putting Black families and women first ⦠it s really radical and important that individuals start to understand why those things are of importance when it comes to the environment.â
Women s Month: Fearless Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Happy women s month to all the incredible female identifying persons who have contributed their talents to art, design, theatre, music, fashion, costume design, any form of creative expression. Being a woman in theatre and music is truly such an inspiring experience. Getting to work with incredibly driven females everyday who bring such elegance, dedication and sophistication to anything creative that they do is so motivating to me as not only a college student but a fellow artist. Because theatre is still shut down, artists have started to find different forms of self expression. Lesser recognized designers have also had their work highlighted and appreciated more frequently and openly throughout the pandemic.