With a performing arts space beneath New York’s most exciting new hotel, nightlife impresarios Carlos Quirarte and Matt Kliegman are bringing a sense of surprise back to the city with concerts, dance, book signings, stand-up comedy, and even club nights.

In her piercingly honest first novel, the Italian author recounts her turbulent and emotional years as a teenager freshly relocated to a city that seemed ready to burst.

The dedicated makeup artist and Topshop’s exclusive beauty consultant offers up her go-to makeup products fresh from her latest job.

After losing out on a major television role thanks to visa issues, the soft-spoken Australian actress offers a transformative performance as the brash up-and-coming rapper Patti Cake$, which made her a breakout star at Sundance this year.

Revisiting the karate-kicking French-Cambodian actress who went from Paris’s banlieues to G.I. Joe and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo as she reprises her role as Elektra in Netflix’s new series The Defenders.

A new hotel for the international creative class in New York’s NoMad neighborhood emphasizes the social experience and eclectic design with views of the Empire State Building from the rooftop bar and a restaurant led by Le Turtle’s Greg Proechel.

After taking the lead in his first-ever television series and hitting Cannes with his début film, the British former model and face of Burberry turns his attention to the insightful new coming-of-age movie The Only Living Boy in New York and next year’s Fantastic Beasts sequel.

The latest edition of The Last People, our ongoing series of fascinating individuals, features photographer Jordan Hemingway’s favorite New York personalities.

After roles in The Edge of Seventeen and M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, the ebullient and optimistic actress offers a sensitive and powerfully moving performance in Sundance hit Columbus.