C'mon Everybody

Well, we’ve made it through the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with its near-paralyzing mix of individual and collective trauma, added to by the horrific Islamophobic attacks on the mayor. So, now it’s time to put all that behind us and party (that is, when we’re not frantically looking through the newly released air quality documents)….

At around 6 p.m. tonight, hours before polls officially close, dozens of bars all over NYC will be helping the worried, anxious, and engaged voters of this great city transition into Election Night, the party/memorial/post-mortem on the battered heels of every Election Day since time immemorial. Historically, it’s one of New York’s most energetically volatile…