New York City Media Has Pretty Much Given Up On Events Listings

New York City media has finally given up, overall, on providing hand-selected calendars of events. Time Out New York recently abandoned its “things to do today” call-outs. The Village Voice, while stuffed with listings, is not really that useful; it’s crowded with ongoing events and the like. The New Yorker’s Goings On app is… pretty hit or miss per section. (Their “Above and Beyond” and “Readings” selection is pretty miserable, and that’s where the good stuff in town is.) I think everyone has discovered that it’s just not worth their energy or resources. The last “things to do” resource is the weekly Nonsense NYC email, and that’s a labor of love that is full of amazing things I would never, ever attend. Should we throw in the towel too? Or should someone swoop in and save New York from itself?