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Gotham Gigs: An Aspiring Pilot Veers into a Career as a JetBlue Aircraft Mechanic

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Jerusalem Melke has spent more sleepless nights at John F. Kennedy International Airport than even the most...

Gotham Gigs: Fish Illustrator Finds Her Calling as Hip Sushi Chef

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Oona Tempest didn’t set out to break gender barriers in the sushi world. When she started learning sushi techniques...

Gotham Gigs: A fashion designer becomes an award-winning taxidermist

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Divya Anantharaman knows there are dead mice in the basement of her workshop—because she put them there, in neatly...

Gotham Gigs: A Bed-Stuy reporter shines a light on central Brooklyn

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Zawadi Morris worked in media relations for more than a decade before writing her first news article—and it was...

Gotham Gigs: A bassist following in his father's footsteps finds success in a chance meeting

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Playing to a packed house at Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall always thrills bass player Jason DiMatteo, but he feels...

Gotham Gigs: Brooklyn Winery's head winemaker prepares for harvest season

By HILARY POTKEWITZ For about two months in the early fall, Conor McCormack is literally "crushing it" seven days a week. It's not just a...

Gotham Gigs: A former Rockette lands in second position as a sommelier

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Sabra Lewis is living many a wine-lover’s dream: She retired from her dance career at age 30 and relaunched herself...

Gotham Gigs: For this Citi Bike mechanic, the shop is not a man's world anymore

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Growing up on the Lower East Side, Lisa Rodriguez rode bicycles handed down from her five older siblings, which she...

Gotham Gigs: Daniel Boulud's former sous chef has the secret spice for city restaurants

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Lior Lev Sercarz spent most of his childhood in a house without a full kitchen, so his parents were taken aback when...

The Smart Way to Pack for Months in Outer Space

WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG? By HILARY POTKEWITZ Sunita Williams’s commute is more harrowing than yours. The Houston resident used to take a...

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