The first thing you see when you enter James Franco's debut art show is a plastic playhouse--the kind that comes in bright primary colors and can be found in suburban backyards across the country--that has been melted to half its height. If you...

Last Friday night, Brooklyn born novelist Jonathan Lethem concluded a citywide marathon reading of his new book Chronic City with an impressive, nine-hour performance at Bookcourt bookstore, located in the Cobble Hill neighborhood where the author grew up. Lethem had pledged to read all 467 pages of the book over...

"They're going to feed the python," somebody said. The music stopped. A crowd quickly formed around a plywood and glass terrarium that stood to the right of the band. Borden Capalino--the Brooklyn based artist who had constructed the ziggurat like hutch, spray painted it...