Big Apple

The Cultural Capital of Everywhere

Kurt Ellenberger | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Nyc Culture, New York Culture, Big Apple, New York City, Culture, New York Art, Lincoln Center, Broadway, Broadway Musicals, Culture News
Kurt Ellenberger

As a repository of great music, dance, and art, New York has no equal. As a cultural capital, it has been replaced by something even more chaotic, anarchic, diverse, open, disgusting, and accessible by more people than any city could ever be: the Internet.

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What I Wish Weiner Had Said Last Week When the Twitter Scandal Broke

Lev Raphael | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Trump Tower, New York-New York, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, New York City-New York, Tweeting, Anthony Weiner Twitter Photo, Big Apple, Political Scandals, Twittering, Weinergate, Anthony Weiner Twitter Scandal, House of Representatives, Andrew Breitbart, New York City, New York Mayor, Political Humor, Political Satire, Comedy News
Lev Raphael

The American poet John Greenleaf Whitter had some wise words that apply to everyone who tweets first and thinks afterwards: "For of all sad words of t...

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The Maltese Tenor

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Opera, The Godfather, Tenor, Little Italy, Malta, Joseph Calleja, Big Apple, Robert De Niro, New York News
Albert Imperato

My night in Malta remained a great mystery for more than two decades, but that changed when a tall, broad-shouldered and energetic tenor named Joseph Calleja came to visit us at our offices.

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A Worthy Candidate

Shai Baitel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Koch, Education, Michael Bloomberg, Elections, Budget, Business, Big Apple, New York City, Christine Quinn, Gay, Lesbian, Rudy Giuliani, Unemployment, Mayor, City Council, Entrepreneurs, Economy, Silicon Valley, New York News
Shai Baitel

In Christine Quinn we can see leadership and values reflecting the cosmopolitan and diverse mosaic that is the Big Apple. The time is right for her and New York is ready for a woman in the top post.

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The Simple Art of the Big Apple Circus -- Take the Kids, but Go for You!

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park, Damrosch-Park, Big Apple Circus, Cotton Candy, Cotton-Candy, Big Apple, Arts News
Melody Breyer-Grell

Sometimes I think it is much more fun to go to the circus as an adult, rather than a child. You can get your own program, treats and novelties without begging your harried parents. You can even sport a red sponge clown nose.

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Frick Collection Doesn't Frickin' Get It

Ashley Wren Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Upper East Side, The Brooklyn Children?S Museum, Mark Rothko, Metropolitan Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, The Frick Collection, Bethlehem, Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video Performance, The Met, The Red Room, Russia, The Bronx Zoo, Smithsonian, The National Museum of the American Indian, Fair Labor Standards Act, Ring Around the Posy, New York City Commission on Human Rights, Pennsylvania, The Frick, New York City, Big Apple, Julie Mehretu: Grey Area, Henri Matisse, Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, Guggenheim, Mother May I, Pablo Picasso, Louvre, Museum of Modern Art, Versailles, Woman?S Right to Vote, Hermitage, Peterhof, Arts News
Ashley Wren Collins

The Frick Collection does not admit children under the age of 10 (though it says nothing about admitting those under the age of two) and its young educational outreach programs are geared only to middle school students and older.

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Manhattan Home Sales Slow, Prices Rise

AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Home Price Index, Manhattan Condos, Manhattan, Wall Street, Home Prices, Sluggish Economy, Douglas Elliman, Manhattan Real Estate, Big Apple, New York, New York Condos, Business News

NEW YORK — Turmoil on Wall Street and a sluggish economy finally slowed home sales in the Big Apple in the first quarter, but a slew of big-tick...

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