New York Around Town

PHOTOS: Bronx Parkour And 'Jose The Amazing'

Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Chris Arnade Bronx, Hunts Point Bronx, Chris Arnade Photos, Chris Arnade Jose the Amazing, Traceur, Jose the Amazing Parkour, Parkour, NY Around Town, New York Around Town, Chris Arnade, New York News

Chris Arnade, one of our favorite New York City photographers, stumbled across a talented, young practitioner of parkour in the Bronx earlier this yea...

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Smiles and Mega-Styles at VFILES Store

Tess Ghilaga | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Gallagher's Pop Up Store, VFILES Store, Fashion, Style, Mike Gallagher, Vintage Fashion, New York Around Town, Vintage Magazines, Vintage Fashion Magazines, Fashion Magazines, Style News

As interest in vintage fashion magazines continues to soar, New York's cool crowd has descended on VFILES, the SoSo-based store where famed fashion magazine archivist Mike Gallagher has placed his pop-up store overflowing with vintage publications.

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PHOTOS: Fleet Week Is Here

Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Scores, Will Smith Fleet Week, The OUT Nyc, Katy Perry, Katy Perry Fleet Week, US Marines, NY Around Town, New York Around Town, Fleet Week New York 2012, Will Smith, Fleet Week New York, Fleet Week 2012, US Coast Guard, US Navy, New York News

Some 6,000 sailors, marines and coast guardsman were shipped into New York City Wednesday for the beginning of Fleet Week, this year marking the 200th...

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WATCH: Ethan Hawke And Daughter Perform At Caffe Vivaldi

| Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, New York Around Town, Uma Thurman Daughter, Caffe Vivaldi, Video, Ethan Hawke Daughter, Maya Thurman-Hawke, Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke, New York News

By Andrea Swalec, DNAinfo Reporter/Produce MANHATTAN -- Patrons at Caffe Vivaldi were treated to a surprise star-studded performance last weekend w...

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Creating the Post-Hipster City: In Conversation With Urbanist Aurash Khawarzad

Tida Tippapart | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: New York Around Town, New York Hipster, New York City Urban, New York Architecture, Aurash-Khawarzad, Urbanism, Brooklyn Hipster, New York City, New York Art, Culture News

Committed to exploring the multiple intersections between art and urbanism, Aurash Khawarzad speaks about creating the post-Hipster city, gentrification, and what it means to (re)build New York City from the ground up.

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So Long and Thanks for All the Gray Hairs

Anna Hiatt | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Columbia University, Graduate School, Columbia Journalism School, Columbia, Grad School Graduation, Graduation, Graduates, New York Around Town, Columbia-Journalism-Graduates, College News

The peanut gallery sat crowded together atop the bleachers. The 10 months of journalism school went by in a caffeinated, sleepless haze.

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MoMA Wants Your Junk (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Meta Monumental Garage, Garage Sale, New York Museum of Modern Art, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Martha Rosler, Museum of Modern Art, Moma, New York News

Attention New York City hoarders, packrats and anyone doing a little spring cleaning: there's a place where they'll turn your extra junk into art, you...

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WATCH: Adorable Roly-Poly Otter Pups At Prospect Park Zoo

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Otter Pups, Zoo, New York City Zoo, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Prospect Park Zoo, Cute Animals, Prospect Park, Otters, Video, New York News

This week in "awwwww," watch these three otterly adorable, roly-poly otter pups roll around together in the Prospect Park Zoo. According to the Zoo's ...

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WATCH: Talented Buskers Audition For Coveted Subway Spots

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: New York City Subways, Music-Under-New-York, Video, Buskers, Subway Buskers, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Mta, Arts-for-Transit, New York City Buskers, New York News

The Music Under New York program held its 20th annual audition Wednesday with aspiring buskers gathered in Grand Central Station to perform before a p...

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Lower East Side & The Rise of NY Hardcore -- Harley Flanagan's Take

Camilla Webster | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: New York Around Town, 80s Hardcore, 1980s-New-York, New York City 1980s, Harley-Flanagan, Lower East Side, Arts News

Before there was an East Village, before Grunge, before Greenday and even Lady Gaga's East Village hit-parade, New York hardcore reverberated with a generation of kids.

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Astoria Characters: The Flesh-and-Blood Man of Steel

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Jim Pignetti, Astoria, Jukebox, Jim Netti, Metalmen, Metalmen Shop, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Astoria Characters, New York News

Every day, Jim Pignetti sees the past in the present. He can't help but be reminded of the way things were because his business, Metalmen, is only four and a half blocks from the house he grew up in.

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'Psycho,' 'Wizard Of Oz' And More This Summer In Bryant Park

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Psycho, Summer, Bryant-Park-Movies, Bryant Park Film Series, Raiders of the Lost Ark, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Brant Park, New York News

Sure, there won't be beer or wine, and you likely won't have the chance to heckle Glenn Beck like last year, but this summer's lineup for Bryant Park'...

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WATCH: Brooklyn's Greatest Busker Sings 'On Again, Off Again'

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Jessica Latshaw, New York Culture, NY Culture, Damon Scott, NY Around Town, Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York Around Town, Gabriel Royal, Busker, Subway Performers, New York News

Take off your headphones, New York. If you ride the L or G trains, namely through the Metropolitan Ave./Lorimer Street stop in Williamsburg, you need ...

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Handsome Is As Handsome Does: The Met's Billy Budd

David Browning | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: The Metropolitan Opera, Benjamin Britten, Billy Budd, Opera, New York Around Town, Lincoln Center, Culture News

I was thrilled to learn the Met was to revive its beautiful 1978 production of Mr. Benjamin Britten's masterpiece Billy Budd, based on Mr. Melville's novella of the same name.

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Before They Were Famous -- WARHOL by William John Kennedy

Camilla Webster | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Photography, Andy Warhol, Site/109, Robert Indiana, William John Kennedy, New York Around Town, Video, Arts News

After nearly 50 years, never-before-seen photographs of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana and their work have been published for the first time by the KIWI Arts Group.

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Kinofest: Film Festival of the Best New Cinema From Ukraine and Other Post-Soviet Nations

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Ukrainian Museum, Kinofest, Kinofest Nyc, Kinofest Film Festival, New York Around Town, Ny Film Festivals, New York News

This week is the third annual Kinofest NYC. With a win at Cannes last year for Ukrainian director Maryna Vroda for her short film Cross Country, Ukrainian cinema is steadily gaining the attention of international audiences.

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Unconditional Authenticity: The Future of Marketing

Michael Parrish DuDell | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Authenticity, Be Authentic, Marketing, Business, New York Around Town, Taxi Cabs, New York City, New-York-City-Taxi-and-Limousine-Commission, Business News

"Some of the safest drivers in the world are behind New York City taxis," David Yasskey says. "But accidents still can happen." If you've ridden in a NYC taxi even once, you know how grossly inauthentic this message feels.

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WATCH: GoogaMooga Releases Food Lineup

| Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Anthony Bourdain, M Wells, Brooklyn, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Googamooga, Roberta's Pizza, Tom Colicchio, Mile End, Prospect Park, Video, New York News

By Jess Wisloski, DNAinfo Weekend Editor PROSPECT PARK — Bonnaroo fans can fuhgeddaboudit. The Great GoogaMooga is coming to Brooklyn. The fir...

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Standardized Testing: The Least We Can Do

Michele Somerville | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Department of Education, Nyc DOE, Education, Standardized Tests, City Schools, New York Around Town, Education News

Parents with children at decent schools tend to think that their schools are at least reasonably supportive of their students on test day. Three days ago, I was one such parent.

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Theater: Peter and the Starcatcher Charms Broadway; Ninth And Joanie Never Lands Dramatically

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Dave Barry, Peter Pan, Play, Drama, Video, Peter and the Starcatcher, Broadway Shows, Ninth and Joanie, New York Around Town, Entertainment News

In a season of great plays, Peter And The Starcatcher still shines. Just make sure you sit as close as you can; you want to be as near to the 'star stuff" of this cast and this production as possible.

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Stage Door: Newsies, Barb Jungr's Man in the Long Black Coat

Fern Siegel | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Barb Jungr, Newsboy Strike, Alan Menken, Broadway, Disney, Bob Dylan, Cabaret, Entertainment, Musical, Theater, Newsies, New York Around Town, Arts News

It's impossible not to cheer for the boys in Newsies as they war against press barons Pulitzer and Hearst. The Broadway musical is based on the Disney movie, which was based on a real-life event: the 1899 newsboy strike.

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Tribeca Cancels Red Carpet For Controversial Film

| Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: First Winter, Video, Tribeca Film Festival, First Winter Deer Killing, Apocalypse Movies, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Tribeca, Brooklyn Hipster, New York News

By Serena Solomon, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer MANHATTAN -- The Tribeca Film Festival has pulled the rug out from under "First Winter," cancelling th...

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PHOTOS: Tribeca Film Festival Opening Party!

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Ray Kelly, Harvey Keitel, Ivanka Trump, Vanity Fair, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Salman Rushdie, Robert DeNiro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, New York News

Vanity Fair hosted the opening party for the annual Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday with some of the industry's biggest celebrities turning up for th...

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Changing Faces: The Transformational Power of Makeup

Napoleon Perdis | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Style News, Women, Anti-Aging, Contouring, Cindy Sherman, Contemporary Art, Makeup, Moma, Beauty, Eyebrows, New York Around Town, Style News

Contemporary artist Cindy Sherman is a woman who has manipulated makeup to her advantage in her work. Her retrospective features a staggering array of images Sherman created by dressing as women of every age and from every conceivable era.

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A Brief Renaissance: Holiday Lounge And Chinatown Fair Come Back To Life

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Chinatown Fair Arcade, East Village, Daniel Radcliffe, Lower East Side, Kill Your Darling, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Holiday Cocktail Lounge, Beat Generation, Kurt Vincent, New York News

New York's "lost city bloggers" are astir this week, as two of the city's recently vanished cultural institutions are (kind of) getting a second chanc...

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