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Vital Signs: A Continuing Exploration of Classical Music

David J. Michael | Posted 04.02.2013 | Arts
David J. Michael

Sometime last December, I was sitting in the apartment I was renting from some Dominican friars in Sweden when I got an email from a friend in Brooklyn. He was working on a documentary. Something about how the classical music industry was in trouble.

Between the Brownstones: A Southern Perspective on a Northern View

Kenneth Rosen | Posted 05.15.2013 | New York
Kenneth Rosen

Now I'm here, peering out at the row of Brownstones adjacent to my own. The sun is up. My bags are packed once more and I'm off to my third apartment: the beginning of the second half of my first year.

Women in the Arts

NYC-ARTS | Posted 05.04.2013 | Arts
NYC-ARTS

The women we look up to in the arts -- from New York City Ballet's Wendy Whelan soaring above the stage at Lincoln Center to action hero Elizabeth Streb scaling a building in London -- have their own inspiring heroines, some famous and others less known.

Being Alive as Privilege

Misha Lyuve | Posted 04.09.2013 | New York
Misha Lyuve

Over the years I've learned there are ways to profoundly experience being alive: by allowing yourself to be vulnerable, by letting yourself to be move...

Post-Sandy, NYC Artists Find a Slow Road Back to Creativity

Vera Haller | Posted 03.30.2013 | New York
Vera Haller

In the best of times, the life of an artist is difficult. Lean years, sacrifice and solitude are the norm. Add a natural disaster and life becomes even more precarious.

BLT Fish Is Simply Great Food

Joshua Estrin | Posted 03.19.2013 | New York
Joshua Estrin

On a recent rainy night in New York City, the stars aligned and somewhere between brussels sprouts that were this side of heaven and an order of sour apple cotton candy I experienced my own slice of heaven at BLT Fish.

Cheers From the Plaza Hotel's Afternoon Tea

Joshua Estrin | Posted 03.06.2013 | New York
Joshua Estrin

One of New York's most intriguing and stylish addresses continues to offer a window into the past with a knack for keeping things firmly rooted in the present and future: The Plaza Hotel.

New Year, New York

Howard Jordan Jr. | Posted 03.01.2013 | New York
Howard Jordan Jr.

As we sing Auld Lang Syne and sway back and forth with champagne in hand and loved ones in arm, I'd like to propose a toast to the year that was and the year that will be. Here's to New York.

Dharma Salon: The Warhol Exhibit at the Met

Catherine Ingram | Posted 02.17.2013 | Arts
Catherine Ingram

Warhol's peculiar, vapid genius, along with his obsessions with fame, money, and youth, presaged Facebook, American Idol, the Kardashians, and the thousands of online and print organs dedicated to trumpeting every blasphemous burble and trivial pursuit of celebrities.

PHOTOS: Katharine Hepburn Exhibit At The NYPL To Showcase Style Icon

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 12.18.2012 | New York

NEW YORK — A new exhibition is hailing the fashion sense of Katharine Hepburn, whose trademark khakis and open-collar shirts were decidedly unco...

The Thinnest Blue Line - Valiant Officers Who Protect Citizens From Their Own

Jerry Ashton | Posted 07.31.2012 | New York
Jerry Ashton

Is Ray Lewis a renegade, or does he embody the characteristics of the "true American" that people think about when we picture "common" people in history who have stood up against powerful forces?

The Cultural Capital of Everywhere

Kurt Ellenberger | Posted 07.15.2012 | Home
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.

The Good, the Bad and the Overbearing

Rob Taub | Posted 06.09.2012 | Healthy Living
Rob Taub

I have always attracted bullies and overbearing people, maybe because I've never been afraid to do battle with them. I ride buses in New York City on a daily basis, and it seems to be a setting that attracts overbearing people, perhaps because everyone is trapped with them.

You Are a Rock Star, Old Lady

Misha Lyuve | Posted 06.03.2012 | Home
Misha Lyuve

Thank you for allowing me to appreciate the efforts people around me make to live their lives and push their walkers; how those efforts vary in size and scope; how they are not always seen and, if seen, not always noticed and, if noticed, not always acknowledged.

2012 Rendez-Vous With French Cinema: A Preview

Farihah Zaman | Posted 05.02.2012 | Entertainment
Farihah Zaman

2012-03-02-Screenshot20120302at3.54.21PM.jpgIf you can't take advantage of the festival's NYC-based screenings, many of these films have a good shot at being picked up for U.S. theatrical and online distribution.

Startup Survival Guide: Maslow's Pyramid Revised

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 01.02.2012 | Technology
Steve Rosenbaum

For as long as I can remember, anyone with a passion for building a tech company from the ground up would have to head west. Silicon Valley was where the money, talent, and exits were. But what do startup founders really need?

Brooklyn Photographer Zooms In On Bicyclists

Turnstyle | Posted 09.27.2011 | New York
Turnstyle

Photo Credit: Dmitry Gudkov/Turnstyle "This is Sheryl and her Hello Kitty beach cruiser," says #BikeNYC blogger Dmitry Gudkov. SEE MORE PHOTOS>> Or...

Food Truck Wine Pairings

Snooth | Posted 08.24.2011 | Home
Snooth

The food truck craze is only growing in size and popularity across the country, so how to differentiate yourself among the mobile pack? Well, introduc...

Manhattan Cocktail Classic Aftermath

Gastronomista | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Gastronomista

Ah yes, the Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala. An annual blow-out of extremes, excesses, and lots and lots of cocktails. 40,000 cocktails to be exact.

Dancing? Beekeeping? Tell Us About Your Favorite Classes In The City

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

New York is a city full of experts. Many of these experts teach classes, from the useful to the arcane, all trades and skills are represented in New Y...

WATCH: Penn Station Turns 100

The Huffington Post | Grace Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Penn Station turned the ripe old age of 100 a few weeks ago and BBC News put together a lovely video in honor of the architectural gem -- or rather, i...

PHOTOS: Awesome Decal Costumes For Taxi Figures

The Huffington Post | Grace Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Next time you're faced with a street full of cabs, take a closer look at their side doors. Notice the lonely black and yellow stick figure blankly sta...

The Same 100 People

Howard Kissel | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Howard Kissel

It is often said that there are only one hundred people in New York. Meaning in any field you inhabit, there seem to be no more than one hundred people that you run into all the time.

WATCH: East Village Radio Show 'Chances With Wolves'

The Huffington Post | Grace Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

DJs and childhood friends, Kenan Juska, Kray and Mikey Palms, AKA Chances With Wolves, have a show on East Village Radio with cool premise. Their sho...

This Week's NYC Arts Agenda

WNYC Culture | Carolina A. Miranda | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

A car deconstructed and then reconstructed in TriBeCa, an alternative arts space from the '70s gets a tribute in Chelsea and hundreds of artist postca...