Asian Invasion
March 17, 2010 12:45 PM
It’s the Asian invasion of the East Side. Art dealers throughout Manhattan are showcasing works from China, India, Nepal, Tibet, Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea for Asia Week New York--and nearly all of the 30 participating galleries are on the...
Legalize It
March 17, 2010 11:30 AM
To the Editor: Besides "Wine Can Help Budget Woes" (Open Forum, Liz Kruger and Keith Wright, Feb. 25), so can the legalization of marijuana. Consumption of marijuana for both medical and recreational use has been part of mainstream America transcending generations for decades. If anyone...
Sharing Health Information
March 17, 2010 11:30 AM
To the Editor: Thank you for the piece commending State Sen. Tom Duane and Assembly Member Dick Gottfried for passing the Family Notification Act that will make it easier for relatives to make decisions for patients who are no longer...
Dissecting New York's 'Livability'
March 17, 2010 11:30 AM
I'm twitching. I'm poring over some 100 pages of the Economist's assiduously researched rankings of the world's most livable cities. Phheww! I can't believe the venerable Economist ranks us 56th in livability out of 140 world cities. It turns out...
Crack-down on Traffic Dangers
March 17, 2010 11:30 AM
Here's to posters and banners in every government office reminding legislators that their first Constitutional duty is to protect public safety, especially now, when they're planning to cut budgets for police, fire fighting and the safest travel mode, public transit....
Trouble for Team Cuomo
March 17, 2010 11:30 AM
Andrew Cuomo has a real dilemma. Team Andrew wanted to avoid a divisive primary that might destroy Democratic unity. With Paterson out of the way, the Cuomo people got what they wanted. Cuomo the younger has been playing it safe....
Something to Adore, From Ecuador
March 17, 2010 10:15 AM
Last year near this time, I had the good fortune to find myself in the Galapagos Islands, where my husband guest lectured to a group of Columbia alumni. I don't want to sound like a spoilsport, but sometimes I looked...
Always Room for Grappa
March 17, 2010 10:15 AM
My wife and I sat, stuffed to the gills, in our chairs at Primavera, the famous Upper East Side Italian restaurant. My belly was distended to the point of almost touching the table and a plate that once carried a...
City Week: March 19-March 25
March 17, 2010 10:15 AM
Friday, March 19 Guided Tour--The National Academy offers guided tours through its 185th annual exhibition. The tours take viewers through art ranging from realism to abstraction, painting to mixed media, and sculpture to installation art. On view through June 8....
A 'Rink' Worth Revisiting
March 17, 2010 10:15 AM
The Rink: The title doesn't exactly roar down memory lane, does it? When The Rink opened on Broadway in February 1984, it was widely seen as a flop and flippantly referred to by critics as "The Rank." Even so, the...
Welcome Home to Burglary
March 17, 2010 10:00 AM
Police said that March 7 at 9 p.m., a woman came home after a weekend away to find her apartment being burglarized. When the 29-year-old woman arrived at her apartment, on East 93rd Street and York Avenue, she noticed that...
Senior's Car Stolen
March 17, 2010 10:00 AM
A 93-year-old man's car was stolen March 8. Police said the man parked his car across the street from 340 E. 64th St., between First and Second avenues, at 3 p.m. that afternoon. When he returned at 6 p.m., his...
Swiped in the Subway
March 17, 2010 10:00 AM
A North Salem, N.Y., woman realized her wallet was missing as she searched for her MetroCard March 9 at 5 p.m. Police said she discovered the theft at the Lexington Avenue and East 86th Street train station. The 31-year-old woman...
Burglar Strikes Apartment
March 17, 2010 10:00 AM
A burglar hit an apartment on Second Avenue and East 70th Street March 8, after the two women living there left for work in the morning. Cops said that when they returned, the women found the door open. The burglar...
Bourne a Spy
March 11, 2010 12:15 PM
Green Zone comes from the British production company Working Title and English director Paul Greengrass, but it stars American actor Matt Damon and represents the new phenomenon of homegrown Anti-Americanism. Playing off their profitable Bourne Conspiracy/Ultimatum film series, Greengrass and...
Past Editor Has Big Win at Academy Awards
March 11, 2010 12:00 PM
Mark Boal, the editor of Our Town from March 1997 to March 1998, won an Oscar for his screenplay for The Hurt Locker, a low-budget film about the Iraq war that he created with director Kathryn Bigelow. The film, which...
Back Up in the Air
March 11, 2010 12:00 PM
"Manhattan Man" was one the characters on Sex and the City to whom I have related for many years. He was the guy Miranda dumped 10 minutes into their blind date, after he turned up his nose at her plans...
Saloon Takes Heat From Pols
March 11, 2010 12:00 PM
And the beat goes on against Saloon, a club at 1584 York Ave., between East 83rd and 84th streets. Three local elected officials are lobbying the State Liquor Authority to deny the club's two new owners a liquor license. They...
An Oscar Sweep For Our Town's Former Staffer
March 11, 2010 12:00 PM
You'll have to indulge us this week while we proudly boast about a native New Yorker who has taken Hollywood by storm with his brave story about the Iraq war and the bizarre ways men find flirting with death sometimes...
Transit Group Tackles Most Dangerous Streets
March 11, 2010 11:45 AM
A transit advocacy group has identified the five most dangerous intersections on the East Side--and is aiming to halve the number of vehicle crashes that result in pedestrian and cyclist injuries or death each year. Transportation Alternatives, a non-profit that...
