A Zippy 'Zero'
December 4, 2009 11:15 AM
If it takes a star to play a star, then toss some stardust on Jim Brochu, who brilliantly shines in Zero Hour at St. Clement's Theater. Starring and written by Brochu, this new solo work is a kind of homage...
Dog Day Afternoon
December 3, 2009 02:15 PM
Erin Zavalaoff plays a game of fetch with her dog Raegan in Central Park. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Erin Zavalaoff plays a game of fetch with her dog Raegan in Central Park. Photo by Andrew Schwartz"][/caption]...
HISTORIC DISTRICT WOULD PROTECT SITE
December 3, 2009 02:15 PM
Neighborhood preservationists were saddened when the Kean Residence, built in 1922, was torn down last year after the Landmarks Preservation Commission declined to protect the Mediterranean-inspired residence. But the group Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts feels it...
MALONEY, CHALLENGER PREPARE FOR 2010
December 3, 2009 02:15 PM
Rep. Carolyn Maloney is not taking her potential primary challenge for granted. Reshma Saujani, lawyer and fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, has made moves in preparation for a primary against Maloney. Maloney flexed some political...
STATION PLANS MOVE FORWARD
December 3, 2009 02:15 PM
The MTA's plan for the East 86th Street station on the new Second Avenue subway line received key support from the federal government. The station proposal, which would put the station in the middle of East 86th Street instead of...
'Tis the Season to Be Frugal
December 3, 2009 01:30 PM
"All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth." If only that were atop the wish list of those with whom you usually exchange holiday gifts. For some New Yorkers who are job-free, or those still working yet now...
Haute Couture Burglary
December 3, 2009 01:15 PM
Thousands of dollars of merchandise was stolen from Gucci, at 840 Madison Ave. between East 69th and 70th streets. Police said that Nov. 12, two burglars smashed the glass door to enter the famed boutique. About $15,000 worth of handbags...
Caught in the Act
December 3, 2009 01:15 PM
A man who lives on East 77th Street between First and Second avenues woke up to find a burglar rifling through his home. Police said that Nov. 15 at 5:30 a.m., the 25-year-old man was asleep in his bedroom when...
Cops Chase Thief
December 3, 2009 01:15 PM
Moises Ramos, 45, was arrested and charged with burglary after a police chase. Police said they saw Ramos entering a building on East 78th Street, between First and Second avenues, through a window with a fire escape. After he exited,...
One-Man Cleanup Crew
December 3, 2009 01:15 PM
One Upper East Sider has single-handedly taken on the task of ridding the neighborhood of graffiti, illegal advertisements and other defacements of public property. William, who preferred not to disclose his surname, has taken to painting over the illegal advertisements...
Girls on the Gridiron
December 3, 2009 01:15 PM
Good teams need unanimity of purpose. Members of the girls' flag football team from the Anderson School, West Prep Academy and the Computer School share unanimity of thought when it comes to their chosen sport. "It's awesome," more than a...
Clooney clocks in with another lightweight snarky flick with Jason Reitman's Up in the Air
December 3, 2009 01:00 PM
Like the great Italian Neorealist actors Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman and Gian Maria Volontè, Robert De Niro also has the gift for playing working-class men. In Everybody's Fine, an American remake of a Giuseppe Tornatore tearjerker, De Niro...
Warts and All
December 3, 2009 01:00 PM
In a culture where advertising hype is more ubiquitous--seemingly more "real"--than the movies themselves, The Princess and the Frog's feels like the ultimate betrayal: It's classic bait-and-switch.Hyped as offering the Walt Disney Corporation's first African-American animated heroine, The Princess and...
Chowder House Ahoy
December 3, 2009 12:45 PM
As I've written before, given the tens of thousands of hungry people who come to the Lincoln Center area, it astounds me that there aren't more really good restaurants there. Yes, Jean Georges is great, but it's a bit pricey...
Feeling the New York Love
December 3, 2009 12:45 PM
To the Editor: Nice article, and the timing couldn't be better ("Let's Hear It For New York," Nov. 26). We tend to get caught up in the whirlwind that is our great city and forget why we are here. A...
Long Live Cherokee
December 3, 2009 12:45 PM
To the Editor: Thank you, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Betty Cooper Wallerstein--president of the East 79th Street Neighborhood Association, and its members--legislators and the entire Upper East Side community for your work, leadership and guidance ("Post Office Saved," Nov. 26). This...
Mr. Disconnected
December 3, 2009 12:30 PM
As I walk to the subway during the morning rush, I wonder why everyone except me is furiously working their thumbs or gabbing into their cell phones. Do my unmoving hands and lips mean that I am unpopular? I wasn't...
Let's Hear It for New York
November 25, 2009 11:45 AM
"I traveled 3,000 miles for these pumpkin waffles," said native San Franciscan and former New Yorker Cecile Lozano, who, with knife and fork in hand, proceeded to dig into her breakfast at Sarabeth's on Madison Avenue. There have been times...
Let's Hear It for New York
November 24, 2009 10:45 PM
"I traveled 3,000 miles for these pumpkin waffles," said native San Franciscan and former New Yorker Cecile Lozano, who, with knife and fork in hand, proceeded to dig into her breakfast at Sarabeth's on Madison Avenue. There have been times...
Sugar Plum Preview
November 24, 2009 10:30 PM
Members of the Dances Patrelle's dance company give a sneak peak of the The Yorkville Nutcracker for audiences at the Barnes and Noble on East 86th Street and Lexington Avenue. The production, in its 14th year, is at the Kaye...
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