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Play About Japan Tsunami First Responders Staged for Anniversary
To mark the one-year anniversary of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami on Sunday, a play honoring the first responders who tended to victims of the natural disaster and nuclear meltdown will be...
View ArticleActor and Comedian Peter Bergman Dies
Actor and comedian Peter Bergman, who was one of the founders of The Firesign Theatre, passed away on Friday. The Cleveland, Ohio native was 72 and died due to complications from leukemia, according to...
View ArticleWATCH | Music Videos for the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates
A campaign season would not be complete without music. Watch official campaign and fan videos made in support of the 2012 GOP presidential candidates below.Let's start with the twangy fan video "Game...
View ArticleTheater Excellence Tony Award Winners Announced
The creator of kids' versions of Broadway works, a production supervisor who has overseen more than 200 Broadway shows and a mentoring program that pairs up theater professionals with New York City...
View ArticleWATCH | Obama Campaign Releases 'Road We've Traveled' Documentary
As WNYC reported on Monday, Republicans are taking full advantage of YouTube to get the word out about their campaign messages. Now, it's the Obama re-election campaign's turn.On Thursday night, the...
View ArticleIllustrated Verses from the 1950s on View at Woodward Gallery
Etchings and aquatints that mash up handwritten verses with illustrations and designs are on display at Woodward Gallery in a new exhibition called 21 Etchings and Poems.One artist collaborated with...
View ArticleWATCH | First Lady Michelle Obama on Letterman
On "Late Night with David Letterman" on Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama talked about the notion of unconditional love, going to Target, personal conversations with Barack and her dog, Bo.Here's a...
View ArticleLook | Young City School Students Exhibit Art at Manhattan Gallery
A new exhibition displaying art made by New York City public school students opened Tuesday at Studio Gallery in Midtown Manhattan.The show, called "Littlest Learners," features the work of...
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Female Baby Giraffe Born at the Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo has a new female Baringo giraffe calf. When she was born this month, the calf was roughly 6 feet tall and over 100 pounds, according to the Bronx Zoo.The baby giraffe, which does not yet...
View ArticleMuseum Offers Free Admission to Attract Bronx Residents
Admission to The Bronx Museum of the Arts will be free starting Thursday in an effort to attract more of the borough's residents to the museum.The $5 adult tickets and $3 student and senior tickets...
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College-Bound Vets Face Challenges Beyond Tuition
Schools are enrolling hundreds of thousands of recent veterans and service members due to the drawdown in Iraq and Post 9/11 GI Bill. But the education benefit is not helping all of them make the...
View Article12 Ways to Commemorate the Titanic Centennial
There are a number of happenings in the Tri-State area that mark the Titanic centennial. Among our favorites: meals recreating White Star Line menus, plays based on ship survivor testimonials and...
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100 Years After She Sank, Titanic Continues to Fascinate
The Titanic tragedy that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 and stunned the world still captivates audiences 100 years after the largest so-called unsinkable steamer collided with an iceberg on...
View ArticleThe Jane Hotel's Connection to the Titanic Draws a Crowd
New York City has no shortage of sites that have a direct connection to the Titanic. (See our handy map of some of them below.)One such landmark is the Jane Hotel, formerly known as the American...
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Google Building’s Scaffolding Shows Chelsea’s Past
On Monday, workers affixed a vinyl mural onto the scaffolding wrapping around Google's New York headquarters at 111 Eighth Avenue.The cartoons on the 450-foot-long, 4-foot-tall mural refer to famous...
View ArticleQuinn Remembers Her Grandmother, a Titanic Survivor
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's maternal grandmother, Ellen "Nellie" Shine Callaghan, was 16 or 17 years old when she came to America from Cobh, Ireland, 100 years ago. She booked...
View ArticleMarking the Titanic's Demise
The 100-year anniversary of the Titanic disaster is coming up on Sunday, April 15. WNYC Culture Editor Abbie Fentress Swanson has compiled a list of ways to mark the event in New York City, and she...
View Article2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The list of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners is out. Among this year's winners were the late Manning Marable for his book on Malcolm X, Brooklyn poet Tracy Smith and Kevin Puts for his "Silent Night"...
View ArticleBobby Womack, Big Daddy Kane and UCB to Perform at SummerStage
Soul legend Bobby Womack, hip-hop artist Big Daddy Kane and improv troupe The Upright Citizens Brigade are among the artists who will be performing at this year's SummerStage.The free outdoor...
View ArticleNew Music Venue to Open in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
A 100-year-old brick sawdust factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is being reborn as a 13,000-square-foot music venue and studio.The new rehearsal, recording and performance space, located at North 6th...
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