The New York Photo Festival in Dumbo was the place to be this weekend for anyone interested in contemporary photography. That’s why I was surprised to see a 1922 historic carved wood carousel completely rehabilitated to it’s original condition among the the photo galleries in the waterfront area of Brooklyn, under the Manhattan Bridge overpass. [...]

For many people New York City is all about grand scale, but for a designer, the city is about the details. Bill Stubbs visits some favorite haunts and people.

In a recent French public-radio broadcast, Belgian-born City Opera director Mortier was a little more blunt about his NYC opera neighbors, more so than he’s revealed to the American media. Read the story…

• Orientalism in New York, 1850-1980
• Weavings from Timbuktu and Tibet
• Betrayed at the Culture Project
• The Single Object Still Life
• Shaker Design
• Momix at the Joyce Theater

“The Warrior” by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the collection and their unique perspectives on the war. Watch the interview.

Curator Naomi Beckwith guides the viewer through this broad show of young African modern artists, designers and architects, which runs at the Studio Museum though June 29.

Human longing is at the forefront of this week’s Reel 13 short films. A son comforts his dying mother, sweethearts struggle for a deeper connection, and a loner seeks companionship. You voted. Now find out which film won.

In 2002, Marianna Koval and her colleagues at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition organized an effort to plant 25,000 daffodil bulbs in the shape of two towers on the Brooklyn waterfront. A tribute to those lost on September 11, the memorial garden was part of a citywide undertaking that turned into the largest volunteer horticulture [...]

Reality check: The Tony Awards aren’t about theater in New York — they are about a certain kind of theater in New York, namely the expensive, mainstream one found on Broadway. But there’s a lot more in NY than the Great White Way…
For instance, one of the most inventive musicals of the season is “The [...]

Unique New York City events and entertainment for Friday May 16 – Sunday May 18…plan your weekend with a few recommendations from us…