At the southern tip of NYC, hundreds of mysterious rock sculptures share a beach with the gulls and the waves. Watch the artist at work.
Photographers Martha Rosler and Jamel Shabazz from the exhibition “Street Art, Street Life” discuss their work and the larger cultural context of street photography. Watch now.
Take a trip to the New Museum of Contemporary Art for a show called “To Be Someone”, through Jan. 25th, featuring the colorful, witty work of NY-based artist Mary Heilmann. First a ceramicist, then a sculptor, Heilmann turned to painting in the 1970s. Watch profile.
Andrew Ross Sorkin talks to Mort Zuckerman about the NYC real estate market, historian Niall Ferguson about his new history of money series, and restaurateur Danny Meyer about the upscale food industry in our downscale economy. Watch now.
The first episode of the new weekly series includes these interviews, conducted by host NY Times correspondent Andrew Ross Sorkin:
* Steve Forbes on bailouts and the stimulus package
* Richard Parsons on NY State’s financial woes
* Ellen Zimiles on the Madoff Ponzi scheme
See inside the catacombs and crypts of Brooklyn’s historic and sprawling Green-Wood Cemetery, and read more about the man who designed it.
In NYC, there are still available seats for Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) in public schools and community-based organizations. These seats are available for children who will turn four years old by December 31, 2008. The deadline to register these children is January 30, 2009. Read more.
The City Concealed is a new online video series exploring the unseen corners of New York. In our first installment, we take a trip 3.5 miles inland on this rarely-seen waterway that separates Brooklyn from Queens. Watch.
With the national economy faltering, what is in store for NJ in the foreseeable future? Guests are D. Nicholas Miceli, Marketing President of TD Bank; Elizabeth Hance, president and CEO of Magyar Bank and financial writer Marty Daks of NJBIZ. Watch now.
Think the holiday season was any less hectic 36 years ago? Here’s a 1972 Christmas special from The 51st State, a local nightly news program on THIRTEEN from 1972-1976.
