This weekend, the Olympic Torch will pass through Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The torch arrives just three months after 4,000 anti-government protesters were rounded up in the capital.
Come join Digit and all the other V-me characters from 10AM-4PM at V-me’s Niños Day at the New York Hall of Science on Sunday, June 22nd. Kids can take …
The New York Asian Film Festival kicks off its sprawling, 18-day schedule on Friday, June 20th. The fest plays host to a diverse range of films, from an Indonesian …
In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard French ship Isere, which transported the statue from France to the US. For transport, the Statue of Liberty …
PBS and Thirteen has a few websites with resources, education, games, and links for parents (that means dads too) and other child caregivers.
The NJ State Department of Environmental Protection is catching flack for the decision to cut protection for more than 200 miles of streams that provide key drinking water supplies around the state.
When Columbia University revealed a planned multi-billion-dollar expansion to their campus, a number of local business owners got caught in the fray. Without invoking eminent domain, Columbia tried to negotiate …
Ellis Gallagher is a native New Yorker who creates chalk etchings of shadows of everyday, urban street objects.
Sculptor Lin is planning a large-scale project: ‘asteroids’ made of different types of broken toys, which will be displayed at Studio 94 Freemans at the end of the year. She’s seeking a few different types, see announcement here. There are 2 places to drop off toys in Manhattan.
Canny mayors are finally catching up to the fact that healthy cultural scenes — fostered in part by sweeping public art displays — are often linked to healthy economic returns. Read more…











