Since I’ve been here at Thirteen, the idea of getting back to nature has taken on a whole new meaning....
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May 16th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
• 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
May 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
NYC Gardens
In a city of concrete and glass, it may surprise you to know that New York City contains hundreds of public gardens–there are flower-filled rooftops, serene Zen gardens inside …
May 16th, 2008 at 11:29 am
The NYBG, located in the Bronx, opened it’s Pfizer Plant Research Lab in the spring of 2006. Soon after, NY Voices did an episode on the lab, interviewing three researchers about the goals, projects and archives of the lab and gardens. Watch entire episode.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:14 am
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.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:56 am
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.
A Walk Through...
May 16th, 2008 at 10:51 am
From New York’s crown jewel, Central Park, to the nation’s first county park, take a tour of New York and the surrounding area’s noteworthy parks.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:35 am
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 project in New York history. Watch the video.
May 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
So far we’ve only brought you bad news about the state of New York’s urban hawks. But today we’re pleased to report (h/t Urban Hawks - with pics) that raptor watchers have spotted two new chicks in the Astoria/Triborough Bridge hawk nest.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Nature producer Fred Kaufman and cinematographer Paul Atkins discuss the rarity of catching a lava flow as it hits the ocean–and the perils involved in shooting such an occurrence. See …
May 15th, 2008 at 10:48 am
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 Adding Machine,” and it is still playing — Off Broadway …
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