all stories tagged "arts and culture"
The spectacular United Palace Theater hosts a multimedia performance with the music of Philip Glass and the story of a boy who challenges the power of a black hole. VIDEO
The Brooklyn-based STREB Extreme Action Company surprised London with their "One Extraordinary Day” of high-flying events, part of the London Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.VIDEO
Enjoy diverse culinary delights with a side of socio-economic and personal history.
"At the Intersection: Art, Money and Politics," was the subject of a recent discussion in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Access Restricted series.
What happens when a clueless foreigner meets Williamsburg hipsters?VIDEO
The author of "The Russian Debutante’s Handbook" and "Absurdistan" closes the PEN World Voices Festival with a pop culture quiz for Salman Rushdie.
Though Luc Sante grew up in New Jersey and New York City, the Belgium-born author and PEN World Voices Festival panelist has never stopped feeling like an outsider.
The Parisian writer discovered writing and her love of Nabokov in New York. The critically acclaimed writer is part of a free PEN World Voices Festival lunch talk.
Time Inc. has released its second annual list of top start-ups in NYC. Their diverse offerings range from free online coding lessons to ways to create one's own custom beauty product.VIDEO
Nearly 2.7 million Italian-Americans in the New York area represent a cross-section of identities and periods in Italian history -- fueling the debate of what it means to share that common heritage.VIDEO
