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'Once' sees stronger box-office sales after Tony nominations

2012-05-07 14:44:00

The announcement of the Tony Award nominations last Tuesday gave a box-office boost to "Once," the new musical whose 11 nominations make it the early Tony frontrunner this year. "Once," which is playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York, saw...

'Momofuku Milk Bar': Baking desserts with an edge

2011-12-08 00:00:00

Chocolate-chocolate cookies, compost cookies (made with potato chips, pretzels, butterscotch chips, graham cracker crumbs, etc.), blueberries and cream cookies, banana cream pie, brownie pie, hot fudge sauce, chocolate cake. I can't stop baking from...

Book Review: 'Ten Thousand Saints' by Eleanor Henderson

2011-07-03 00:00:00

Ten Thousand Saints A Novel Eleanor Henderson Ecco: 400 pp., $26.99 "Ten Thousand Saints" is a whirling dervish of a first novel — a planet, a universe, a trip. As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and...

Paul Motian dies at 80; jazz drummer and composer

2011-11-24 00:00:00

Paul Motian, an influential and much-admired jazz drummer who first gained renown in the late 1950s as part of the Bill Evans Trio and later became a composer and the leader of his own groups, has died. He was 80. Motian died Tuesday at Mount Sinai...

Recipe for traffic mess: presidential visit + huge tree lighting

2011-12-01 16:37:06

Mistrial declared in beating of woman over a parking space

2011-11-14 16:36:57

Monster Mash: 'Spider-Man' musical still drawing big audiences; George Clooney movie to open Venice

2011-06-21 16:33:12

Gavin DeGraw hospitalized after being beaten in New York

2011-08-09 04:35:57

American Apparel releases updated second-quarter results

2011-08-09 16:34:53

A younger, hipper Ann Taylor

2010-08-15 00:00:00

Ann Taylor is in the midst of an extreme makeover. The women's apparel chain is trying to shake its "Corporate Cathy" image with the help of a design overhaul, updated stores and a new celebrity spokeswoman — Naomi Watts — all in a bid to...

Fashion a great fit for reality TV

2011-05-15 00:00:00

In December 2004, TV viewers started to tune in to a reality show that documented the dramatic details of producing a runway collection, and with it came a familiarity with infectious little catchphrases such as "make it work, people" and "auf...

When they first furnished their East Village loft, Alesch and Standefer couldn't afford custom built-ins, so they salvaged a massive pharmacy cabinet and made it their bar. "Putting glassware and bottles in a cabinet allows people to use it," Standefer said.

2012-12-05 15:23:52

Members of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra perform an impromptu jam session on the Avenue C shortly after power was restored in Manhattan's East Village on November 2, 2012 in New York City.

2012-11-02 00:00:00

Ryan Nelsen (right) and Fields Harrington (second from right) ride a tandem bicycle to generate power as people wait for their cell phones to recharge on Avenue C in the East Village of Manhattan, in New York. This neighborhood is in the area of Manhattan without any electrical power.

2012-11-01 00:00:00