New York City public school principals have hired 139 new arts and music teachers over the past three years. Good news for students returning to school Sept. 8, right?
In fact, according to the Center for Arts Education, a watchdog group, while the hiring of arts teachers has indeed inched up, spending on arts supplies, Read More
"When they're trying to figure out what made our civilization kick, Elvis will be thought of," said Doug Norwine, a specialist in music and entertainment memorabilia at Heritage Galleries. On Aug. 14, in Memphis, Heritage will auction off 270 items owned by or related to the singer, including the white piano that graced Elvis' Read More
A generation or two ago, the windows of most travel agencies or airline offices were lined, top to bottom, with tempting images of faraway places designed to lure the would-be traveler inside. But since the invention or widespread acceptance of television, glossy magazines and later the Internet, travel posters have been on the decline. Read More
One evening in 1645, while dining, Rembrandt van Rijn realized that there was no mustard on the table. Rembrandt, so the story goes, bet his friend Jan Six that he could complete a sketch in the time it would take a servant to fetch the condiment. The master, a swift draftsman, won handily.
Tourists winding their way around Battery Park this afternoon were treated to an unusual sight among the seagulls pecking at garbage on the sidewalk and men in drag dressed up as the Statue of Liberty: Forty-odd stranded Iroquois lacrosse players, trailed by news crews as they waited to get cleared to travel to England for Read More
The Iroqouis national lacrosse team is still stranded in New York today, using the time to take in an Adam Sandler movie and go sight-seeing, as they engage in a stand-off with the U.K. Border Control over their right to use sovereign documents for international travel.
The Nationals have been forced to forfeit the first Read More
Native Americans Stuck in America
Chief Oren Lyons, of the Onondaga nation, is not surprised that once again his people have run into bureaucratic snafus from the U.S. government.
"The Onondaga have the first treaty with the United States," he said. "This is nothing new. We've been around a long time."
In addition to acting as faithkeeper and Chief Read More
At Christie's auction house in London today, bidders spent lavishly on a painter's palette of purses, and the highest prices paid were for the most unusually-colored bags.
A violet crocodile Birkin bag sold for $55,726 hours ago, well above its pre-sale estimate, breaking no records, but adding a vivid hue to the collection of one buyer. While not every bag sold, a Read More
In 1956, the actress Grace Kelly-and Princess of Monaco-used an Hermès bag to cover the bulge of her pregnancy on the cover of Life magazine. Instantly, the bag became an object of romance and desire for women around the world, and the fashion house renamed and refashioned the bag in honor of the royal superstar. Read More
— Jeffrey Sachs, the noted Harvard economist and director of the Earth Institute, has just purchased an apartment at the Nevada Towers on 69th and Broadway, according to city records. The expert on global poverty paid $1.185 million, and the deed lists Mr. Sachs, his daughter and her husband.
— Actress Connie Fisher Stevens, who was Read More
Hollywood's in the midst of a love affair with 3-D movies, from Pixar flicks to Academy Award-nominated blockbusters. But there once was a time when the technology to see a movie "In 3 Dimensions!" (as 1950s movie posters eerily proclaimed) seemed the stuff of science fiction-along with flying saucers and intergalactic wars with little Read More
New Yorkers seeking refuge in cool museum halls, botanic gardens and library reading rooms can stop sweating-the arts are safe, for now.
The City Council capitulated to reason and restored $20 million of arts funding in the city budget, putting back in most of a proposed $30 million cut that had threatened 33 of Read More
What treasures are in your safe deposit box? Or, maybe more interestingly, what treasures are in somebody else's?
Thursday, June 24, boutique auction house Doyle Galleries offers a glimpse into private bank vaults. The auctioneer will sell more than 500 items-engraved lockets, vintage watches, even engagement rings-from safe deposit boxes that have been seized and Read More
