IN JANUARY, THE HAWKS COME OUT
By Melissa Cooper Red-tailed hawks seem to be everywhere I walk these January days. We tend to think of winter as a quiet, even a quiescent, time for the natural world. And so it is for many plants and animals. … Read the rest of this entry >>
REFLECTING ON THE WINTER’S EVE FESTIVAL
By Emily Baer On Monday night, the Lincoln Square BID hosted the 13th Annual Winter Eve's Festival. Streets from Columbus Circle to Broadway and 68th Street were packed with locals and tourists alike, all wit … Read the rest of this entry >>
AS THE HURRICANE HIT, LOCALS SOUGHT COMFORT IN FOOD
It's Sunday afternoon. Sandy is looming. I haul out the flashlights and batteries, consider filling up the bathtub with water. I make a mad dash to Westside Market to get a bag of chocolate chips. If the electr … Read the rest of this entry >>
MY NYC HOME, WHERE THE PEACOCKS ROAM
By Melissa Cooper After spending the better part of September on eastern Long Island, I’m home in NYC, where fall has thinned the trees in Riverside Park. Home in the city, where the peacocks roam. Our first day back, the … Read the rest of this entry >>
FILM REVIEW: GINGER & ROSA AT NY FILMFEST
By Nancy Novick While movies about teenagers often focus on first love or the forces that thwart it, far fewer depict the non-sexual, yet no less passionate attachments many young women experience with one another. In her new film, Ginger … Read the rest of this entry >>
LOCAL HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM SHOWCASE NEW YORK’S ‘OUTDOOR MUSEUM’ IN A NEW BOOK
Editor's Note: Nancy Novick reviewed "The Outdoor Museum", by Margery and Sheldon Harnick, and also got a chance to meet and interview them. Both the review and the Q&A are b … Read the rest of this entry >>
FUN WITH VERMIN: FEISTY WOMEN START ‘GARAGE SALES AT THE RAT HOUS’
By Karen Farber Since the landlord has failed to clean up the disgusting building at 120 West 74th Street (other than to paint over the neighborhood protest graffiti labeling it “the Rat House”), local entrepreneurs have started using the infamous … Read the rest of this entry >>
SOFTBALL AND THE SINGLE WOMAN: ‘SHENANIGANS ARE CERTAIN TO HAPPEN’
Five years ago, I joined a softball team called the Consenting Adults. They were in their 23rd year of existence, with colorful characters who were writers, psychologists, teachers, and gifted softball players. They ga … Read the rest of this entry >>
THE RICE MANSION, A REMINDER OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE’S GLORY DAYS
When I started to research the Rice Mansion at 89th Street and Riverside Drive, it was the bricks and mortar that drew me to it. I was seduced by the looks of such a beautiful old mansion, one of only two that remain standing as a reminder of the glory days of Riverside Drive. At the … Read the rest of this entry >>
THOSE AREN’T GARGOYLES! THOSE ARE HUNKY PUNKS! AND THEY’RE WATCHING YOU…
By Stan Solomon Hey, you! Yes, you, busy UWSer – have you ever felt, as you rushed about this place, that somebody…or something…was watching you? Now, don’t get all paranoid and start scanning for black helicopters over Broadway or holding … Read the rest of this entry >>
