Midwestern myths and metaphors

A retrospective at the Whitney argues for Grant Wood’s greatness

Creole - a poem

BY MIRIELLE CLIFFORD

I hope to speakthe language de ma grand-mère,not the language du colonialismebut words spoken when strandedon a bayou. Not the discreet murmurof Parisian womenwho eat but never get fat,but la langue des femmeswho eat...

Another major development on West 66th?

By Michael Garofalo

Silverstein Properties will reportedly acquire ABC’s UWS headquarters

One book, 8.5 million readers

By ALIZAH SALARIO

New Yorkers can’t agree on anything. Can reading the same book bring them together?

Letters to the editor

CYNTHIA NIXON’S RUNCynthia Nixon is a superb actress, and a fierce advocate for a number of issues, including LGBT rights and education (“Cynthia Nixon’s Gubernatorial Gambit,” March 22-28). And yes, she is a New Yorker from a humble...

Bugging out

by carol ann rinzler

A U.N. report urged us all to “eat more insects” — and you can find them on the menu at NYC restaurants

Mastering money

Investment funds lawyer and former director at the Securities Exchange Commission takes us into his world

Crime watch

BY JERRY DANZIGWoman mugged on West 88thA woman walking on West 88th Street near Broadway early on April 2 was stopped by a man claiming to have a gun and who then commanded her to give up her debit card and pin number, police reported. The woman complied...

Spreading the lacrosse gospel

How minority youth in city public schools are becoming part of the sport’s community

Help for the homeless

by shoshy Ciment

A forum on the UES focused on affordable housing, job placement and resources for independent living

11-year-olds get to vote, but UWS sticks to 14

BY MICHAEL GAROFALO

Despite a citywide move to open up the Participatory Budgeting process, City Council Member Helen Rosenthal's office keeps to the old voting age in her district

Walking The Photography Show

By anne kristoff

After the transporting AIPAD experience, exhibitions go on at some city galleries

Screening for colorectal cancer

A gastroenterologist evaluates two procedures: colonoscopy and Cologuard

Sustaining cinema in the city

BY ANGELA BARBUTI

The deputy director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center on fostering his passion

A granddaughter bears witness

In a new documentary, director Serena Dykman retraces her grandmother’s story of survival in Auschwitz and how past atrocities can shape our future

Lawsuit filed to block AMNH expansion

Local group claims Gilder Center project “would cause catastrophic environmental damage”

Postage due for Battling Bella?

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

First, a Greenwich Village street was named for Congresswoman Abzug, and now, her friends, family and supporters launch a new campaign for a commemorative postage stamp in her honor

Mayor floats retail vacancy tax

BY MICHAEL GAROFALO

Could a fee on empty storefronts reduce vacancies on Manhattan retail corridors?

Writing home

BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL

A debut novel echoes across decades and a borough

Census 2020: 4 key questions for NYC

By Michael Garofalo

City officials weigh in on citizenship status and other challenges for the count

Drawing board

BY PETER PEREIRA

On further reflection

BY BETTE DEWING

“Look up already — from your iPhones” is what Archbishop Timothy Dolan recently said on that big device — the tube. Which itself often needs much looking away from, even from G-rated sporting events. But in essence, the archbishop said, look up from...

Crime watch

BY JERRY DANZIGStolen BicyclesUnfortunately, now that bike riding season is almost upon us, so is bike stealing season. In a recent incident, at noon on March 27, a 79-year-old man parked his $3,000 Cannondale outside the Cottage restaurant at 360 Amsterdam...

The Frick's new vision for its past

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE

The museum's latest expansion proposal conceives of the viewing garden, formerly slated for eradication, as a centerpiece

Is it 1982 all over again?

By Richard Barr

Almost immediately after Cynthia Nixon declared her challenge to Governor Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic Party nomination for governor this year, close Cuomo ally and former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn weighed in.Nixon wouldn’t support a qualified lesbian for...

Passing the baton

by ALIZAH SALARIO

Leonard Bernstein’s son Alexander continues the celebrated conductor’s legacy of arts education

Mission: Spend a million dollars

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

Grassroots democracy blossoms as empowered citizens this weekend start to determine how a windfall in tax money will be allocated – and for the first time, preteens can make a big difference

In step with the next generation

BY ANGELA BARBUTI

Founder and artistic director of BalletNext on mentoring young dancers

State budget has city focus

Albany’s spending plan notable for what it includes — and leaves out — in addressing Manhattan-centric transportation issuesBY MICHAEL GAROFALOCity-centric transportation issues figured heavily in the state budget deal reached in the early morning...

Drawing board

by marc bilgrey

A wealth of cloth

BY VIRGINIA RANDALL

The Ukrainian Museum shows off its recent major acquisition of costumes and textiles

City hears arguments in UWS tower dispute

By Michael Garofalo

BSA holds first hearing on efforts to block proposed tallest building on UWS

A tale of two seasons

BY CLARRIE FEINSTEIN

Macy’s Flower Show is, for now, merely make-believe spring

Crime Watch

Women Attack SeniorA senior citizen was set upon by a gang of women, apparently for no reason, police said. At 10:34 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, a 66-year-old man had just exited the train station and was walking home when he was hit from behind by a gang of six women...