Behind the surface

Warhol at the Whitney

AMNH expansion lawsuit dismissed

Court ruling clears path for museum to move forward with $383 million Gilder Center project

An author and his alma mater

For Tom Barbash, life is what happened when he returned to Dwight

From object to subject

The Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia’s new Manhattanville campus stages a groundbreaking show about the evolving representation of the black female figure

Birdland spreads its wings

BY SCOTT STIFFLER

The renowned music mecca offers a new venue for theater

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by marc bilgrey

Goodwill store on West 79th to close

By Jason Cohen

Plan is to relocate staff and inventory to Goodwill Chelsea store

Passionate about pride

By Mark Nimar

The People’s Forum on 37th Street was bustling with big personalities on Dec. 5 for the weekly meeting of the Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC). An old Hispanic man donning an enormous purple hat, gold chains and a turquoise necklace sat to my left. On my right was a gentleman sporting...

Honoring “urban health heroes”

Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab and Illumination Fund Founder and President Laurie Tisch announced this year’s recipients of the eighth annual Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize. These awards honor individuals and nonprofit organizations in the New York metropolitan area for...

A shifting landscape

By Alizah Salario

From the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the outskirts of Rome, Pamela Talese captures stories of cities in transition on canvas

Managing diabetes over the holidays

By Rahul Agarwal, M.D.

It’s important to celebrate with family and friends, but here’s how to stay motivated and get back on track if you indulge

Best of Manhattan 2018

BY STUART MARQUES

Food and DrinkArts & Culture

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By peter pereira

“Leaf Lift” in Riverside Park

On a recent Saturday, more than 30 volunteers bundled up and headed out for the Riverside Park Conservancy’s annual Leaf Lift. They removed 40 large bags of leaves from Riverside Park’s lawns and pathways. All the leaves are now being composted to be used for springtime garden...

The trees, events and music that unites

By Bette Dewing

You who read this column each year about this time know that the trees that unite us, people of all faiths and backgrounds, are the Park Avenue Memorial Trees. Unfortunately, those who don’t read this column or this paper (imagine!) may think these illumined fir trees are just...

End to e-bike ban in sight?

By Michael Garofalo

Electric bicycles and electric scooters could soon be legalized on New York City streets

Something a little more pleasant

By Alizah Salario

A Roz Chast retrospective puts the author and cartoonist’s humor, and humanity, on display

4 key issues at public advocate forum

by richard barr

Big turnout for give-and-take with 13 candidates vying to succeed Tish James

“Listen to me carefully”

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

With Hanukkah underway and Christmas approaching, financial fraud is surging — and con artists are increasingly preying on vulnerable elderly on the UES and UWS

Miracle on 100th Street

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

A holiday without presents awaited the needy kids of Manhattan Valley. But our readers changed that glum prospect — and now, the toddlers and preteens will gets hats and scarfs, toys and teddy bears.

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by marc bilgrey

My city is gone

By Jon Friedman

Living in Stuyvesant Town just ain’t what it used to be. You can call this Manhattan 2.0 in 2018.Life is just inconvenient enough for me to remember the glory days. The Pretenders’ elegy, “My City Was Gone” now applies to the corner of my little...

Shakespeare and Co. returns to UWS

By Jason Cohen

A buzz in the community about a new independent bookstore

Fire in the belly

by harvey cohen

How 9/11 turned a communications specialist on Wall Street into a firefighter on the Upper East Side

Council weighs hate crime bill

By Michael Garofalo

Legislation would form interagency office tasked with coordinating city’s anti-hate efforts

All that Glitters at The Met

By Mary Gregory

Jewelry across the world and the ages

Spinal Deformities: Treatment and Options Spelled Out

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Learn about different surgical procedures and treatment options available for adult scoliosis and spinal deformities at a free seminar being held on Wednesday, November 28 from 6-8:30 PM at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (173 Fort Washington Avenue).

“Cocktail,” 30 years later

by Jon Friedman

A movie that brings back Manhattan in all its decadent 1980s glory

Tracking the city’s bird news

BY Jason Cohen

Beyond the Mandarin Duck: David Barrett of Manhattan Bird Alert on his passion and research

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by peter pereira

The E.D. we must overcome

By Bette Dewing

Yup, this title is meant to spark attention, which “empathy dysfunction” spelled out might not. And what does empathy or its absence have to do with Thanksgiving? Well, this year, it means not forgetting California’s unprecedented hardship and heartbreak...