Category: Extracurricular Activities

  • For Your Consideration – Crystal ball edition!

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    By Jim Keller Last year’s Crystal Ball edition yielded four of nine eventual Best Picture nominees. Gravity, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Nebraska as well as Best Picture winner, 12 Years a Slave, were all discussed as hopefuls long before they bowed. So if you think spring is too early to talk…

  • Spring Breaks in April

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    By Susan Russo Special Free Events and Short Excursions Manhattan Macy’s Flower Show When: April 1-6 Where: 34th to 35th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues Tartan Day Parade, with bagpipes, kilts and dancers When: April 5, starting at 2:00 p.m. Where: 45th to 55th Street on Sixth Avenue “Pillow Fight in the Park,” teddy…

  • The oldest Irish bar in the city

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    By Aileen Marshall Most New Yorkers have heard of, if not been to, McSorley’s, a downtown bar. Popular belief is that it’s the oldest bar in the city, it even has sawdust on the floor. Many historical figures have patronized it over the years. It’s also famous for being one of the last to allow…

  • Brooklyn Night Bazaar

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    By Jason Rothhauser For both the hip and hungry, Brooklyn has been host to a growing new trend over the past few years: the food festival. The idea is simple: take the fun and novelty of a music festival or a craft fair, mix it with the kind of gourmet delights that foodies hunt the…

  • Requiescat in Pace

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    By George Barany George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977). For more puzzles by Barany and Friends and for the solution to this month’s puzzle, visit http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle Get here this month’s puzzle !

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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    By Aileen Marshall We all know that the third Monday of January was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the holiday established to honor the civil rights activist. But do you know how it came to be an official federal holiday? This writer can remember a time when the holiday didn’t exist. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…

  • Culture Corner : music roundup

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    By Bernie Lang In the past couple of months, I’ve been to live concert performances in the major music genres of jazz, rock, and classical music. I found myself reflecting after each show on how these differing types of music are standing up within my own personal test of time. My brother graced me with…

  • It’s Christmas Time in the City

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    by Aileen Marshall Like the old song says, the “city sidewalks, busy sidewalks” are “dressed in holiday style.” Besides the hustle and bustle of this busy shopping season, New York has many time-honored holiday activities.  Here are just a few to help you feel that holiday cheer. The gigantic tree at Rockefeller Center is an impressive…

  • For Your Consideration — Ones to Watch Vol. 3 Edition

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    By Jim Keller With the fall film festivals behind us, we’re staring down the barrel of the Oscars’ gun and in a few short months, we’ll have our nominees. Still, it’s a long time until then on the campaign trail. So while the would-be contenders are out hustling and bustling, shaking the right hands and…

  • Looking War in the Eye

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    by May Dobosiewicz Quick—name how many wars are being fought in the world right now. At the time of writing, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program reported 32 ongoing armed conflicts. Is this fighting noble and just, or chaotic and deplorable? Are there good guys and bad guys? Unless we live in the midst of such fighting…