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Funny Jews
Ruth Wisse is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature at Harvard University. Given that, maybe I should not be reviewing her new and actually dazzling book, No joke: Making Jewish Humor, at...
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To Do Saturday: It Takes Two
Prep for the fall party season by learning how to tango. The Dardo Galletto Dance Studio is hosting a night dedicated to the mysterious and sensual dance most famously performed in Argentina. After a...
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To Do Sunday: Table to Farm
Williamsburg is the land of tattooed skin and artisanal food. The nexus for these elements is Marlow & Sons, a restaurant and food shop that might as well open up a tattoo parlor in the back to...
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Martin Zweig’s Widow Downgrades to $12 M. Apartment at the Pierre
It's no $125 million triplex penthouse, but a 24th floor apartment at the Pierre will have to do. With 23-foot ceilings, 16 rooms, a Swedish sauna and fireplace mantels that date back to the 17th...
View ArticleBill de Blasio and His New Band Bring a Show to Times Square
“This endorsement is music to my ears,” declared Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, clearly in pun-mode this morning as he stood between a drum kit and an Elmo character greeting passersby on a crowded...
View ArticleThe Best of Park Slope Family Circus
(Photos via Erin Bradley) Back in May, the Internet discovered the works of Erin Bradley, whose website Park Slope Family Circus is the new Garfield Minus Garfield. Well, in the sense that they both...
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Bendy New York Driver’s Licenses Killed by No-Fun DMV
New York Department of Motor Vehicles Good luck, ReallyGoodFakes.com! The New York Department of Motor Vehicles is rolling out a new driver’s license that they claim is virtually tamper-proof. While...
View ArticleBloomberg Vows to Appeal Stop-and-Frisk Ruling in Fiery Press Conference
At a press conference littered with grisly imagery, Mayor Michael Bloomberg ripped apart a federal court ruling today that found current stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional. “This is a very...
View ArticleElon Musk Pulls All-Nighter Before Unveiling His Science Fair Project
Hey, do you love Space Mountain and hate bumper-to-bumper traffic? Boy, does Elon Musk have the highly theoretical transit system for you! The PayPal cofounder just released the open-source plans for...
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The Excruciating Demise of WBAI
On August 9, WBAI, the listener-supported radio station, announced that it was laying off most of its paid staff. The only surprise in the announcement was that it took so long. WBAI, one of five...
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Condé Nast Skyline Rented Out to Advertisers, Probably Forever
A rendering of 4 Times Square's upcoming advertising space. Here's an interesting fact about the "rendering" of H&M billboards that were released today as part of the news that 4 Times Square is...
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Park Slope Named Only 4th Most Unaffordable; ‘Best Big-City Neighborhood’ in...
Park Slope, BK (Wikipedia) Money magazine posted a slideshow today of the 10 "Best" Big-City Neighborhoods" in America, based on who knows what algorithm. (But if we had to guess from the city bios...
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Five Essay Prompts for Breaking Bad 5×9: ‘Blood Money’
Spoiler! Walter White joins Duck Dynasty! These questions regard last night’s episode of AMC's Breaking Bad. Please answer the prompts with specific examples from LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE, though...
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Ladies Who LARP: An Immersive Treat in Austenland
Rolling in the Regency-era. Austenland begins with a concept so clever you wonder why it hadn’t been done before: what would a live action role-playing game geared toward women look like? It probably...
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Untying the Knot: I Give it a Year Feels Twice as Long
"Oh, sh*t." (I Give it a Year.) What is the opposite of a “meet-cute,” the well-worn rom-com device that employs every possible version of those slapstick coffee-spilling/dog-leashes...
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The Godfather of CEO Megapay: McKinsey Consultant Arch Patton Didn’t Invent...
When fast-food workers walked off the job in several U.S. cities a few weeks ago, it was like a blast from the past. For one day, at least, American labor was flexing organizing muscles that have...
View ArticleEditorial: A Win for the Bad Guys
A federal judge has decided that the Police Department’s crime-busting stop-and-frisk policies are unconstitutional. It’s hard to top Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s reaction. Justifiably furious, Mr....
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Hal Prince Would Like to Thank Truman Capote for Being a Better Writer
Truman Capote, in 1943, center left. (Courtesy the Dwight School.) Theater may have been Hal Prince’s most enduring love, but it wasn’t his first. The legendary Broadway producer and director—he won...
View ArticleEditorial: Keep Standards High
After years of relatively decent news from the city’s public schools, a recent batch of standardized test scores has City Hall and the education establishment reeling. Only 26 percent of city students...
View ArticleEditorial: Union Blues
Even after Detroit’s bankruptcy, even after Chicago’s Democratic leaders have expressed grave concerns about public employee pensions and benefits, New York’s union bosses remain stuck in the 1960s,...
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