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Fuhgeddabout LA! New York’s a booming mecca for TV and film these days
GLENN CLOSE, Steve Buscemi, Will Smith, Brad Pitt. Think you’re in Hollywood? Think again. These are just some of the stars filming on soundstages and streets not very far from where you live. TV and film production is booming in New York City, prompting local studios large and small to increase their space to keep […]
Cabby is still hackin’ it at 92
t’s been a fare to remember. The city’s oldest hack is Johnnie “Spider” Footman, a cigar-munching 92-year-old from Harlem who’s been on the job since Franklin Roosevelt was in the White House. “I don’t know anything else,” Footman told The Post. Over his storied career behind the wheel, he’s ferried movie stars such as John […]
Sexiest set ever
Actually they are shooting up here. A very sexy party on the roof of the Aerosol Museum with Manhattan skyline as backdrop. See the full gallery on Posterous
Big production at Court Square
The shoot is at PS1. The big extra holding is at Arris. The time is 1153pm Saturday. Burn Hollywood, burn.
End Zone: Hoyas’ Brown can escape his pass
BOWIE, Md. — Red reflectors line the long paved pathway at the end of Park Drive and lead to the two-story house set upon a wooded six-acre plot. Inside, Fred Brown, the 50-year-old former Georgetown guard, emerges through a white door marked “PRIVATE.” His hands are full, heavy with four framed photographs, two paintings and […]
Grover Cleveland fights turnaround
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Parents and teachers have a lot to say about the city Department of Education’s turnaround method for schools. That was the case at St. Aloysius Church in Ridgewood, where students joined parents and teachers to voice their dissatisfaction with the DOE’s […]
Patt Morrison Asks: Jonah Lehrer, brain teaser
Zombies in movie theaters, zombies on television — a whole lot of us have brains on the brain. And so, in a substantially different way, does Jonah Lehrer. He’s put himself at the crossroads of neuroscience and the humanities with books like his first, “Proust Was a Neuroscientist,” and other volumes delving into the neuro-mysteries […]
A taste of heaven
When Janice Ruize Guo got her first look at the Hoowa Supermarket that her new student friends had been telling her about, she was disappointed. Even with aisles, shelves and coolers devoted to spiky pink dragon fruit, long cream-colored lotus roots, dumplings, dried mushrooms, noodles, sauces, tea, sweet crackers sprinkled with seaweed and shrimp-flavored chips, […]
Eagle star makes Mayor’s Cup a Senior all-star game, indeed
On paper, the second annual Mayor’s Cup was a mismatch. On one side, the Brooklyn/Manhattan/Staten Island team was an all-star team, led by trash-talking foes Leroy (Truck) Fludd of three-time defending city champion Boys Girls and high-scoring wing Thaddeus Hall of Thomas Jefferson. The other, featuring players from Bronx and Queens, was littered with ‘A’ […]
New York Photos of the Week, March 24th – March 30th
By WSJ Staff A woman visiting from Japan was shot and injured when a police officer’s gun accidentally discharged, sending a bullet through the floor and into the living room where she was sleeping. Police were searching an apartment at 3003 Clarendon Rd. in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood on March 29 when the shot was fired. […]
7 Train Restored at Court Square After 11-Week Hiatus
7 train at Main Street in Queens, photographed in 2008. (Flickr/Doug Letterman) By Juliet Linderman Special to DNAinfo QUEENS— Straphangers at Court Square will be in seventh heaven once again on Monday when the 7 train resumes service at the Long Island City hub after 11 weeks of halted service, MTA officials announced. The 7 […]
AT&T gives back to New York City students
Looks like they’ll be getting an upgrade. ATT employees recently presented a check for $110,000 to Junior Achievement of New York (JA New York), a group that works to proliferate financial literacy and entrepreneurship education among New York City students. This contribution, made annually as a combined effort from more than 300 ATT employees since […]
What’s Happening in Westport This Weekend
WESTPORT, Conn. – There’s no need to travel to New York City to see a show this weekend. “Guys and Dolls” will be playing at Coleytown Middle School Friday and Saturday, and “Alice in Wonderland” takes the stage Friday through Sunday at Bedford Middle School. Here’s a look at some other events happening in Westport […]
Making theater magic, one prop at a time
Prop and costume artist Zoe Morsette’s love affair with the theater began when she was a kid growing up in the ’60s in Cape Cod. Sitting in her Long Island City studio, Morsette recalled the moment when an actor forgot his lines smack in the middle of a summer performance of “Iolanthe,” put on by […]
City Floats New Plan to Boost Waterfronts
By TED MANN City officials hope a new effort to cut red tape at seven underused piers and boat landings will help lure new commercial and tourist businesses to the waterfront and bring more New Yorkers out onto the water for work and pleasure. The Apple Industrial Development Corp. is seeking a single operator to […]
Leading women honored
PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL Leading women honored 1 Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is joined by honorees Ebony Young, second from left, Moitri Savard, Patrice Lee and Sherilyn Sabba; as well as Niall, left, and Justin Costello, who accepted the proclamation on behalf of Jean Clancy. Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:00 pm Leading women honored […]
Sculptor honored at LIC arts festival dinner
His reputation as an artist is worldwide. His works have been on display in museums across the globe, from Australia and Denmark to England and Israel, as well as throughout the United States. But sculptor Joel Shapiro, a native of Sunnyside, has “never lost his affinity for this borough.” Those were the words used by […]
Frances Stark: ‘Osservate, Leggete Con Me’
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JetBlue Initiates "One Thing That’s Green"
New York Restoration Project and its MillionTreesNYC initiative, in partnership with JetBlue Airways, New York’s Hometown Airline, has announced the fifth annual One Thing That’s Green tree planting event. Volunteers are invited to celebrate Earth Day weekend and “Color NYC Green” by participating on Saturday, April 21st in Long Island City, Queens (LIC) from 9:00 […]
New York’s Long Beach Plans Borrowing to Avoid Firing Workers
Long Beach (9309MF) (9309MF), New York (STONY1) (STONY1), the Long Island city whose credit rating was cut five levels in December, plans to borrow as much as $6 million in the next few weeks to avoid firing workers. The City Council approved the plan last night. Long Beach is facing a $10.3 million deficit, about […]