The Catskills Are New York's New Culinary Retreat
It's Friday night in Bloomville, New York, population 213. I’m sitting at a communal picnic table in the backyard of an 1860s Italianate house, eating what must be one of the most exquisite wood-fired pizzas west of the Hudson. The crust is sourdough ...
New School Evaluations Will Lower Test Scores’ Influence
New York City is overhauling its system for evaluating schools, de-emphasizing test scores in favor of measures like the strength of the curriculum and the school environment, and doing away with an overall A-through-F grade for each school, the schools ...
Stephen King spills secrets behind his new creepy film, 'A Good Marriage,' starring Joan Allen
Susan Watts/New York Daily News Stephen King is the writer of “The Good Marriage” and actress Joan Allen stars in the film, opening Friday. Sure, vampires and bloodthirsty ghosts are scary, but nothing creeps out horror master Stephen King more than ...
Martin Scorsese Celebrates a New York Literary Institution
The 50 Year Argument, Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about The New York Review of Books (NYRB), uses the same opening-sequence footage as another film about life in the Big Apple: West Side Story. In both movies, these aerial shots of the city create ...
Freelancers aren’t slackers! The New York Times gets Portland — and “Portlandia” — wrong
What’s the difference between freelancers and retirees? Nothing, according to Claire Cain Miller, writing last week in the New York Times Magazine. At least not if you live in Portland, Oregon. My husband and I — both writers, both freelancers ...
5 Bold Predictions for New York Jets in Week 5
The New York Jets are sputtering out of control faster than expected at the quarter mark of the 2014 NFL season. Despite being just one game removed from first place in the suddenly mediocre AFC East, the 1-3 Jets are in an extremely unfavorable position.
2014-15 New York Islanders Preview
The New York Islanders are counting down the days until they move to Brooklyn, but first the club hopes it can close out Nassau Coliseum on a high note. The Islanders have called the Coliseum home since coming into existence as an NHL franchise in 1972 ...
In Major New York Speech, Modi Woos Indian Diaspora
Indian Prime Minister Modi at Madison Square Garden (photo: Casey Tolan) New York - In a major speech at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, newly-elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an adoring audience of Indian-Americans. They cheered when ...
