Soterios Johnson

This season, there are plenty of new plays — and plenty of re-imagined classics. Our critics take a look at what to see now.

He painted freckled boy scouts, sprightly grandmothers and little black girls walking into an all-white school. Norman Rockwell was the star illustrator of The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, and served as America's unofficial "artist in chief." 

Are big department stores taking the uproar over "shop and frisk" seriously? 

Bill de Blasio romped last night, winning the vast majority of election precincts, no matter which racial group was dominant.

There are thousands of artists is New York City. Some are famous internationally. Others are scratching out a living while perfecting their craft.  WNYC is bringing a few of them to the spotlight, in their own voices. Jenn Rogien designs costumes for some of today's most popular television shows, including Netflix's "Orange is the New Black" and HBO's "Girls."

Crime is low and rents are high in New York, but graffiti is back.

Museum-goers, be warned. If you try to take a photograph at the Magritte show at the Museum of Modern Art, or the Robert Indiana exhibit at the Whitney Museum, a uniformed guard will come rushing out and sternly instruct you: "No photographs!"

There is no lack of paintings that show mountains or human figures. What's in this week? Paintings with words.

The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty has been around since 1972, but a financial scandal could prove devastating for the charity.  

Thompson met with supporters Thursday night, declaring he will wait until the Board of Elections counts the votes from machines this weekend before taking further action.

"This is an art season that could make you think that the feminist movement never happened." 

Edward Hopper and Georgia O’Keeffe are considered some of the best American artists of the 20th century. But it was not easy to find their work at the Museum of Modern Art. At least not until now.

Like it or not, art often comes with the artist these days.

Call it the most popular rain in town.

Federal authorities are investigating Sunday's helicopter water landing in the Hudson River off 79th Street. Five people in the chopper, four of them tourists from Sweden, all got off the helicopter safely.

Some galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are featuring weird objects that look like glowing moon rocks...with strange holes.  They are courtesy of Ken Price, a ceramic sculptor from Los Angeles who died last year.

Christine Quinn had quite a day in the public eye Wednesday.

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There are thousands of artists is New York City. Some are famous internationally, and others are scratching out a living while perfecting their craft.  WNYC is bringing a few of them to the spotlight, in their own voices.

Get ready for a summer of light. Literally. 

In his State of the State address earlier this year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed he'd push through an aggressive agenda on women's rights, government reform and the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana. But with the clock running out on this year's session that is ending Friday, none ...