Jan 9th, 2009 · Amid the visa restrictions inspired by Sept. 11, a group of concert promoters created an international music festival in New York City. Now in its sixth year, globalFEST presents twelve groups in an annual showcase of emerging world music.
Jan 8th, 2009 · While most regional record fairs have been replaced with gigantic mega-shows, the WFMU Record Fair in New York City still offers the collector a chance to find unknown minimal-synth seven-inches from Germany, random rap 12-inches from the Bronx's Golden Age, and Japanese Kabuki-psychedelia. Listen to five obscure West African funk, highlife, Juju and psychedelia tracks from the 1970s.
Jan 3rd, 2009 · An 83-year-old icon of American journalism, Hentoff lost his job last Tuesday. Since 1958, he'd been a well-known fixture in New York City's Village Voice, writing about jazz and politics, among other topics.
Dec 31st, 2008 · By asking a struggling New York City for an additional $259 million in tax-free bonds to help finance a new stadium (while signing free agents for well over $400 million), the Bronx Bombers present themselves as the very model of arrogance and let-'em-eat-cakeness.
Dec 30th, 2008 · Five banks were robbed Monday in New York City. Anahad O'Connor, metro and breaking-news reporter for The New York Times, says the news was "a little surreal" because last year there was fewer than one bank robbery a day in the city.
Dec 26th, 2008 · Sister Mary DeSalles Collins worked for more than 50 years at New York Foundling, one of the oldest adoption agencies in New York City. She found homes for hundreds of children. But one case stands out.
Dec 19th, 2008 · Hanukkah starts on Sunday and to kick off the festivities, dreidel enthusiasts are participating in the second annual Major League Dreidel Tournament in New York City. Major League Dreidel "Knishioner" Eric Pavony discusses the tournament.
Dec 17th, 2008 · With Snowflake Midnight, the psych-rock vets Mercury Rev embraced open-source technology, allowing them to experiment with audio effects designed by people across the globe. Steve Lillywhite produces the session from Avatar Studios in New York City.