Thursday May 24 | Wired
New York Design Week offered eye candy aplenty this year. In the lighting category, one of our favorite finds was the Craft System by Brooklyn-based UM Project .
Thursday May 24 | Television Week
Iconic TV Alien Pitched for New Project
An alien character that had a good run on TV in past years is being pitched for a new project, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
featured: Playful On-Of-A-Kind Robotic Lamps Charm Crowds At Wanted Design [NY Design Week 2012]
Designer Francois Chambard of Brooklyn-based furniture design company UM Project showed off thirteen of his unique Craft System Lamps at last week's Wanted Design , part of the 2012 New York Design Week.
Cool Finds: Lee's Shoe Repair Pet Project: Adopt Riley Scarsdale Crime of the Week Ruby Dee Film Fundraiser Monday in New Ro Arrests in Larchmont Crossing Guard Assault 'Monet's Garden' at Botanical Garden Jihwan Lee and Junghee Lee own the the only shoe repair shop in Larchmont, Lee's Shoe Repair, though you might not know it by name since there's ... (more)
Brooklyn Designer Arrested After Project Causes Brief Bomb Scare
A designer from Brooklyn is facing charges of planting false bombs but his supporters say it's all a big misunderstanding.
Band, guest choir do well filling in the gaps
Online? On the go? An exact replica of The Dispatch, the E-Edition is available 24/7 on your PC or iPAD.
Cecil Taylor: The Pianist Who's Also An Orchestra
When you hear Cecil Taylor perform, you never forget it. He's a force of nature at the piano, with a furious attack and a sound all his own.
Philip Glass playing Issue Project Room with friends
"For three intimate evenings, Philip Glass comes to ISSUE Project Room, New York's City's only European Chamber Music Hall.
How Pretty Things Beer became a Boston institution
Martha Holley-Paquette and Dann Paquette of Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project try a sample at their Somerville office.
Helado Negro Has Two New Videos and an Upcoming Album With Collaborative Project ROM
Just this February, Broward native Roberto Lange, A.K.A. Helado Negro, dropped the first in an "infinite series" of concept EPs Island Universe Story , released on Asthmatic Kitty.
Radical Open Border DOJ Attorneys Behind Joe Arpaio Lawsuit
A few weeks ago I brought you the story about the Obama Justice Department working with radical groups to promote voter fraud.
The York Street Project held its spring fundraiser last week and the featured speakers were a mother and daughter.
Free jazz forefather Cecil Taylor has lived in a three-story brownstone in Fort Greene for nearly 30 years, but the 83-year-old reclusive avant-garde iconoclast is finally coming home to Brooklyn.
Dossia Allies with City of New York to Launch Pilot for Community-Based Health Promotion Initiative
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- -- Dossia, a leading Personal Health Management System provider, announced the successful launch of a partnership with the Primary Care Information Project of the NYC Health Department and the health ministries of five Brooklyn churches.
Falcon cam follows pair of nesting birds
Peregrine falcons named Hurricane and Brooklyn are back at the McKenzie Seeds Building and have laid two eggs so far, with a couple more expected.
Communicate with Your Parallel Self with "Other Travel"
Brooklyn artists Haydan Dunham and Meriem Bennani can communicate with a parallel universe.
Becks treats eldest son Brooklyn to basketball match
Beam at Delhi flyover causes male nurse's death Anticipating SMSes, calls too contribute to car crashes Man U winger Nani says 'shame on us' if we fail to win Premier League title Baba Ramdev wants Government to confer Bharat Ratna on Tendulkar India, Japan to hold economic dialogue, discuss n-deal Russian woman kills hubby with frying pan Bogibeel ... (more)
Angelica Page, Brent Barrett, Johnny Stellard Take Part in True...
Musical Momentum, a benefit concert series featuring Broadway and cabaret performers, kicks off with True Colors: A Benefit/Fundraiser for the Trevor Project April 29 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in Manhattan.
Here's A Kickstarter Project for the iPad that Apple Should Buy
One of the great appeals of Apple's products is their simplicity. But their sleek minimalism can sometimes distract us from the ways in which they just don't work as well as we might like.
On Saturday, April 28, 2012, the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration CorporationA will host its 4th free tree giveaway in partnership with the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant and the New York Restoration Project.
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