Why most of us believe that exercise makes us thinner—and why we’re wrong.
The greatest baseball player in the world is about to lead the game’s most storied franchise to its thirteenth consecutive October in the playoffs.
Sometimes a bit too good.
Ride the peace shvitz?
Swears hubby’s funny.
One year later, Clinton’s big initiative has wilted.
Discovers inner nimby-er.
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s request to lay a wreath at ground zero was the unlikeliest wish in a week of ambitious schemes.
Advice for Hillary Clinton from the former prime minister of Pakistan.
Rarely is an artist’s burnout so enjoyable to watch. Vroom! Vroom!
A new exhibition shows how Jane Jacobs became famous for the wrong things.
Japanese fountain of youth café to open in city. Will pig’s feet keep you pretty?
Peter Krause, the lovable scoundrel from Six Feet Under, is up to his old tricks.
Mark Bradford has gone from being a self-proclaimed “beauty operator” to navigating the lucrative weave that is the international art scene.
Herzog & de Meuron’s new condo building for Ian Schrager puts a swingy, dapper spin on the glass curtain wall.
Ang Lee finds the perfect sex game for himself, while Wes Anderson discovers India by train.
A mathematical breakdown of why we’re excited for Michael Clayton.
Mourning the death of Philip Roth’s funny bone.
The indispensable, the significant, the disposable, and everything in between.
On October 5, Miller Theatre will present an Esa-Pekka Salonen retrospective as part of its “Composer Portraits” series.
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
The Fed chair came out from under Alan Greenspan’s shadow with a bold rate cut that may have prevented a recession.
Reinvigorating two of Pop’s best-known motifs.
Botanical Garden composts in the city.
A pair of unsung composers finally find their voices.
Chefs who’ve trained in the Batali-Bastianich organization are branching out on their own.
This month’s remembrances of New York’s worst day wrap up with a pair of literary events.
Start fall with new supplies to tidy your spaces.
New store openings this week.
A brightly colored Williamsburg community activist.
A former art-supply store is now serving some of the best Mexican snacks this side of the Red Hook ball fields.
Fresh cannellini beans, available now at Rick Bishop’s Mountain Sweet Berry Farm stand at Union Square, are a rare treat.
New chef-partner Fabio Trabocchi delivers complex dazzle at Stephen Hanson’s Fiamma.
Week of October 1, 2007: Belcourt, Shorty’s.32, and Los Dados.
Whether these new food markets exist to fill a perceived niche or sell more takeout, they generally purvey not only food but philosophy.
The city’s best artists, the latest in erasable ink, and more on tattoos.
Readers sound off on the Dodgers, the real-estate bubble, and more.
