Jim Farber’s Top Ten in music for the week
1. Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motion “Further Explorations.” Pianist extraordinaire Corea leads a vigorous threesome through a tribute to jazz legend Bill Evans.
View ArticleChef Aarón Sanchez and ‘Simple Food, Big Flavor’
It takes more than a little bit of heat to keep Aarón Sanchez out of the kitchen.
View ArticleFree and Cheap activities in NYC
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND! Explore the wonders of outerspace at “SpaceFest!” The event celebrates special exhibit “Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration” with a performance by Story...
View ArticleBronx crime spike causes concern
The 43rd Precinct racked up the largest increase in overall crime in the Bronx last year, but the NYPD statistics mean different things to different neighborhoods in the sprawling precinct. Parkchester...
View ArticleQueens rapper adds star power to redistricting battle
The tug of war over redrawing electoral districts in Queens has forged an unlikely friendship between a community organizer and a globe-trotting rapper. Prominent Queens-bred rapper Himanshu Suri is...
View ArticleCity Opera faces final curtain
New York City Opera has made music for 68 years, introducing to avid audiences Brooklyn’s own Beverly Sills and many other stars along the way. Now the only sound coming from company is an ominous...
View ArticleKaty Perry expected to come out of hiding at Mark Cuban party
Katy Perry won’t be in hiding much longer. In the wake of her breakup with Russell Brand last month, the pop diva canceled her appearance at the People’s Choice awards on Wednesday, but we hear she’ll...
View ArticleDon McLean's 'American Pie’ turns 40
A few days after Christmas in 1971, my friend Robert and I drove to New Orleans. Our nominal purpose, or mine anyway, was to look for obscure old records in dusty corners along the way. This time...
View ArticleThe sweet story behind One Girl Cookie
One Girl Cookies started as a one-girl operation. At least, until co-owners Dawn Casale and David Crofton fell in love.
View ArticleSherryl Connelly’s Top Ten in books for this week
1. “11/22/63” by Stephen King. The JFK assassination again? The conspiracy theories once more? King, as usual, is brilliant, managing to make everything hurt all over again. As if it just happened.
View ArticleDaily News Diet & Fitness Hotline a big success
The third Daily News Diet & Fitness Hotline shaped up to be a big success. Hundreds of callers burned up the phone lines and wrote in with emails last week to take advantage of free, one-on-one...
View ArticleMomo Sushi Shack a dream come true in Bushwick
Where others saw a junk warehouse for 50 years in Bushwick, three men saw their vision of Momo Sushi Shack realized. To make it happen, Brooklynites Phillip Gilmour, Chance Johnston and Makoto Suzuki...
View ArticleWho will grab the Golden Globes?
They’re almost 20 years younger than the Oscars, they like to be wild and they love to drink.
View ArticleNFL Blitz is a kinder, gentler gridiron hit
LOVED IT: Accessible arcade-style gameplay has aged well, playing coverage defense is actually fun, solid value. HATED IT: New PG presentation will turn off some, no roster updates. GRAB IT IF: You...
View ArticleNina Simonds' healthy meals have Asian twist
Put down the takeout container! With recipes from Gourmet contributing editor Nina Simonds, creating an Asian-inspired meal is almost as easy as ordering out.
View ArticleThe Top Ten shows on TV this week
1) “2 Broke Girls” (CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m.) The comedy is not for the easily offended — or the family, for that matter — but adults will find laughs in the lines delivered by standout stars Kat...
View ArticleDeveloper Transcorp, with long history of lapses, botched homes for city...
A developer with a long history of construction and safety lapses tapped by the city to build dozens of new homes in Ocean Hill stuck buyers with problem-plagued, leaking buildings, homeowners say.
View ArticleJoe Neumaier’s Top Ten in movies for the week
1. Will Ferrell in the “Casa de Mi Padre” teaser trailer. See it on YouTube.
View ArticleBoos aren't Jazz to Williams' ears in Nets loss
The sudden and surprising trade that re-shaped two franchises took center stage Saturday night in the Nets' 107-94 embarrassing loss in Utah, where seven players faced their former team, many of them...
View ArticleReinvent the hospital gown
Cooper: It's red-carpet time in L.A. Fashion feasts are served up primetime in my East Coast time-zone — lovely women plunged and cinched into camera-favoring raiment that will have me ogle with...
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