ARTS and CULTURE
Black And White And Forgotten All Over?
Anna Phillips |
The tragedy of the high school newspaper used to be it didn’t get read. But at the majority of city high schools today, it doesn’t even get produced.
ARTS and CULTURE
Portrait of the Artist As A Young Student
Michael Mitchell |
An exhibit of artworks from the public schools is impressive and varied.
ARTS and CULTURE
DOES THE NEW 'NEW MATH' ADD UP?:
NYC TEACHERS TAKE ANOTHER TACK
Darise Jean-Baptiste |
Some prescribe “radical math” as the cure for American students’ low math performance.
ARTS and CULTURE
ROBERT MOSES RECONSIDERED:
BLIGHT IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Roberta Brandes Gratz |
A noted urban thinker reminds us what was lost when Robert Moses deemed areas ‘slums’ and tore them down. The third in a series of essays on an ambitious three-part museum exhibit.
ARTS and CULTURE
ROBERT MOSES RECONSIDERED:
POWER AND PROCESS RIGHT NOW
Roberta Brandes Gratz |
A noted urban thinker assesses the continuing debate by city leaders and the great builder’s biographer over the meanings of Moses. The second in a series of essays on an ambitious three-part museum exhibit.
ARTS and CULTURE
THE EMPIRE SKATES BACK:
FANS RALLY TO SAVE RINK
Curtis Stephen |
The last public, indoor roller skating rink in the city is rumored to be on the brink of closing, but Brooklyn fans won’t let it slip away without a fight.
ARTS and CULTURE
SPECIAL ELECTION DAY USES
SAME OLD VOTING MACHINES
Jarrett Murphy |
Wasn’t the Empire State supposed to get new voting technology by now?
ARTS and CULTURE
FROM TAKING PICTURES TO LEARNING ENGLISH
Karen Kramer |
Amateur photos bring immigrants’ lives to a gallery setting.
ARTS and CULTURE
FILLING IN THE BLANKS WITH DELIGHT
David Giles |
A review of an exhibit that shows how to make the common space of cities into so much more.
ARTS and CULTURE
FROM LYRICS TO LITERATURE
M. Mitchell |
Fresh pages from the borough where hip-hop was born.
