Dodd Offers Senate Plan for Financial Overhaul
... House plan in major ways, embraces its core principles and addresses many of the problems that have been identified as causes of the financial crisis. ...See all stories on this topic (via Google Alerts and AlertRank)

Film Festival Secrets: Programmer Profile: Lisa Vandever of CineKink
Nothing wrong with a little titillation – or a lot – the CineKink audience has also become used to works that take an intelligent approach to sexuality, to depictions that move beyond the clichés, to portrayals that don’t denigrate or preach. They...

The Radiator Rap: Because I got the music in me.
So, it appears I took something for granted in my last post, and that is that most people have either experienced or know about heating systems in old apartment buildings. Many of you were mystified--flummoxed, even--that we have precisely zero say in...

Secrets of the Stacks of the New York Public Library - NYTimes.com
MENU, PLEASE The library has 40,000 restaurant menus, the world's largest collection, dating from the 1850s to the present. It is heavily used by chefs, novelists and researchers; a few years ago, a marine biologist consulted menus from the early...

Brooklyn's Sonic Boom - Why Dirty Projectors Is One of the Most Risk-Taking Groups of All-- New York Magazine
As the industry of music went into its death throes, the actual making and performing of it prospered on the far side of the East River. Animal Collective, MGMT, Grizzly Bear: Not since CBGB’s heyday has New York produced so many exciting bands. And...

HISPANDEX: New York City Men at the Beach
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade route changes in 2009
If you live in or near New York City, going to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with your family is something that must be done at least once. However, if you are going this year, you better take note of the new parade route being used for the...

Public Art Fund: Klara Hobza: THE NEW MILLENNIUM PAPER AIRPLANE BOOK
a compelling collection of paper airplane designs and stories that are sure to enthrall any reader. The book was compiled partly out of submissions to Hobza's THE NEW MILLENNIUM PAPER AIRPLANE CONTEST that took place last fall. The one-day...