Expert on tapestry looms large at Met
A specialist in European tapestries snatched the biggest prize in the realm of American art museums Tuesday when he was named the new director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,...
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Have a seat, Mets fans–for a price
Books, shoes, groceries, seats from a soon-to-be-demolished baseball stadium. If the multiple-choice question is, "Which of these can be bought online?" the answer as of Monday is: "All of the...
Annan to stay out of Darfur talks
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Thursday that despite his success in negotiating an end to violence in Kenya, he would not try to mediate an agreement for Sudan's...
STEPPENWOLF STEPPIN’ OUT
Deanna Dunagan was Broadway-bound and she was not happy. It was mid-October and she was due to leave in a week for New York, where she would reprise her acclaimed...
Tide turns for art and its harbor
If any building sums up in steel and glass this city's newfound feeling for its harbor, it is the new home of the Institute of Contemporary Art. Rather than turning...
GOOD QUESTION
Q. Why are the dates on magazines so out of whack with the calendar? A. It's true that if you had a Rip Van Winkle episode and found yourself waking...
Left out in the cold
Commuters used cars, cabs, boats, trains and their own foot power to make the journey to and from work here Tuesday, the first day of a transit strike that shut...
Hottest of hot toys — and where to find them
The trade magazine Toy Wishes selected the following new toys as its "Hot Dozen" for the 2005 holiday season, based on the periodical's reviews and interviews with parents, children and...
In Gotham, Sox fans on their own
The day after the White Sox won the American League pennant, native Chicagoan John Lent may have been the only executive in New York to start a meeting by asking,...
Police, dogs to ride trains
Commuters in Chicago and around the country can expect to ride to work with police and bomb-sniffing dogs Friday as transit systems bulk up security following terror bombings in London....