WNYC's resident K-9 expert Sarah Montague weighs in on the city's top five favorite breeds. Plus, watch a slideshow here.

The American Museum of Natural History is taking some time for meditation. On Tuesday, the museum invted the public to meditation sessions guided by Buddhist monks to celebrate its "Body and Spirit" exhibit of historical Tibetan medicine paintings.

Who do you want to win in this year's Academy Awards? Please let us know by voting below for your picks in some of the top categories.

Saxophonist and composer Matt Bauder has been writing and performing jazz from Chicago to New York. Watch a video of Bauder performing live in the Soundcheck studio right here.

A new report from the National Arts Index reported that the vitalty of the arts in the U.S. has reached a 12-year low. However, NYC arts groups have found signs of hope.

Each year, tens of millions of visitors spend billions of dollars on lodging, food and cultural events in New York City. But tourism tapers off in the winter months. This year, the city and a Broadway trade group have cooked up a new incentive to get people to open their pocketbooks and resume spending.

The center has announced that Stanford Makishi will leave his post as executive director at the end of February. Makishi says he's leaving to consider his next steps in the field of dance.

Will Ryman and his team will begin installing 38 giant rose blossoms up and down Park Avenue from 57th and 67th streets on Friday night.

Bill Hennessy of Keyboard Express has been moving pianos for 24 years and he says the key to tackling the ivories in New York City is parking and brain power. Check out WNYC's video of Hennessy and his team at work here.

Hypercolor clothes may have gone out of style in the '80s, but there's a new thermochromic sweatshirt in town.

After a rocky couple of years, the Brooklyn Philharmonic is back with a new artistic director: Alan Pierson of the new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound.

New Yorkers, Belarussians and representatives gathered in support of a small, underground theater company called the Belarus Free Theater on Wednesday.

City Ballet Director Peter Martins was charged with a DWI on January 1 but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Tuesday.

Wednesday night, as theater goers line up to get their tickets at will-call windows, the marquees of Broadway will go dark for one minute, at 8 P.M.

There could soon be a little less Egypt in Central Park. The Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities says unless the city starts taking care of Cleopatra's Needle, Egypt may ask for the antiquity back.

Don Kirshner, the Bronx music publisher, producer and television host who saw promise in musicians who spanned decades and genres, passed away on Monday of heart failure at the age of 76 in Boca Raton, Florida.

On Tuesday, Helsinki Mayor Jussi Pajunen announced that the city had commissioned the Guggenheim to conduct a study on the feasibility of bringing a new modern art museum administered by the Guggenheim to town.

The 26th annual Golden Festival celebrates the Balkan and Middle Eastern regions with plenty of music and food at its new digs in south Park Slope. Check out a video of the fun to be had here and download a track from the Providence, Rhode Island, band The What Cheer? Brigade, which will be performing.

Banks will be shuttered, the post office will be closed, as the nation pauses to mark the 25th Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 17. Here’s a round-up of some of our favorite M.L.K. Day offerings this year in New York.