Singer Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation disqualified his candidacy.

When art blogger Andrew Russeth stepped on a mosaic of famed 1960's Parks Commissioner Robert Moses in Queens' Flushing Meadows Corona Park, he stepped right into a 45-year-old controversy involving pop artist and icon Andy Warhol. The story of Warhol's connection to Moses, the World's Fair and the 1998 mosaic that links them together is a plot studded with big names and big question marks—eat your heart out, Da Vinci Code.

The dramatic steel of Frank Gehry's new Beekman Tower makes it one of the flashiest skyscrapers on the Lower Manhattan skyline. Paul Goldberger, the architecture critic for The New Yorker and a professor of design at the New School, joined WNYC's Richard Hake to talk about the building.

The oral preservation society StoryCorps premiered its original animated short series on the PBS documentary show POV (Point of View) this week.

Sure, cell phone companies would love you to believe that video chatting from your mobile phone will change your life—but what if it really did? This week, engineers at the University of Washington will conclude testing on software that makes it possible for hearing-impaired mobile users to do just that: communicate through video.

China said it will expand its movie industry by making more films and building more theaters to meet growing demand.

A new study shows that there's less smoking depicted in movies in recent years.

Ricky Martin has picked an appropriate title for his autobiography: "Me."

This November, the American Ballet Theatre will perform in Cuba for the first time in half a century. The company, based in New York City, has long had ties to the island: Cuba’s prima ballerina, Alicia Alonso, moved to the United States, and then joined the ballet theatre in 1940.

The New York Metropolitan Opera announced a new box office record for opening day ticket sales on Monday. The total sales exceeded $2.6 million worth of single tickets for the upcoming season. Click here to listen to the Met's General Manager Peter Gelb explain how their 2010-2011 schedule strength and HD transmissions has increased opera-going interest, making the Met seemingly recession-proof.

Last month, two hit Broadway shows—the revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music and the Pulitzer-Prize-winning rock musical Next to Normal—changed up their lead casts. The lower ranks of Broadway shows swap cast members with the regularity of a revolving door, but recasting marquee names is a bit more complicated.

The Metropolitan Opera has set a record for its box office opening day, selling more than $2.6 million worth of single tickets for the new season.

Brazil has posthumously given the rank of ambassador to a poet and songwriter who penned the famous Bossa Nova anthem, "Girl from Ipanema."

Legislation intended to regulate the practice of deaccessioning has died in Albany, after it was opposed by major cultural institutions including the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim.

Abbey Lincoln, who was born Anna Marie Wooldridge, in Chicago, died on Saturday in Manhattan at age 80, after an acting, singing and composing career that spanned some five decades.

Tuesday evening, August 17, at 8 p.m., Broadway theater marquees will dim their lights for one minute in memory of Tony Award-winning actress Patricia Neal, who passed away on August 8 at the age of 84. “As the last surviving winner from the first Tony Awards ceremony,” says Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of The Broadway League, “her presence at subsequent Tony telecasts represented Broadway’s singular history.”

The artists in our essential Manhattan mixtape were not necessarily born in the borough, but like so many residents, they came here to make it.

The sky will be at its peak falling potential on Friday night as the Perseid meteor shower flashes above. The best news? You might not even have to leave New York City to catch a glimpse.

Dave Eggers and Amiri Baraka are among more than a dozen winners of the 31st annual American Book Awards, which were announced on Thursday. The awards, first established by the Before Columbus Foundation in 1978, are given for literary works that cover "the entire spectrum of America's diverse literary community."