Gisele Regatao

A lengthy lockout at the Metropolitan Opera would mean more than a loss of work for the company's staff. Some question whether audiences would return after a settlement.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI, a new exhibit at the New York Public Library explores the media and propaganda of the era, and how it changed the minds of Americans.

The show Blogologues, featuring the skit "Text from Dog," is just one of the events recommended by our colleagues this weekend.

Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar made headlines internationally when Israeli authorities refused to let him travel to New York for the opening of a show at the New Museum.

While stories of conflict in Arab nations fill the news, an exhibit at the New Museum presents the personal testimony of 45 Arab artists.

A good, old-fashioned “yard sale” where even the grass can be haggled over.

The U.S. submission to the 2013 Venice Biennale is on display at the Bronx Museum. 

In these "theatrical interventions," you're given detailed instructions of where you should go and what to do so that the actor(s) will recognize you. What follows is a thrill-ride of an immersion experience.

Eclectic performances by dancers from all genres will appear on a makeshift stage on the water, with the Great South Bay and the setting sun as the backdrop, at The Fire Island Dance Festival.

Museum of Arts and Design celebrates the makers of NYC.

'Obvious Child' is an indie romantic comedy with a twist. In it, Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern — played by former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jenny Slate — gets an abortion after a one-night stand. 

And she doesn't agonize over it. 

New York filmmaker Gillian Robespierre, who both wrote and directed the film, ...

Thousands of regular Americans were captured by the lens of the late photographer Garry Winogrand.

There are thousands of artists is New York City. Some are famous internationally. Others are scratching out a living while perfecting their craft. WNYC is bringing a few of them to the spotlight, in their own voices.

Chris Pellettieri is.a stone carver, who creates everything from statues and busts to ...

The Old Woman, directed by the experimental theater artist Robert Wilson at Brooklyn Academy of Music, is an absurdist comedy based on an avant-garde Russian short story. There is no plot, and yet there is an emotional narrative, as two vaudeville-like characters in kabuki white-face and black suits struggle to ...

The artist's major retrospective is his first in New York City, and also the last for the museum's Marcel Breuer building uptown before it moves to the meatpacking district next year.

Kristen Meinzer talks about some of the movies she thinks best represent New York.

The documentary The Pleasures of Being Out of Step covers the extensive — and sometimes controversial — career of Nat Hentoff.

There is a lot of art and culture to see in New York beyond the museums of the Upper East Side and the galleries of Chelsea. WNYC is exploring several neighborhoods this summer to find some local gems. Click on the pins of this map to find more about them.

A group of WNYC news producers will be at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Find out what some of the other staff members are checking out around town.