Julia Botero

The image emblazoned on a new first-class postage stamp is modeled off of Las Vegas' Lady Liberty — not the original Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

In honor of the soldiers who put their lives on the line, the Merchant's House in Manhattan is presenting a series of photographs of wounded Civil War soldiers who served NY regiments.

On Wednesday, the Library of Congress announced its plans to add 25 individual recordings to its National Recording Registry. Among them was De La Soul's debut 1989 album 3 Feet High and Rising.

Through Friday, April 8, The New School celebrates the various incarnations of noir. Here are highlights from this week's free events.

After the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, there are many other Irish-inspired cultural events (and one for the science geeks) happening in N.Y.C. today. 

Manhattan's SushiSamba has raised $8,000 from selling its "Japan Relief Roll." Sushi Azabu is donating proceeds from an upcoming dinner to the Japanese Red Cross. Sushi Zen is collec...

Wednesday afternoon, a selection of amps, guitars and other memorabilia from rock star Eric Clapton's personal collection were auctioned off at Bonhams in Manhattan to a room chock-fu...

Corey Dargel was a balladeer-for-hire.  A couple years ago, Kurt was looking for the perfect gift for his wife Anne and he called Corey up.  “Had I Jumped (for Anne from Kurt)” capt...

Google collaborated with 17 museums around the world to scan ultra-high res images of artwork from their galleries. With Google Art Project, you can virtually navigate you way thr...

This week, Matt Damon stops by the studio to talk about his career in movies – from his role as the windbag LaBeouf in 'True Grit' to his impressive improvised monologue in 'Saving Private Ryan.'  But one of our favorite appearances has to be his recent foray on NBC's '30 Rock.' He plays Liz Lemon's insecure pilot boyfriend who yearns to settle down for true love.

Prospect.1 New Orleans, which called itself the premiere biennial of international and contemporary art in the US, was a giant success when it launched two years ago.  Between November 2008 and January 2009, it featured an international line-up of 81 artists who exhibited in small venues and open spaces around the city -- including vacant lots and abandoned homes in the Lower Ninth Ward.

This summer, Luke Geissbuhler, the cinematographer behind the mokumentary-style movie Bruno and the upcoming film The Virginity Hit, masterminded a very different kind of movie.  With nothing more than a weather balloon, an HD camera and a GPS device, Gessbuhler and his 9-year old son created a homemade spacecraft and set out to capture its journey on video. The duo encased the camera, GPS and a parachute in a foam container, tied it to the end of the balloon and released it near their home in Newburgh, New York. Hoping to view the video once the balloon fell back to earth, Geissbuhler tucked a note inside the foam container promising a reward to anyone who returned the spacecraft to its rightful creators.

The first time I heard the Tom Tom Club's song 'Genius of Love' off their eponymous debut album I thought  'Hey, that’s Mariah Carey's song.' Turns out I was only half-right.  Back in 1995, when I was twelve, Mariah Carey's hit 'Fantasy' was playing on every Top 40 station and I was choreographing dance routines to it with my friends. The rhythms in Tom Tom Club's upbeat 1981 hit made 'Genius' a hip hop sampling favorite too.  Public Enemy, Tupac Shakur and T.I. have all used snippets of the track. Mariah Carey created 'Fantasy' as a remix and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five made 'It's Nasty'.