“La Substance, but in English,” a four-and-a-half-hour work by Marten Spangberg performed at MoMA PS1, was part of the American Realness festival.
“American Hustle” left a messy Golden Globes as the big winner on Sunday, winning three major awards, including best comedy. But voters stayed true to form and spread their love around.
Jeremy Abbott conceded that he did not skate perfectly, but he finished first at the United States championships, earning a trip to Sochi with Jason Brown, 19, who came in second.
Mr. Sharon was both vilified and admired for his belief that Jews must assert and defend their collective needs without embarrassment or fear of censure.
Among actresses, wearing a custom-made gown on the red carpet is a badge of distinction.
After a spill greater than previously estimated, hundreds of thousands of people may have to wait days before the water is declared safe again.
LeGarrette Blount had four rushing touchdowns, leading New England to the A.F.C. championship game, the team’s eighth in the Tom Brady era.
The Saints, who pumped crowd noise at an earsplitting volume as they practiced outside, fell to the Seahawks, who advanced to the N.F.C. championship game.
The nearly lost art of American textile manufacturing.
A growing number of women are becoming pastors and becoming leaders in their own churches.
Rudy’s Hobby & Art in Astoria, Queens, sells an extensive selection of car kits, train sets and other knickknacks.
Flooding theaters isn’t good for filmmakers or filmgoers.
The Metropolitan Museum is dotted with paintings that have been left incomplete, giving viewers hints into the impulses behind the genius of Degas, Bassano, Greuze, Rembrandt and others.
The Cecil offers dishes derived from the breadth of the continent’s diaspora, and tweaks some American classics, too.
“Devotion,” an exhibition at New York University’s 80WSE, shows a surprising range in the work by Bob Mizer, known for his erotic photographs of men.
Technology, democratic aspirations and economic growth have created new spaces for young African artists to thrive.
The artist R. Luke DuBois takes a data-mining approach to his work, drawing on Google searches and surveillance technology for video and graphics pieces.
It’s going to be a long winter. You’ll need a place to store all those logs.
Anticipation about the show’s third season draws guests to Columbus Circle.
Rev Run of Run-D.M.C. and Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates have nothing in common except die-hard fans and new home-renovation shows on the DIY Network.
The writer makes New Year’s resolutions, but where will they be resolved?
Michael Urie and his partner, Ryan Spahn, live on the Far West Side.
The polar vortex took the jet stream for a turn in the South on Monday and Tuesday, bringing freezing temperatures as far south as Florida.
Eric Asimov selects 20 fantastic winter wines, all at the price point of $20, presented here in no particular order.
Martin J. Walsh was sworn in as the city’s new mayor; he replaces Thomas M. Menino, who was in office for 20 years.
Dennis Rodman went back to North Korea to play basketball on Kim Jong-un’s birthday.
Bobby Moreno plays Odysseus Rex, a rooster with anger issues, in Eric Dufault’s dark comedy “Year of the Rooster,” at the Ensemble Studio Theater.
Often, fans will use head coverings to vividly declare their loyalties. At other times they merely serve as protection from the elements.
Hospitals around the country have been swamped by a wave of malnourished children in the past year, but the causes are unclear.
As a strategic corridor along the West Bank border with Jordan, the Jordan Valley holds deep meaning for many.
Some Americans have taken advantage of technology and a globalized economy to work and live in other countries.
To lure a younger consumer Marriott International is making a turn toward flash, partly by offering new hotel brands.
Anthony Cody, a former inmate and homeless drug addict known as Tony Bargains, has turned a crack house on Boston Road into a thrift store for the needy.
Phil Everly, as half of the Everly Brothers, inspired the Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, Simon and Garfunkel and many others who recorded their songs and tried to emulate their ringing vocal alchemy.
Bystanders described the scene after the pilot of a small plane pulled off a successful emergency landing on the northbound lane of the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx on Saturday afternoon.
The first snowstorm of 2014 left nearly a foot of slush in some neighborhoods Friday, with freezing wind. As snowplows cleared roads, there were subway delays, but many New Yorkers made it to work.
Stylish yet sensible, New Yorkers bundled up, unrestricted by the dictates of fashion.
Latvia adopts the euro, small-scale gold mining in Indonesia poses risks and and the expansion of the Panama Canal may be halted.
Patrick Cashin, a full-time photographer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has followed the building of transportation projects with his lens.
Artists explore gang violence and the politics of immigration on the Mexican border.
A Greenwich Village apartment with built-ins; an East Village home with exposed brick; and a Brooklyn Heights condo with harbor views.
A home in Fairfield, Conn., with views of inlets on Long Island Sound; and one in Manalapan, N.J., with a heated pool and a hot tub.
At 45, the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and his work have become internationally ubiquitous.
The couple’s 25-foot-wide townhouse on the Upper East Side boasts six fireplaces and an indoor basketball court.
One of the oldest taverns in New York City offers a simple but satisfying menu.
A cottage industry uses mercury to refine the metal, with alarming effects on the environment and human health.
In Britain, sluggish growth and rising prices have left a mark: earnings have stagnated while the cost of living has gone up by almost 20 percent.
Bill de Blasio claimed his place as mayor on Wednesday. On the steps of City Hall, he was ceremonially sworn in by former President Clinton.
After 12 years in office, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg sat through an hour of subtle attacks on his policies before hearing kind words from former President Bill Clinton at the mayoral inauguration.
Nearly 500 athletes from India have tested positive for banned substances since 2009, when the country’s National Anti-Doping Agency became fully functional.
At 40 shops across the state, residents and tourists flashed their identifications and took part in what supporters hailed as a historic departure from drug laws focused on punishment and prohibition.
In the 1940s, R. Buckminster Fuller converted grain bins into emergency housing. It seemed that these structures had disappeared, but at least a dozen have survived in New Jersey.
Editors for The New York Times selected 10 of their favorite front pages of the sports section from 2013.
A restored 1928 house on the market in the village of Gex in eastern France for $4.05 million, or €2.95 million.
One man’s efforts would restore a part of Oahu to the days before invasive plants and animals altered the land.
In Spain, producers of olive oil are hoping stricter bottling and labeling rules will bolster brand recognition.
A look back at the pageantry in Pasadena and the grandeur of the granddaddy of them all.
About 2.3 million refugees have fled the civil war, but only about one-fifth of them live in refugee camps, making it harder for aid to reach them.
The training program of Shannon Turley, Stanford’s director of football sports performance, emphasizes balance and flexibility over brute strength.
The skirmishing over Herceptin and other cancer medicines is part of a long-running struggle to make drugs affordable to the world’s poorest people.
An Upper West Side Co-op with two-bedrooms and a working fireplace; and a Park Slope three-bedroom with an open living and dining room.
A Westchester five-bedroom home on six acres, a sprawling Fort Lee waterfront condo; and a Nassau contemporary with an artsy two-sided fireplace.
Students of Stanford’s design school have churned out handfuls of innovative projects since its founding, striving to incorporate design solutions into products people will actually use.
A train traveling between Nanded and Bangalore caught fire at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. An electrical short-circuit was suspected as the cause, according to local media reports.
Hector’s Cafe & Diner has remained relatively unchanged since it opened in 1949.
When in New York, the writers Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman retreat to a pied-à-terre near the park.
Scenes from a journey with the singer between Arizona and Mexico.
An easing of laws regulating the production and sale of liquor in New York state has helped spur the establishment of micro-distilleries across the five boroughs.
The night before the new year is a time for extravagant dresses, decorative headdresses and oversize necklaces.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, presents an ambitious and revealing exhibition.
Critics and writers for The New York Times recommend New Year’s Eve pop music events in the city.
Korchma Taras Bulba opened its first New York restaurant in SoHo, featuring Ukrainian food and servers in traditional dress.
A stable, relatively affordable enclave in a borough that has grown almost too popular for its own good.
A restaurateur has taught himself to raise livestock and make dairy products on an island near Seattle.
A look at a waterfront condo in Baltimore, a Craftsman-style house in Dallas and a cabin in South Dakota.
The Samurai Startup Island, in a low-rent office district built on a landfill on Tokyo Bay, is at the vanguard of what many hope is a new generation of innovators.
The Grangemouth refinery complex has roots to the 1920s glory days of British industry and is a linchpin to the nation’s economy.
From a NATO camp in Afghanistan to a picturesque beach in Australia, here’s a look at how people across the globe celebrated the holiday.
Court papers in one of more than a half dozen lawsuits filed against a defunct Manhattan gallery, Knoedler & Co., reveal just how far the fakes it sold had spread before the fraud was discovered.
The Italian market has been flat since the start of 2012, but Sardinia presents a contrast, with wealthy buyers competing for seafront properties.
Neither leukemia nor a daunting number of new constructions kept the author of “A Field Guide to American Houses” from extending her life’s work.
A couple’s Los Angeles bungalow is packed with curiosities, but it has nothing on their bunker.
Police officers in Northampton, England, say binge drinking has become a serious public hazard.
The Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster, an exotic sports car with a $488,175 sticker, brings out one’s inner exhibitionist.
Christmas shoppers in New York find a way to navigate the subway system with their arms full of packages.
Few things say Christmas in New York quite as vividly as the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular.”
A seasonal confectionery industry underpins the economy of Estepa, Spain, which manufactures 95 percent of the sugary treats traditionally eaten by Spaniards around Christmas.
Nelson Mandela’s death spurred an international outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration.
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer the questions to see your personal dialect map.
Typhoon Haiyan, which cut a destructive path across the Philippines, is believed by some climatologists to be the strongest storm to ever make landfall.
Voters elected Bill de Blasio, but New York has always been a city of unofficial mayors.
Your guide to the year’s most important meal, with our best recipes, videos, techniques and tricks.
The International Herald Tribune, the global edition of The New York Times, has become The International New York Times. A look at its journey.
Along the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg — a 12-hour trip by car — one sees great neglected stretches of land that seem drawn backward in time.
For the first time in over a decade, New York City will vote in a new mayor. A look back at the 2013 primary campaign for mayor in New York City, in photographs.
More than 6.5 million Syrians have been displaced by the war, according to the United Nations. The New York Times visited the homes of four of them to hear their stories.
Uncertainty about how an outside attack could affect Syria’s civil war is one of the factors leading to disagreement among Western countries about how to respond.
In a five-part series of reports on young, under-the-radar fashion designers we visit each at a different stage in the process as they prepare for New York Fashion Week.
At age 55, the jockey Russell Baze is still making all the right moves
in a dangerous sport.
More than 50 ways to make use of the things you’re most likely to find in a market or your C.S.A. basket.
New York may be noisier than ever, but pockets of peace exist – if you know where to look. Here is a selection from readers.
Browse archival photographs, video and articles chronicling the city’s quest for quiet.
Revel in the season with a pie (or a tart, or a cobbler). Here are 20 recipes to carry you through the warm months.
Lynda Obst, Mike Vollman, Erik Feig and others help The Times make the next big tent-pole movie.
Times coverage from the late 1960s and the 1970s shows the South Bronx as a crumbling, desolate and dangerous place. Ángel Franco, a Times photographer, revisited neighborhoods featured in that coverage to see how the view has changed.
The mean streets of the borough that rappers like the Notorious B.I.G. crowed about are now hipster havens, where cupcakes and organic kale rule.
A sequence revisiting how Chicago’s Nate Robinson, one of the best at teardrop shots, scored over the Nets’ Brook Lopez in a game at the end of the season.
About 120,000 Syrians are calling the tents and trailers of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan home, at least for the foreseeable future.
On April 15, the first of two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Here are the stories of the runners, spectators and others seen in this image.
One suspect in the Boston bombings is dead and the second was taken into custody Friday night.
Fred R. Conrad, a New York Times photographer, set up a studio at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show this week and invited Best of Breed winners to pose.
New York City was a vastly different place when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg gave his first State of the City address in 2002, and his focus has shifted on various issues.
Ray Lewis, Randy Moss and others with Super Bowl experience share the advice they have given their teammates.
European Union officials have struggled to turn things around — debating new treaties, shoring up banks, securing more funding. The people of Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Latvia have dealt with economic troubles in various ways.
Forty-two memorable front pages from the past year, picked by editors on the Times news desk who oversee the content, design and production of Page 1.
Mr. Sulzberger shaped the destiny of The New York Times for 34 years as its publisher and as chairman and chief executive of its parent company.
A day-by-day recap of the conventions in Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C.
Emotional victories, stunning defeats and fierce competition from the Olympic Games.
See the most prominent vocal producer in the music industry, Kuk Harrell, in action, and then listen along with him as members of the girl group Calvillo perform a part of their song “Right Now.”
A selection of Tony Award nominees, including Josh Young from “Jesus Christ Superstar,” perform songs and scenes from this year’s shows.
What has happened after 2,400 technology, Internet and telecom I.P.O.’s.
Interactive charts showing the increasing student debt levels at colleges and universities in the United States.
Tell us how much of an impact President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage will have on your vote in the 2012 election.
Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, demonstrates and discusses the role of a conductor.
The players on the Carroll Academy girls basketball team have little experience with organized sports and myriad troubles outside of school.
Times reporters offer analysis of the arguments before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law.
A series profiling people who are functioning normally despite severe mental illness and have chosen to speak out about their struggles.
Interactive map of health violations at restaurants in New York
Derek Boogaard fought his way to center ice as one of the N.H.L’s most feared fighters. But the role exposed him to repeated head traumas.
The 317 Apple patents that list Steven P. Jobs among the group of inventors offer a glimpse at his legendary say over the minute details of the company’s products.
From building plans and archival images, we reconstruct the twin towers the way they stood before the attacks.
Photos from South Sudan, Central African Republic, Israel and Thailand.
Listen to New York Times editors, critics and reporters discuss the day’s news and features.
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