The Films of Norman Jewison
A look at some of the films being featured in the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s retrospective of the director.
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Will Hopkins Jr., a studio assistant at the Inside Out Project's printing office in Lower Manhattan, checks one of the huge portraits to be used to decorate a block in Park Slope, Brooklyn, as part of the project.
Neighbors in Park Slope, Brooklyn, took part in a global art project, rendering large portraits of locals along Bergen Street.
‘Spanish Paradise’
A look at the “Gardens of the Alhambra” exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden.
Living In | Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay busy area that is home to various ethnicities, it retains a tranquillity, in part because of the water.
Interactive Feature: The Notes Behind 'Network'
View the letters, notes, screenplay excerpts and ideas that helped Paddy Chayefsky shape “Network.”
Interactive Feature: Evicted From 106 Rivington
For years, musicians have found a practice space and home at 106 Rivington Street in the Lower East Side. But the building is being shut down, and the musicians must find other spaces to practice in.
A Grand Tour, With Asterisks
A road trip in the new Fiat 500 wouldn’t be complete without stops in Naples (Me.), Verona (N.J.), Rome (Ga.) and Venice (Fla.).
Hong Kong’s Private Kitchens
They have long been places to get relatively inexpensive, delicious and somewhat homespun Sichuan or Cantonese meals in off-the-beaten path settings.
Exploring Viña del Mar
Up and down the coast from Viña del Mar, you’ll find surfing hot spots, but the region is about more than just waves.
The Week in Pictures for May 20
Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include a peace summit in Newark and a mural at a high school.
This Week’s Business News in Pictures
Scandal at the International Monetary Fund, the fiscal crisis in Greece, rising gas prices and continuing problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in Japan.
Judgment Day Followers Await Rapture
Thousands of people around the country are preparing for Saturday, May 21, also known as Judgment Day, when believers expect they will be absorbed into heaven in a process known as Rapture.
Interactive Feature: Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer
An unimaginable diagnosis, followed by worry, fear and tough decisions. Here, six people speak about how childhood cancer changed their lives.
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Bunny Yeager, Shy Beyond the Lens
On view this month at the Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, is a showcase of Ms. Yeager’s self-portraits that showcase the height of her fame, in the sorts of coy poses she imaged would captivate a fan base of hard-breathing males.
Your Photos: Prom Nights to Remember, and Nightmares
New York Times readers around the country (and world) submitted their photos and stories of proms recent and long-past.
Photo Replay: May 19
The day in sports included preparations for the Preakness Stakes and the French Open, and a crash in practice for the coming Indianapolis 500.
House Tour: Palenville, N.Y.
Bob Malkin and Barbara Pokras had a house they loved, but fell in love with another one. Their solution: buy it and rent it out.
Interactive Feature: The Weekly Health Quiz
In the news: Predicting lifespan, a medical mystery and childhood cancer. Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Interactive Feature: Fire Companies Slated for Possible Closure
An analysis of the 20 fire companies that are potentially slated for closure if the city is unable to close its budget gap.
Graphic: How to Merge Two Airlines
Delta and Northwest announced their merger in April 2008. They immediately began planning for what turned out to be an 18-month sprint to integrate 1,200 systems across the two airlines — everything from customer loyalty programs to aircraft operations, all without interrupting service. Managers built this master guide to break down when these systems would need to start working together. Each note represents a project that could involve thousands of tasks.
Document: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Bail Application
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s bail application and related exhibits.
Interactive Feature: Turkish Magnate Puts His Passion on Display
The textile magnate Oner Kocabeyoglu is exhibiting the work of more than 430 works by 20 modern artists from his country. Related Article
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The Hiroshima Files
Two months after an atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima, President Harry S. Truman commissioned a study of the damage done to the city.
Interactive Feature: Designs From the 2011 International Contemporary Furniture Fair
The fair showed that objects as banal as fruit crates can have flair.
Getting Cozy in Public
In a global phenomenon, yarn bombers are taking their brightly colored fuzzy work to Europe, Asia and beyond.
Trading Up: Trench Coats for Men
The rainy-day staple returns with a sleek update, ditching heavier cuts for sleek, modern silhouettes.
Shopping Snapshots for May 19
By ERICA M. BLUMENTHAL and LINDA CONTE
The Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada opens a store, sample sales from Derek Lam and Steven Alan, other items, sales and events in New York.
Performance Art and Immigrant Rights
Tania Bruguera, an artist, works to address issues facing illegal immigrants.
Scene City: Museum of Art and Design Gala
Its spring gala tried to build cachet through its younger patrons, like Waris Ahluwalia, Tyson Beckford, Karim Rashid and Mazdack Rassi, the founder of Milk Studios in the meatpacking district.
Interactive Feature: Shopping for 1960s Design With Wayne Burgess
A collector of vintage furnishings, Mr. Burgess has long been enamored of other things from the 1960s as well.
New Season Opens for American Ballet Theater
American Ballet Theater opened its new season with gala on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera House that featured 12 short performances.
Photo Replay: May 17
A view of the day in sports, from the waters of Brazil to baseball fields in the United States.
A Library’s Treasures, From Gutenberg to Malcolm X
To mark the 100th anniversary of its flagship building on Fifth Avenue, the New York Public Library is putting some of its prize holdings on display.
Homes for $1.3 Million
A condo in a 1920 building in Seattle; a house in Boston built in 1860; and a contemporary in San Diego.
Photographs: In Misurata, Fallen Qaddafi Soldiers Receive Respect
At a seaside cemetery in rebel-held Misurata, the remains of Libyan government soldiers are methodically documented and buried, according to Islamic tradition, though some may never be identified.
In Amsterdam, a Loft on a Canal
A two-bedroom loft condominium in a former candy factory overlooking the Looiersgracht canal in Amsterdam is on the market for $1.4 million.
In England, Four Floors and a Lot of Steps
In 2007, Eric Guibert, left and Robin Pembrooke, sold their home to buy a 6,000-square-foot former factory building in Kennington, England.
Endeavour’s Final Flight
On Monday morning, the shuttle Endeavour rose slowly on a pillar of fire, picking up speed and eventually disappearing from view as it stabbed through a layer of clouds on its way to orbit.
Photographs: Tears in the Social Fabric
The transformation of the Greek economy has been jarring to a citizenry long accustomed to a generous welfare state.
Photographs: Palestinians Mark 63rd Anniversary of the ‘Nakba’
Israel’s borders erupted in deadly clashes on Sunday as thousands of Palestinians confronted Israeli troops on the anniversary of Israel’s creation.
Photographs: Braving the Mississippi River Floodwaters
The battle against North America’s longest river continues, with residents in the South making the most of rising floodwaters as they prepare for the worst.
Photo Replay: May 16
A view of the day in sports, including a supporter for an embattled soccer official.
Photographs: A Reconstruction Begins, but an Exodus Does, Too
The devastated coastal community of Otsuchi has started picking up the pieces of their lives after the tsunami, but there may not be enough people willing to stay there for a lengthy reconstruction.
Photo Replay: May 15
A look at the day in sports, from soccer in Europe to baseball in the United States.
Video: On the Street | McQueened
The excitement of the exhibition “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” has spilled out onto the front steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with visitors dressing to the nines to view it.
A Newly Pastel Capital
Artists, city officials and designers in Baghdad are lamenting what they feel is of the ugliest periods in the city’s history, as banks and police buildings are outfitted with unconventional color schemes.
Voices Soar Again, 10 Years Later
In 2001, a teacher took her students from P.S. 86 in the Bronx on an unlikely journey: to a small island in Finland, where they would perform their music. They reunited 10 years later.
Interactive Feature: The Tony for Best Performance as a Kid Goes to ...
Tony Award nominees talk about the role they played as a child that they think “deserved” a Tony.
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Interactive Feature: For Subway Cars, the Final Trip
Because new trains have more plastic, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has suspended the “reefing” program after 10 years and 2,500 burials.
Seeing Beauty in the Rust Belt
Amid the decline of the American steel industry, years of disuse have transformed components of the Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pa., in striking ways.
Playgrounds of the Past
New York’s vibrant flea markets offers patrons a large volume of food, scavenger hunts and nostalgic items from the past.
Libyan Immigrants Flock to Italy
More than 9,000 people have arrived in Lampedusa, Italy, from Libya since its unrest began.
Living In | Palisades, N.Y.
Housing styles in a Rockland County hamlet run the gamut from 19th-century farmhouses to 1970s contemporaries and newer colonials and ranches.
Audio & Photos: For a Member of the First Black Class, a Second Chance
As one of its first black students in 1956, Burlyce Sherell Logan faced so much resistance at her Texas college that she dropped out. But 50 years later, she re-enrolled.
Neighborhood Joint | Scoops
A shop in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn has gained a large following with its offerings of ital food and vegetarian ice cream.
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Pawned in Las Vegas
Each item was pawned at Pioneer Loan and Jewelry over two days this spring.
Interactive Feature: And the Nominees Should Be ...
The theater critics of The New York Times make their Tony Award choices.
Interactive Feature: The Weekly Health Quiz
In the news: pregnancy, allergies and the “disease of kings.” Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
On the Market in New York City
A co-op in Greenwich Village, a co-op on the Upper West Side and a victorian in Beverley Square West.
Habitats | West 72nd Street
Andrew Chesler and Amanda Robb wanted a bigger apartment, but their self-employed status was a turnoff to co-op boards. Then, Mr. Chesler’s mother had an idea: Why not chop her four-bedroom apartment in two?
The Continental Battle of the Bands
Since 1956, Eurovision has been one of the few cultural institutions that bind citizens of Europe together.
3-D Art, Ready to Print
The MakerBot, a new consumer-grade, desktop-size 3-D printer, makes, or “prints,” three-dimensional objects from molten plastic based on its users designs.
The Week’s Business News in Pictures
Microsoft’s purchase of Skype, Music Beta from Google, guilty verdict for Raj Rajaratnam, G.M. investments and more.
Four-Legged Warriors on the Battlefield
American troops may be starting to come home this summer, but more dogs are going in, with about 2,700 currently on active duty in the military.
Proms as Do-Overs for Adults
Revelers dance away at the Adult Prom, a charity event for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, in Green Bay, Wis.
Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant
At the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, explosions have damaged four of the buildings, and fuel is in danger of melting and releasing radioactive materials.
Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami
Compare satellite images of areas of Japan before and after the disaster.
How Manhattan’s Grid Grew
Compare the proposed street grid for Manhattan, from 1811, with the current layout.
Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer
Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence.
Mixed America’s Family Trees
Examine the mixed-race family trees submitted by readers and listen to them describe their families, then submit your own.
A Year at War
Over their yearlong deployment, The New York Times follows the stories of the men and women of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division.
Who Sat Where: The State of the Union Seating Chart
Many lawmakers broke the tradition of sitting with their own parties at the State of the Union address.
How the Rig Crew Responded to the Blowout
Video and diagram showing the final moments of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
South Korea's War on Dementia
In South Korea, thousands of people, including children, are being trained to help care for dementia patients.
Reviving Ground Zero
The Times’s David W. Dunlap describes how the new World Trade Center complex is taking shape.
Some 30,000 American soldiers are taking part in the Afghanistan surge. Here are the stories of the men and women of First Battalion, 87th Infantry.
The Swat Valley, After the Flood
Pakistani troops are being diverted from combating Islamist militants in the Swat Valley to help the nation recover from the worst floods in its history.
How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters
The closer has confounded hitters with mostly one pitch: his signature cutter.
Stop, Question and Frisk in New York Neighborhoods
Where the police stopped and questioned passersby in 2009.
The Watson Trivia Challenge
Test your knowledge of trivia against I.B.M.'s question-answering supercomputer.
The Vanishing Mind
By studying an extended family in Colombia where Alzheimer’s is seen in the early 40s, scientists hope to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s patients worldwide.
The Pride of Their Boroughs
Central Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn both can lay claim to being the pride of their boroughs. How do they compare?
The Houses of Broadway
An interactive tour through the Jacobs and the Broadway theaters and an expanded interactive look at the histories of each theater on Broadway.
Haiti Earthquake Multimedia
Videos, photographs and interactive features documenting the desperation in Haiti in the weeks after a powerful earthquake devastated the country on Jan. 12.
Seeking Shelter in Haiti
In four different neighborhoods, residents face a spectrum of circumstances, from neglected encampments to planned tent cities to gleaming new shelters.
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Choosing to Stay, Fighting to Rebuild
After January’s quake in Haiti, most residents of Fort National fled their homes. Some, however, stayed behind.
Scenes From a Ruined Boulevard
A view of the destruction along a quarter-mile stretch
of Boulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of the main commercial arteries in the heart of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A Growing Risk in Haiti
The problem of human waste disposal has become impossible to overlook in Port-au-Prince, with the stench of decomposing bodies replaced by that of excrement.
Orphanages in Haiti
Since the earthquake, chronic problems in Haiti's orphanages -- like inadequate services and overwhelming poverty -- have only intensified.
Test How Fast You Juggle Tasks
Measure your cost of switching between different tasks in the test based on a Stanford study.
Test Your Focus
Measure your ability to filter out distractions in this test based on a Stanford study.
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7 Months, 10 Days in Captivity
A series about the Taliban kidnapping of The Times's David Rohde and his two Afghan colleagues.
Flipped: Inside the Private Equity Game
A look at how private equity dealmakers can win while their companies, like Simmons Bedding, lose.
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Talk to The Times: One in 8 Million
The staff members involved with One in 8 Million answered questions.
Talk to the Newsroom: Assistant Managing Editor Michele McNally
Michele McNally, who oversees photography, answered questions from readers.
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Pictures of the Day: West Bank and Elsewhere
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Photographs from the West Bank, Japan, Spain and Bulgaria.
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