Johnny Appleseed

Brooklynite Spreads the Gospel of Sustainability One Menstrual Cup at a Time

In this day and age, it's rare to find someone who didn't have the three Rs drilled into them all the way through grade school. Reduce. Recycle. Reuse. Third graders across the country know it like a prayer. But when teachers across the country lead schoolchildren in the old chant, we're reasonably ... More >>

Pete Seeger (5) And The Rapture (12) Bring SOTC's March Madness Tournament To The People

​The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness—in which you, the Sound of the City voting public, help determine the quintessential New York musician—finishes this weekend, with the Round of 32 kicking off Monday. (The schedule and results so far are here; the fu ... More >>

In Praise of Heirloom Apples: the Golden Russet

Dating to 1849, the Golden Russet is a real New York apple. Everyone has a favorite apple or two. Kids love Red Delicious for their sugary flavor and bright red color. Gourmands crave Granny Smiths because they have hard, tart flesh and can be used to make crisps that retain their apple-y texture. ... More >>

It's Time to Put a Sweater on Your Summer Boyfriend and Give Him a Name!

Alert: It is October 3. Not only is rent due, it's time to change out the boyfriends. (Girlfriends, too, we suppose, though they've probably taken care of their wardrobe change themselves already, so talented they are!) But we digress. The important thing to know is that it's time, time, ticking tim ... More >>

Globetrotting Gabriel Orozco Alights at MOMA

Señor Skymiles gets a big retrospective

Culinary Landmarks of Upstate New York

Not sure what the equation on the side of this broken-down orange panel truck means, but I encountered it on the southern edge of Grand Gorge, New York, in the remote northwestern Catskills (click to fully savour). make the jump for further culinary landmarks 

Interview: Found Magazine's Davy Rothbart

"Jim Carroll goes to a colonic spa in San Francisco with a friend of his, and his friend shits out this plastic green army soldier... his friend, after the soldier was out of his system, he got a lot mellower." Davy's Sears-style portrait Eight years into a project that began when he discovered a ... More >>

Tree-Act Play

Randy folklore legend gets Disney-whirled

Cred Sheet

Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Cultural Ostracism

River Dance

Down the Mississippi with the Miss Rockaway Armada

Horoscope

Grrrl, Inturrupted

It’s Ladies First This Season

Deflowering the Bronx

Parks Department Paves Green Spaces Saved by Volunteers

Not a Pretty Picture

Rickey Henderson’s Last, Strange Photo Op

Poetry Project

'Ginsberg and Friends' at Sotheby's