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'Coding 101' Could Be Coming To A NYC Public School Near You

Mayor Bloomberg has repeated time and time again that he believes New York City will be the next Silicon Valley. And, in some senses, his dream is coming true: SoHo has become a start-up assembly machine, Long Island City is attracting tech-hybrid manufacturers with its large, abandoned warehouses a ... More >>

Q&A: Leanne Stella, on Founding Harlem's Art in FLUX Pop-Up Gallery

When Leanne Stella moved to Harlem last fall, she was on a personal quest to discover the area's art scene. She quickly realized that her neighborhood was filled with local artists and performers with no space to showcase their work. Enter Art in FLUX, a pop-up gallery that began this spring that gi ... More >>

GENDA: A Quick Update on Transgender Rights Legislation

As the Empire State Pride Agenda starts to mobilize lobbying efforts in Albany, it has become clear that the group will once again focus on GENDA, the Gender Employment Non-Discrimination Act. This decision, however, has prompted questions about the general direction of the organization, which is ... More >>

Taste of the Nation 2012: Celebrity Chefs Ending Childhood Hunger

It's not often you can eat from New York City's top restaurants and help alleviate poverty in the city -- at the same time. Taste of the Nation NYC takes place on Monday, and the star-studded event will feature gourmet fare by top chefs from restaurants such as Ai Fiori and Gramercy Tavern. Hosted ... More >>

Court Says 'No' to Housing for Mentally Ill

A New York court has just reversed a legal order requiring that the state provide individualized housing for thousands of mentally ill people. The Associated Press indicates that the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan's move could impact other states' court decisions on psychiatric il ... More >>

The Voice Talks "The Nonprofit 1 Percent" and Trayvon Martin On WWRL With Yetta Kurland [AUDIO]

Last night, the Voice was invited to appear on Yetta Kurland Live on WWRL to talk about this week's cover story, "The Nonprofit 1 Percent," as well as to discuss the rally for Trayvon Martin, which we'd just covered prior to arriving at the studio. Kurland spoke with us about the Jewish Guild for ... More >>

Booze News: A Quarrel over Agave in Mexico

Amante Darmanin/FlickrWho owns the word for this plant? ​In Mexico, there's a fierce debate unfolding over which distilleries can use the word "agave" to describe their liquor. According to the New York Times, if a piece of legislation in Mexico is passed, only a few approved tequila and mezcal pr ... More >>

Shoot for the Cure: Susan G. Komen Charity Event Raises Money With Riflery

​Late late week, Runnin' Scared got word that the pink firearm fiasco might not have been as much a false-alarm as had been claimed: A source told us that Susan G. Komen for the Cure and guns go back a bit, and furnished us with several links suggesting that this might be the case. Since the ... More >>

Stealing from Non-Profits Is the Hottest New Trend

Looks like the hip thing to do is to make non-profits even less profitable. For the third time in a week, a New Yorker has been accused of illegally pocketing megabucks from a non-profit. The Manhattan District Attorney says that Jeffrey Bernstein swindled more than $2,500,000 from the Albert Ell ... More >>

DOUBLE THE FUN

Plenty of Mirman for all

LICENSE TO ALE

Get your buzz on for charity

SWEET RHYMES

Tracie Morris and Lili Taylor perform at the Cave Canem benefit

LOOKING BACK

Granta explores the post-9/11 world

Eighty-Eight Pianos To Storm The Streets Of New York City Next Week

​Beginning June 18 and running through July 2, the nonprofit organization Sing For Hope will once again install a bunch of pianos for public playing at various places around New York City in an installation that, this time around, they're calling Pop-Up Pianos. The 88 pianos—60 uprights ... More >>

Every Crazy You Encounter on New York City Streets Stars in Broad City's 'I Heart New York'

Have you ever tried to run through New York City in a hurry? In the season finale of Broad City, the internet comedy show's two leading ladies, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, jog through the clutter, encountering all sorts of NYC favorites including a sexist harasser, a nonprofit harasser, hip pare ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Boozy Burlesque; Fancy Octoberfest

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Evening of Mischief Fatty Crab UWS Monday, October 18 at 9 p.m. Add a little sex and scare to your supper with this ghoulishly themed evening of burlesque, hosted b ... More >>

The Response to the Tony Awards Shows That Show Business Is No Longer Business As Usual

More thoughts on Broadway and the state of theater in New York

Jeff Daniels

LIPSTICK JUNGLE

Trying on makeup in order to make out of trafficking

Carrying Condoms in New York Can Get You Arrested?

​Apparently so, though a piece of legislature is currently being considered to try and put an end to this.

ON A ROLL

The Bronx Gridlock battle the Brooklyn Bombshells

When the Children Are All Obese, We Will Finally Have Peace

Good in McDonalds. Bad in war.​No, this is not Runnin' Scared's second entry into Mayor Bloomberg's "Poetweet" contest. It's actually a thing. For real. Mission: Readiness, a nonprofit group of retired military leaders, is very concerned about kids becoming "too fat to fight." So concerned tha ... More >>

Faith No More Is Playing A Benefit At The Williamsburg Waterfront In July

One of these guys might not be in the band​Paging @1000timesyes: Newly reformed avant-metal doggs Faith No More are hitting up everyone's favorite summertime hangout July 5, though it'll be a paid show, the first of several to support the Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn. Trust me: You'r ... More >>

FIRESTOPPERS

We can still be cynical if it’s for a good cause, right?

Paterson Says New York's Broke, Stops Payments; Nobody Cares

​We know nobody cares, but New York State is out of money. Or so the Governor says. Governor Paterson and his budget director warned over a week ago that we were about to go into the deep red, but the legislature continued to dick around, and now the Governor announces we will end the month w ... More >>

CLASS ACT

An art school for artists by artists

The Food Court at the American Museum of Natural History Goes Green, Officially

​Among other firsts New York can now claim is the country's first 3-Star Green Certified museum food court: the American Museum of Natural History has just earned its certification from the Green Restaurant Association, a non-profit organization that promotes environmentally conscious practice ... More >>

Rescue Food PSA: Watch an Ear of Corn Make Out With a Hot Cartoon Woman...for Charity!

City Harvest, the non-profit that rescues excess food from restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms to donate to hungry New Yorkers, is running a viral video campaign starring feisty food characters. The "Rescue Food" videos, produced pro-bono by a group of local animat ... More >>

Photos: These Are Powers at the Issue Project Room

​ These Are Powers played Issue Project Room on Friday, October 9, to help raise money for the non-profit's future space at 110 Livingston Street, which is also the same space where the Brooklyn threesome filmed their newest video. The show was also a way to honor the sadly departed Suzanne F ... More >>

GATHER AROUND

Food, and creative types? What's not to love?

Election Night: At de Blasio Party, Shock, Then Euphoria

Over at his victory party in Dumbo, Bill de Blasio seemed shocked that he managed to get himself into a runoff for the office of Public Advocate with veteran candidate Mark Green. "This is a wonderful result -- amazing!" de Blasio said between hugs. "You kind of just get used to assuming it's not go ... More >>

Times: Mayor's Office Put Felder's Name on $1.5 Million Payout -- But Felder Says He Didn't Request It

It looks like the Mayor's been playing around with city finances. The Times reports today that Bloomberg's office forwarded $1.5 million in discretionary funds to a couple of nice-sounding non-profits -- Agudath Israel of America Community Services and Ohel Children's Home and Family Services . This ... More >>

BABE BRIGADE

Gotham Girls Roller Derby burn up the track

TRIUMPH RETOLD

A tribute to vitality in the cruelest times

EAST MEETS WEST

It’s the Sharks vs. the Jets for our lame millenium

Hope Solo

Sam Champion’s guitar-heavy classic-rock sound is doing just fine with no label to back it (yet)

Grace Under Pressure

Grace Perez built an influential domestic-violence program. Then she was fired.

'The Hip Hop Project'

Land Doesn't Pay

The city's $7 billion-a-year property tax gap—no wonder we're broke

Sea Change

In Sri Lanka, mothers' breasts ache for phantom children. What will it take to rebuild?

The Nanny Diaries Co-Authors Take On the Busted Economy

U.S. 'News'

Is Anyone Watching the Iraqi Media Network?

Listings

Don't Do Drug Ads

Here's a Downer Story for the Media

‘Mother Jones,’ Meet Henry Luce

Public Interest Journalism Is Born Again

HUD: The Horror Movie

A Big Fish Fries the Little Fish in Harlem-Brooklyn Mortgage Scam

A Ministry of Neglect

State Shuts Down Adult Home Run by Reverend Clarence Norman Sr.

Alternating Currents

Garden-Variety Politics

Councilmember Spigner Weeds Out Queens Lot