August 1, 2008
Pitching set for Astros series
Now that John Maine's Sunday start has been officially pushed back to Aug. 8, the pitching matchups for this weekend's series in Houston with the Astros have been set. Here...
MAINE'S NEXT START PUSHED BACK
HOUSTON -- The Mets are trying to protect John Maine from his stubborn self. As expected, the young right-hander had his next scheduled turn in the rotation pushed back after...
Murphy promoted to Triple-A
One day after GM Omar Minaya said prized prospect Daniel Murphy could be called up soon, the Mets promoted the young infielder to Triple-A New Orleans.Murphy had been hitting .308...
DARLING: RANDOLPH, DELGADO WERE SPLIT
SNY Mets analyst Ron Darling today told WFAN that former manager Willie Randolph and first baseman Carlos Delgado were not communicating before Randolph was fired. "They won't publicly say it;...
Red Bulls: Stadium still on schedule
By BRIAN LEWISThe Jersey Journal reported that construction of the Red Bulls’ stadium has “halted due to an ongoing eminent domain case,’’ and quoted a Harrison Redevelopment Agency official as...
Game 109: Mets at Astros
All eyes will be on Pedro Martinez tonight when he faces the Astros here at Minute Maid Park in the opener of a three-game set. Pedro is making his first...
Red Bulls trade GK Zach Thornton
By BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls traded goalkeeper Zach Thornton to Chivas USA for futureconsiderations. In short, Big Zach got dealt for a bag of balls."We want to thank Zach for...
Islanders open in New Brunswick
Islanders training camp will be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada for the second consecutive year, where they will play the Boston Bruins at the Moncton Coliseum on Sept. 23...
Devils set preseason schedule
The Devils' seven-game preseason schedule will include four games at the Prudential Center, and six of the team’s seven preseason contests will take place against Atlantic Division rivals. Here is...
Armas has hernia surgery
Right-hander Tony Armas Jr., who performed well as a spot starter last month, is not expected to return this season after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia today in...
Maine pushed back to Aug. 8
As expected, the Mets have pushed John Maine's next start back to Aug. 8 against the Marlins as a precaution after the right-hander suffered a strained right rotator cuff earlier...
POLICE: ISLAND WITNESSES SAY THEY'VE SEEN MISSING BOSTON GIRL
Investigators are zeroing in on a reported sighting of a phony Rockefeller dad and his kidnapped daughter on the tiny Caribbean islands of the Turks and Caicos, officials say. Police...
First traded, now promoted
A week after nearly being traded by the Yankees to Pittsburgh in the Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte deal, lefty Phil Coke has been promoted from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A...
TIME WARNER: MILLER CAN'T GO TO YAHOO!
Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang may want former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller to join his company's board, but Jeff Bewkes doesn't. As Miller's name circulates as not only a potential Yahoo!...
FOR OLD TIMERS SAKE
Some of them aren't that old, some didn't spend much time with the Yankees, but they will be there lining the field at Yankee Stadium on Saturday for the 62nd...
UPDATE: It cometh...
Pterodactyl or plane? You decide. See those ripples in your beer stein? Heads up, NYC: there's a monster fast approaching -- and this one ain't from Montauk.Emirates' A380 superjumbo has...
Casting Stones at 'Swing Vote' (And My 'Spoiler' Review)
A number of other reviewers have joined me in noting the suspicious resemblance between the Kevin Costner vehicle "Swing Vote'' -- which I give zero stars today in The Post...
TRADE CONFIDENTIAL: Inside the Manny Deal
The Red Sox spent much of the Wednesday trying to direct a three-team trade of Manny Ramirez to Florida in which they would receive Jason Bay from Pittsburgh, but that...
ON DECK: METS AT ASTROS
One player who wasn't happy to see the calendar turn to August was Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado. Delgado, who was mired in a season-long slump and was subject to...
The Luck of the European Draw
Five-time European Cup winner Liverpool must defeat Belgian champion Standard Liege in the final qualifying round to reach the Champions League’s group stage.Barcelona, which won the tournament in 2006, was...
General speaks to the Giants
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY – There was a difference to the way the Giants ended their morning practice. Tom Coughlin did not speak to the team, which is the usual procedure....
ON DECK: ANGELS AT YANKEES
Of the many moves the Yankees made prior to yesterday's trade deadline, the trade that might loom largest is the one they didn't make: for a starting pitcher. Right-hander Sidney...
CLOTTEY HOPES TO ZAP ZAB
THE IBF welterweight title will be at stake when Joshua Clottey of the Bronx faces Zab Judah of Brooklyn tomorrow night on HBO's "Boxing After Dark." But that's just icing...
Coverage in today's Post
The second-place Mets open a three-game set in Houston tonight with Pedro Martinez (pictured) on the mound, one day after GM Omar Minaya decided to stand pat at the non-waivers...
Oscar Watch: Tide Rising for Leo
If the academy wants to embrace the embattled specialty film business, they could do worse than giving a best actress nomination to Melissa Leo for "Frozen River,'' which I award...
Robbie Keane, We Hardly Knew Ye
Commence hand wringing and decrying players' lack of loyalty; it can't be avoided. To be real, though, what would you do if you had the chance to move from an...
Toon Tops at Something
The EPL season is set to open on August 16th and, the next day, champions Manchester United face off against Newcastle. More than a decade has passed since one of...
Deal of the Day-Calypso
For a fun summertime flat that looks chic with anything from cropped white jeans to an easy breezy cotton dress, check out these Honduras Python Ballet Shoes from Calypso.Marked down...
Clottey: I'll Beat Zab Or Retire
Joshua Clottey says he has a score to settle against Zab Judah in Bronx vs. Brooklyn world title fight. BY GEORGE WILLISThe IBF welterweight title will be at stake when...
Dump Job of the Week: 'The Midnight Meat Train'
"The Midnight Meat Train,'' adapted from a novel short story by Clive Barker, is a gorefest about a photographer (Bradley Cooper) who follows the advice of his agent (Brooke Shields)...
Barca Comes to NY; Messi Goes to Beijing
While Barcelona heads to our shores for a two-game tour, their star striker Lionel Messi won't be on the same plane.Instead, Messi will be going in the other direction as...
OBAMA: JUST AN EXCUSE FOR BRATWURST & BEER?
I couldn't help but chuckle when I read that Sen. Barack Obama's speech in Germany showed him to be a potentially powerful American emissary to the world ("Barack's 'World Citizenship'...
HOPE TO READ YOU SOON, NOVAK!
Let us all pray for Robert Novak - a man for all seasons ("Get Well Soon, Bob" Editorial, July 29). He has done what Robert Frost advised, and that's take...
MCCAIN'S LAME 'ARROGANT' ATTACK
John McCain has gotten his groove back. How sweet it must be to have found a message for his campaign - but how sad that his message is all about...
TEHRAN'S TRICKS
TOMORROW is the deadline for Iran to respond to the latest offer on its nuclear program. The package, shaped by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus...
CHANNELING JESSE
JESSE Jackson must have been forgiven by the Obama campaign and welcomed into its inner circle. Because it sure seems as if he's giving the campaign advice. Responding to a...
OLYMPIC RUBBER MATCH
The Forbidden City has gotten very permissive for the upcoming Summer Olympics. A Chinese condom-maker will wrap Beijing with ads as part of a campaign to get visitors - including...
ELEX DELAY'S 'LAME': BIBI
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu demanded new national elections yesterday, saying the country can't afford months of political chaos under lame-duck Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "National responsibility requires a return...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 816; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 3058; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Thu: 397; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Win- 4 Thu.:...
STRAY-ROD'S WEAK PITCH
Alex Rodriguez hid behind Florida family law yesterday, claiming the Sunshine State doesn't count cheating against a divorcing spouse. Heartbroken soon-to-be ex-wife Cynthia Rodriguez has accused her hubby of philandering...
RUSSERT'S SON LANDS NBC GIG
Luke Russert, the son of late "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert, is joining his dad's network. Russert, 22, will report for NBC News as a "correspondent-at-large" during the network's...
GOPER EYES 9/11 AID NIX
WASHINGTON - A Texas representative warned New York's congressional delegation yesterday that he may try to block medical aid to Ground Zero rescuers and residents because the bill is too...
CHARLIE DUCKS SLAP IN APARTMENT FLAP
WASHINGTON - Rep. Charles Rangel beat back an attempt by House Republicans yesterday to censure him for what they charged were ethical violations over his four rent-controlled apartments in Harlem....
MCC PULLS EVEN IN KEY STATES: POLL
John McCain is surging against Barack Obama in three battleground states - pulling even in Florida and Ohio and edging closer in Pennsylvania, new polls released yesterday found. Obama now...
WORD UP TO THE NEW SCRABULOUS
A word game by any other name just might be close enough for heartbroken Scrabulous fans. The creators of the wildly popular online Facebook application yesterday launched a new but...
MAC: 'ELITIST' TAG FITS DEM TO A TEA
WASHINGTON - John McCain's campaign yesterday continued to slam Barack Obama as a celebrity who insists that aides locate protein bars and organic iced tea wherever he campaigns. "Only celebrities...
RACIAL POLITICS REARS UGLY HEAD
The presidential campaign saw its bitterest day yesterday as John McCain accused Barack Obama of playing the "race card" and Obama charged McCain with using scare tactics. The vitriolic debate...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS * Police are asking for the public's help in catching a serial sex fiend behind a reign of terror in southeastern Queens. The suspect has been linked to four...
'SUICIDE' STANDOFF
A suicidal patient kept police at bay in Brooklyn yesterday, leading cops to place a net over his window at the Community Living Center in Boerum Hill. The man later...
SCHNOOK, I WANT SNOOKS!
The heartbroken mother of the little girl abducted by her phony Rockefeller con-man father begged her ex-husband to "please, please bring 'Snooks' back," in an impassioned videotaped plea released yesterday....
FUR-CLOSURE
New TV-star kitty "Princess Chunk" is not a stray - but just another victim of the cat-astrophic mortgage crisis. The original owner of the country's most famous fat cat said...
MTA SUB-WEIGHS ALTERNATIVE
The MTA is going to study alternatives to station entrances for the Second Avenue Subway after Upper East Siders battled over a midblock gateway on 72nd Street. Residents complained, and...
HARD HAT IN DEATH FALL
A construction worker fell six stories to his death from the roof of a Greenwich Village building, authorities said. The man in his 40s and whose name was withheld, landed...
'DEADLY TOT FOOD' WEB VID
A Manhattan man was busted yesterday for posting creepy Internet videos in which he claims to have poisoned Gerber baby food to kill millions of black and Hispanic infants, authorities...
QNS. MOURNS FALLEN SOLDIER
An entire neighborhood turned out yesterday to mourn a Queens soldier who had been missing for more than a year in Iraq. Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, of Corona, was...
HERO WANTS TO PUT KIDS ON TRACK
Wesley Autrey, who jumped onto subway tracks to save a young stranger who had fallen into the path of a train, now has another kind of rescue in mind -...
NY TEEN'S SHOT AT GOLD
Go ahead, Beijing, make her day. Manhattan sharpshooter Sandra Fong may not be old enough to qualify for a city gun permit, but she's still packing heat in hopes of...
ADOPT-SCAM GUILTY PLEA
A former top ACS official at the center of a million-dollar scheme to rip off the city's child-protection agency by setting up fake adoptions and other scams pleaded guilty yesterday....
'BUCKS' GETTING 'DUNK'ED
A new study shows what many an old-time New Yorker has been griping about for years - chain stores appear to be taking over. In its first-ever ranking of national...
THE MIRACLE KID OF GREENWICH VILLAGE
A 12-year-old girl miraculously survived a 15-story plunge after she climbed into the chimney of a historic Greenwich Village building last night, authorities said. "My daughter fell down the shaft!"...
GUCCI CHEAT GETS 4 YEARS
A smooth-talking Canadian scammer who conned wealthy marks into buying $8 million worth of bogus Gucci stock options was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to more than four years...
JERK TOOK BIG BUCKS INSTEAD OF CUSTODY
The mysterious phony Rockefeller who kidnapped his daughter off a Boston street was paid a "significant" amount of money from his ex-wife to disappear - and gave up custody of...
'DRAGGED' OUT OF ROCK CTR.
That's no way to treat a lady. Two dozen drag queens say they were tossed out of Rockefeller Center because of their flamboyant outfits. "They told us we couldn't take...
'DWI WIFE' KILLS HUBBY
A Long Island woman with a drinking problem killed her husband by running him over with the family SUV as she pulled out of a parking space near their apartment,...
BAGGAGE CLAIMED
A mountain of lost luggage was being reunited with travelers yesterday after a computer glitch left JFK in chaos. "As much as we can guarantee anything, we guarantee that this...
BAR SMASHER MAY FACE JAIL
The butcher of the bar scene has lost his job - and today could lose his freedom. Samir Dervisevic, 25, was fired as a doorman at a swanky East 80th...
RAINMAKER SCHWARTZ IS LEAVING JPMORGAN
The Schwartz is no longer with JPMorgan Chase. Former Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz has decided to leave the banking behemoth that swallowed up his now-defunct investment bank earlier this...
YANG TO FACE SHAREHOLDERS
Yahoo! chief Jerry Yang is likely to face tough questions from shareholders at the company's annual meeting today - but they won't be coming from billionaire activist Carl Icahn. Icahn...
BATTLE OF THE CELEB BABIES
IN the battle over which magazine will be the first to feature the newest additions to the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt brood, the celebrity glossies are double-teaming the stars....
GDP NUMBERS SAY RECESSION
Uncle Sam is finally confirming what Americans have been feeling all along - yes, we got hit by a recession last Christmas. The Commerce Department yesterday revised its economic outlook,...
IMCLONE'S ENCORE
A cancer-drug maker at the center of the Wall Street scandal that brought the downfall of Martha Stewart is now being snapped up in a $4.33 billion deal. Drug giant...
CARLYLE'S SECOND BLACK EYE
Hot-shot private equity firm Carlyle Group can't seem to get a break when it strays from buyouts. The Washington, DC-based firm announced late yesterday that it's shuttering its first entry...
DEJA VU DOLANS
Not known as the most altruistic of public company owners, Cablevision's Dolan family stunned investors yesterday by hinting that they might try for a third time to take the company...
LEHMAN SHOPPING MORTGAGE SECURITIES
In a move similar to what Merrill Lynch has done, Lehman Brothers' CEO Dick Fuld is trying to shop tens of billions of dollars in mortgage securities on its balance...
BUYOUTS AT NEWARK STAR-LEDGER
The publishers of the Star-Ledger in Newark, and its sister paper, The Trenton Times, described their respective papers as being "on life support" and warned they could be sold if...
CBS IS HIT BY AD SWOON; 50 RADIO STATIONS WILL BE SOLD
CBS Corp. announced plans to unload 50 radio stations in several mid-size markets and reduced its growth forecast for 2008 amid growing softness in the media giant's overall advertising business....
AN IRAQ MILESTONE
America's military progress in Iraq (thanks to the troop surge Democrats heatedly opposed) has been so steady lately, it's become almost ho-hum news. But milestones bear noting, and President Bush...
THE PERILS OF NOT SMOKING
Mayor Bloomberg and Bill Gates are coughing up a half-billion bucks to wipe out smoking. Hear, hear. Then again, $500 mil is a drop in the bucket for them; their...
A BABY-FREE NEW YORK
New Yorkers may soon have to cross state lines just to have a baby - or maybe even just to see a doctor when they get sick. Raising that frightening...
BARACK LOWERS HIS WORTH WITH CHEAP 'DOLLAR' SHOT
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama committed the worst blunder of his campaign by wrongly accusing President Bush, John McCain and other Republicans of trying to make voters fear him because he's...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It may be too afraid to tackle the Axis of Evil but the United Nations is doing its share to save the environment. Officials at the world body are telling...
HELL'S ANGELS
The Yankees have to hurdle the Red Sox and Rays to win the AL East, but their biggest obstacle to October baseball could be the Angels. They play 10 games...
5 QUESTIONS FOR...KEITH HERNANDEZ
SNY Met commentator Keith Hernandez talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about what manager Jerry Manuel has done to pull the Amazin's out of their struggles after replacing the fired...
MANGINI UPSET BY PRACTICE
The kinder, gentler Eric Mangini hardened slightly yesterday as he watched a sloppy morning practice in the summer heat. Mangini, who has kept practices to fewer than two hours this...
RHODES TO GLORY
If anyone knows the kinds of big plans Kerry Rhodes has for this season, Jerricho Cotchery does. When Cotchery, the Jets' starting wide receiver, saw Rhodes at a charity dinner...
BIG BROWN READY TO CRUSH HASKELL
OCEANPORT, N.J. - The Big Brown soap opera, which dazzled and disillusioned America's racing legions through the spring, is back, ready to fire 'em up with one of the most...
EDWAR PLANS APPEAL OF 3-GAME SUSPENSION
Edwar Ramirez is among the contenders for Kyle Farnsworth's vacated eighth-inning role, but first the right-hander has a suspension to consider. Major League Baseball hit Ramirez with a three-game ban...
STARTERS A QUESTION MARK
IVAN "Pudge" Rodriguez celebrated how happy he is to be wearing the pinstripes by throwing the ball five feet wide of second base trying to nail the second attempted base...
ANGELS BEDEVIL YANKS AGAIN
The Yankees' list of perpetual tormentors became a little shorter yesterday when the Red Sox traded Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers. Any chance the Angels can get shipped to the...
PUDGE NO FACTOR IN DUD DEBUT
Yankees GM Brian Cashman made it clear that the addition of Ivan Rodriguez is for the short term and that Jorge Posada will be the team's catcher next season after...
MO: IVAN WILL HELP
His primary set-up man is gone, but Mariano Rivera thinks the Yankees improved as a team with Wednesday's swap with the Tigers of Kyle Farnsworth for 14-time All-Star catcher Ivan...
BRADSHAW MAY LAND IN JAIL
ALBANY - Thus far in training camp, running back Ahmad Bradshaw has refused to comment about the jail time he recently completed, saying through the Giants media relations department that...
A GIANT IN LONDON
ALBANY - Quite often, Brandon London says, he applauds his teammates for taking him all the way to the Super Bowl. It was quite a ride. Profitable, too. London, you...
METS STAND PAT
HOUSTON - Omar Minaya tried to make Manny a Met. After the dust finally settled on the blockbuster trade that sent Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers in a three-team deal,...
AMAZIN'S ANXIOUS FOR PEDRO'S START
HOUSTON - The Mets will be watching anxiously here tonight when Pedro Martinez makes his first start in almost three weeks. Martinez is scheduled to take on Astros right-hander Brandon...
BIG WEEK FOR STRIPERS, BLUEFISH
It was another week that saw big stripers being taken and lots of top-water activity on bluefish. Fluke fishing is still decent in many areas and the bottom action is...
BOSOX FINALLY TIRED OF RAMIREZ'S ACT
AT this time last year, the consensus of the baseball world was that the Yankees were losers not only because they failed to obtain Eric Gagne, but because he ended...
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Federer flopsRoger Federer lost another three-set match and, perhaps, his longtime grip on No. 1. The world's top-ranked player had another out-of-character defeat yesterday, a 7-6 (8), 4-6, 7-6...
HAPPY TRAILS
Jason Giambi couldn't suppress his enthusiasm about Yankee killer Manny Ramirez being deleted from the Red Sox lineup. "It's huge for us," Giambi said of the deal that sent Ramirez...
FAVRE LIKELY TO STAY RETIRED
Barring yet another last-minute change of heart, the Brett Favre Circus will not be coming to town. Reports were swirling last night that Favre, possibly as early as today, will...
HONDO: GO FISH!
Hondo lost by more than a whisker with Bush yes terday, as the Brewers removed any possible con tention that they're contenders in the NL Central. Tonight, with his dough...
ESPN BLOWS LLWS REPLAY CALL
Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots and gillyflowers.- Sara Coleridge, 1834 YOU know what else it brings, Sara? Glad you asked. The Satire-Proof Story of the Month: The Little League,...
BED HEAD
There are a few things a girl should have if she's to become a big-time sex goddess. Those necessities include: Big hair (real or fake), big boobs (the bigger and...
STARR REPORT
These are the kinds of quotes that could prove em barrassing one day. Or not. "Dr. Phil" McGraw and wife Robin McGraw, inter viewed for the September issue of Ladies'...
ROSIE DOT CALM
ROSIE O'Donnell will be working without the 'net for the entire month of August. The former "View" host says that she has become so addicted to the Web and her...
GOT BALLS?
HELP wanted: Barrier-build ing brainiacs needed to create a TV show obstacle course geared to make contestants fall on their faces. No experience necessary. It appears that producers of ABC's...
'CHEF' FOR KIDS
BRAVO is taking a page from "Kid Nation" and spinning off a "Top Chef" cooking show for tykes. "Top Chef Junior" will follow the same cooking competition format as the...
GORGEOUS, TALL - AND AGE 12
EVER wonder what's behind the fashion industry's obsession with anorexic-thin models? According to "America the Beautiful," an interesting but messy documentary directed by Darryl Roberts, skinny models help keep down...
ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION
'I am ashamed," says Bud, Kevin Costner's character in the brain-dead political satire/tear-jerker "Swing Vote." While we appreci ate your honesty, Kevin, please don't hog all the credit. For starters,...
ICE ROAD SUCKERS
A low-budget triumph for director Courtney Hunt that won the grand jury prize at Sundance, "Frozen River" is a thriller set in upstate New York anchored by an unforgettable performance...
BAR MITZVAH VS. WORLD CUP: CHOOSE A SIDE
BERNIE (Gregg Sulkin), the hero of the Britcom "Sixty Six," is a preteen Job whose lengthy list of miseries - including the failure of his hopelessly square dad's greengrocer business...
STEALING AMERICA: VOTE BY VOTE
GEORGE W. Bush and gang stole the 2004 election! That, at least, is the contention made in the documentary "Stealing America: Vote by Vote," directed by Dorothy Fadiman and narrated...
NEW LOOK AT BLIND DATE
'SO what are you looking for?" "The love of my life." "On Craigslist?" The tactics are new, but the goal is the same as ever in the indie romantic com...
MUMMY ACHE
WHICH is the most shocking transformation in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"? Is it when a dead warrior transforms himself into a three-headed dragon? How about when skeletons...
TALES DON'T AGE WELL
IT might seem too hot right now to be spend ing time in South Flor ida, but that's exactly where you wind up with "Flamingo Court," a new play set...
DENNEHY HAS O'NEILL DOWN
STRATFORD, Ontario, Canada - Since the death of Jason Robards in 2000, Brian Dennehy has become the American actor most closely associated with the plays of Eugene O'Neill (although Kevin...
IT'S NOT REALLY WORTH THE TRIP
SOMETIMES it seems the only reason people stage something like "Around the World in 80 Days" is to prove that yes, it can be done - and weren't they clever...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
FLOBOTS: This progressive band from Denver says it has been influenced by the Roots and Common, as well as Rage Against the Machine and Tool. It performs Tuesday at 8...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
CHARLIE CHAPLIN COMPOSED Film - August 1 The Little Tramp gets a little bit of a makeover tonight with some new music - performed live- for three of his most...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": *** John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CHICAGO": **** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. "A CHORUS LINE": ** 1/2 Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre....
PREVIEWS
"BUFFALO GAL": A fading TV star goes home to act in "The Cherry Orchard" in this A.R. Gurney comedy. 59E59 Theaters at 59 E. 59th St.; (212) 279-4200. Opens Tuesday....
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
MANHATTAN YOUTH FAIR: Today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Whitehall Street from Beaver to Water streets. HEALTH EXPO: A street fair dedicated to health issues, diagnostic testing and...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: John Gianvito's experimental documentary "Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind" (2007) takes the audience through 400 years of American history. Tonight through Thursday at 7 and 9...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Tonight and tomorrow: Monty Alexander and the Caribbean Sextet at 9 and 11 p.m. 315 W. 44th St; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: Tuesday through Thursday: Earl Klugh...
CLASSICAL
BARGEMUSIC: Solo violinist Mark Peskanov plays Mozart and Beethoven tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn; (718) 624-2083. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: A free...
DANCE
JOYCE THEATRE: Keigwin + Company perform the premiere of "Elements" - inspired by earth, fire, air and water - today at 8 p.m. Tomorrow at 2 and 8 p.m., Robert...
BROADWAY
"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": *** A largely new cast, led by the redoubtable Estelle Parsons, has taken over in Tracy Letts' Pulitzer winner. But this eviscerating melodrama remains as gripping and...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ARIAS WITH A TWIST": *** Hilarious cabaret act featuring drag queen Joey Arias performing amid celebrated puppeteer Basil Twist's imaginative visual surroundings. HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Ave.; (212) 352-3101....
FIRST LOOK: Element Hotels
If you travel at all, or read about travel at all, you have likely been unable to avoid hearing a great deal about Starwood's new aloft brand. Pitched as a...