Portfolio: Phyllis Galembo

Galembo’s latest work presents large-scale color prints of the masquerade, a centuries-old costumed ceremony she witnessed in the African nations of Benin, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria.

Portfolio: Sarah Mecklem

Sarah Greer Mecklem is an artist whose life and career have always been intricately intertwined with the history and—more importantly—the experience of the Hudson Valley.

The Gospel According to Pinkwater

Daniel Pinkwater’s voice—instantly recognizable to NPR listeners—resonates down the stairwell as he appears, a Hitchcockian silhouette dressed in top-to-toe black with a dusting of pet hair.

Spraypaint Warriors

Artists Unit, Dwell, and Mr. Prvrt Take the Street

They are street artists, whose illicit artwork graces buildings, billboards, and street signs across the region. They intentionally paint on private property and challenge the concept of public art.

The Possible Dream

Artist and Impresario Richard Rothbard

Richard Rothbard and his wife, Joanna, who is also an artist, manage American Art Marketing out of their rustic home in the Orange County town of Slate Hill.

Flight to Paris

Brix Wine Bar

Like something on the Rue Saint Marc in Paris, Brix is decked out in dark woods, a handcrafted zinc bar, Old World-style paintings on the walls, and cozy tables with burgundy linens.

Mediterranean Oasis

Serevan in Amenia

The beauty and distinctiveness of Serevan lies in its historical charm and architectural finesse—living, breathing entities that have been gently cultivated by an Armenian from Tehran, chef and proprietor Serge Madikians.

Planet Waves: Which Way is Reality?

They proposed that the bodies of climate change victims, who they said now number about 150,000 a year, could be rendered into a burnable product, particularly as combustion of fossil fuels sped up ecological disasters.

Where's Your Data?

After more than $50 million spent on testing and cleaning so far, the question is whether students will be exposed to that contamination, and, if so, how it will affect them.

Old As the Hills

The Hunger Mountain Boys

Part of a burgeoning scene of new, tradition-conscious American acoustic artists, The Hunger Mountain Boys bypass the ill turns country has made in recent times.

Back to the Future

This is TONTO, which, at a height of five feet and occupying 300 square feet, is the world’s largest analog synthesizer and the very one played by Stevie Wonder.

Dirty Little Secrets

Tales of American/Israeli Torture Ties

The trip was an “extraordinary rendition,” the transfer of a terror suspect to a foreign country for interrogation—and sometimes torture, human rights activists charge—outside of any legal process.

Being Fertile

Don’t let an infertility diagnosis steal your ability to create life. Instead, discover the most creative, whole, healthy person you can be—and you may well make a baby in the process.