In the 1970s and ’80s, chances were good that anyone traveling the New York subways rode at least once in a car emblazoned with “Iz the Wiz.” Cryptic but euphonious, often abbreviated to the ultraminimal Iz, the signature could be seen all over the subway system: fat...

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Artists George Sanchez-Calderon & Shelter Serra were at Art Basel in Switzerland and made a pilgrimage to Ronchamp. Below is Sanchez-Calderon's video of the trip (set to Charlie Winston's In Your Hands) and his writing.We anticipated making Kunsthalle our...

I got a wonderful email from Ruth Livier (Star/Creator/Co-Writer of Ylse) telling me about a great and grand story that I've never heard on the news anywhere. Which is a shame since these are the kinds of stories we need to be telling. This August there will be Two...

Anna-Denise Miranda serves as lovely and daring subject for Carlos Betancourt's The Deluge: the artist and his spontaneous subject. Carlos grabbed his camera during Friday's wild storm and took to the streets of South Beach to shoot. It's lovely. It's not something...

This is where an artist becomes more than someone you admire for their talent. This is where they seem elevated to understanding things and working for things at a pretty special level. This pic is by Joachim Ladefoged and the article is by Scott Malcomson from the NY...

Jody Rosen lays down the facts of Aventura, and it's lead singer Anthony 'Romeo' Santos in Sunday's New York Times. This pic is by Tony Cenicola for The Times. This piece spills the facts on the phenomenon that is Aventura - a band that crosses genres, markets and...

The NY Times Jeff Bailey has the story here. Gorgeous Pic by Sally Ryan for the Times. There's a photo slide show as well.

Below is an LINK to a killer article from Lizette Alvarez and Michael Wilson in this weekend's NY Times about some peeps that came up through the NYC projects. They lay out the facts, like that There are more than 400,000 residents in the New York City Housing...

We remember laughing our heads off at Old School. Now the director, Todd Phillips, of said flick has a new one and the Times' Dave Itzkoff has the story.

Joe Cardona's new doc on the Freedom Flights airs on Thursday the 28th. 8pm on Channel 2 - It's hard to believe that in the telling of the various stories of Cuban Exile, we've never told this touching and important one through video. Click on the pic for a preview,...

Just go read. A satirical take on Mexican culture direct from Mexico. By Jon Caramancia. Pic by Chad Batka. Both for the Times.