All’s Well That Mends Well

Bring Them Your Torn Jeans, Your Broken Jewelry, Your Malfunctioning Appliances Yearning to Work Again

Battery Park City Library Branch Will Close for Renovations

The Battery Park City branch of the New York Public Library will be undergoing renovations that will include a floor replacement, paint job, and brand new graphics in the stacks and on the walls, confirmed Anne Barreca, manager of the branch.They will be closed starting Monday, March 13 and reopen on Monday, May 8. The...

March 9

1497 – Nicolaus Copernicus’ first recorded astronomical observation 1522 – Marten Luther begins preaching his Invocavit Sermons in Wittenberg 1562 – Kissing in public banned in Naples 1745 – Bells for first American carillon shipped from England to Boston 1839 – Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours 1841 – US Supreme...
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A local fascinating lost cultural niche, Tribeca’s Fountain Pen Hospital

To the editor: In an increasingly virally virtual world of seductive enjoyable distraction/ direction/exploration that sometimes diminishes essential human connecting and growth, the real oils, brushes and canvas of personal development (observing, oral sharing, and learning) from the real world around as well as the brand new electronic ones, I would like to share a...

Little Girl, Big Ideas

Lower Manhattan has a new tourist magnet, and she’s about four feet tall. In the small hours of Wednesday morning, “Fearless Girl,” a bronze statue of a young female striking a jaunty, audacious pose, was stealthily dropped off in front of “Charging Bull,” the famous Arturo Di Modica sculpture that has been snarling and pawing...
Hundreds of pedestrians and tourists swarmed around Lower Manhattan’s newest icon on Wednesday: a four-foot tall bronze, known as “Fearless Girl,” who faces off with “Charging Bull.”

March 8

1702 – Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 1722 – Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia 1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded. 1862 – Confederate ironclad “Merrimack” launched 1884 – Susan B. Anthony addresses the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting...
Edward John Dent won the commission to make the great clock-now popularly called Big Ben-for the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, but he died before completing the project

Minor Masterpieces

During the upcoming April school break, some 150 students from more than 20 New York middle schools will come together for a week of writing, directing, shooting, and editing under the guidance of 14 professional filmmaking instructors from a broad range of backgrounds. By the end of the five-day course, the teams will have produced...
Middle-school students shoot a scene at I.S. 289 during the Film Intensive program offered by Manhattan Youth in February. This free program will be reprised during the upcoming school break, in April.