| Addition by Filtration BY CARI ROMM This was not, Dong-Ping Wong insisted for the millionth time, a prank phone call. No, please don't hang up. He just wanted to talk about how to clean pool water. But the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene official on the other end of the line still wasn't entirely convinced. No, she hadn't read Wong's email... more >> | | | | Lionel Richie: The Obama of Pop Music BY MIKE SEELY In 2016, when Americans take stock of Barack Obama's presidency, they may determine that he did very little to improve the lives of everyday black people. But what is indisputable is that Obama will have forever altered people's perceptions of what a black person in America can accomplish. Such has been the impact of Lionel Richie as well. Back in college, Richie, a native Alabaman who attended... more >> | | | | Despite Its Comfy Environs, Harlem's Cheri Misses on Execution BY ZACHARY FELDMAN The commercial real estate below French-born Alain Eoche's Lenox Avenue brownstone apartment looked like it was on the brink of opening for months before it blossomed as Chéri in early March. But out of the many residents of Harlem's Mount Morris Park Historic District, perhaps none was more excited for the quirky, urbane restaurant's arrival than Eoche, who serves as its dutiful chef and ... more >> | | | | BAM's Blowout: Relish the Film Fest That Screens Only the Best BY CALUM MARSH It seems even more apparent, in retrospect, that BAMcinemafest's fifth anniversary in 2013 represented something of a grand slam for American film programming, tapping into the vanguard of contemporary cinema and boasting some of the most exciting independent features to premiere in New York all year. It should come as no surprise, then, that the festival returns this week in its sixth iteration... more >> | | | | | Rothko's Pre-Breakthrough Watercolors On View at Pace Gallery BY R.C. BAKER Mark Rothko (1903-1970) desired for painting what priests want for religion: transcendence of material fact into a realm of luminous deliverance. If you've ever spent time in a gallery surrounded by Rothko's mature canvases, with their blurry bands of sensitively tuned color layered i... more >> | | | | | Runnin' Scared It's been a banner year for interns in New York hoping to get through their temporary jobs un-groped. Earlier this year, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill sponsored by City Council mem... Fork in the Road Dish no. 92: Szechuan spicy hot pot from Little Pepper Hot Pot (133-43 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, 718-690-2206) ... Sound of the City Katy Perry is not known for her cultural sensitivity. The way the world was introduced to her was through the single "I Kissed a Girl," a song called out by some for its use of lesbianism to get ... After Dark NY Got sexy problems? In this, Naked City's newest feature, I will attempt to help readers figure out matters of the heart and loins such that they might copulate without confusion. Today, we take u... | | | | | | | | Coupons >> | SYMPHONY CLEANERS NY | Share | 20% OFF Dry Cleaning 20% OFF Incoming Dry Cleaning ($30 minimum) | expires 06/30/14 | get coupon >> | | FIN e-cigarettes | Share | $5 OFF FIN eCigarettes $5 Off FIN Electronic Cigarettes at www.FINcigs.com | expires 06/30/14 | get coupon >> | | Parmys Kebob & Grill | Share | 20% OFF 20% OFF 2 Entrees | expires 06/30/14 | get coupon >> | | | | |
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