Union Square News

Exhilarating. Grand. Generous. None of those are words anybody would have previously associated with movies by Noah Baumbach, whose acerbic, sometimes brutal humor could verge straight into meanness in films like The Squid and the Whale , Margot at the Wedding and especially the recent Greenberg , which had me accusing Baumbach of being "nearly as ... (more)

A towering 650-unit condominium complex in Manhattan has become the largest smoke-free residential building in the country, homeowners said yesterday.

There's no need for devotees of contemporary design to travel the world in search of the cutting edge.

Whether you're 18 or 85, keeping up with new technology is increasingly important for success and even well-being. This week on New Tech City, WNYC's Yasmeen Khan visits the Academy for Software Engineering near Union Square to meet the students at the city's first public high school to put computer science front and center in the curriculum.

We're teaming up with CourseHorse , a free service that aggregates classes to take in your spare time.

More than 70 eager musical acts auditioned Monday to play under the program's banner at 25 key spots in stations.

Two men charged in the $45 million ATM heist revealed by U.S. authorities on May 7, 2013, in a self-portrait taken in March The spectacular global scheme uncovered yesterday by federal prosecutors was cinematically epic, involving hacked prepaid debit cards, dozens of "cashers" simultaneously hitting ATMs in two dozen countries, a staggering cash ... (more)

On May 13, British chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will pop into the Spotted Pig to prepare a vegetable-focused dinner.

One of the South's premier music listening venues, Barking Legs Theater, has a big week of music planned for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

We're teaming up with CourseHorse , a free service that aggregates classes to take in your spare time.

Global Hospitality Giant Unveils Several Newly Renovated Properties including Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, Westin New York at Times Square and W New York - Union Square ) today announced that together with its owner and developer partners, it has invested more than $400 million to revitalize its New York City portfolio of hotels.

The remount of this Manhattan Theatre Club offering at New York's Union Square Theatre is one of the anticipated events of the season.

Being a reporter for a local TV news outlet in New York is one step below the big time.

Brack Capital Real Estate , a global real estate investment and development company, announced today that The James New York, located at 27 Grand St., was sold for approximately $85 million.

So much can change in a year. Last May Day , the amount of organizing energy and media hype surrounding plans for the annual holiday was staggering.

International Workers' Day, or May Day, was first observed in 1890 to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket Affair, where a bomb was thrown at Chicago police who were trying to disperse a rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day.

"There are 90,000 people protesting in Moscow!" I think to myself that, if they're anything like this crowd, they'll feel right at home marching through Red Square.

Ringed by metal barricades and dozens of cops, the protesters chanted - "We stand for justice! The people united will never be defeated!" - as some pounded on drums and others waved signs denouncing student debt and advocating immigrants' rights.

Occupy Guitarmy Rocks May Day 2013 for Immigrant Worker Justice First Anniversary of the Popular Ensemble that "Turns the Revolution up to 11" This Wednesday, May 1st, the Occupy Guitarmy will gather in Bryant Park to celebrate their one-year anniversary and kickoff May Day with the Immigrant Worker Justice Tour that will wind its way through ... (more)

In preparation for the May 1st Labor Day marches happening nationwide and around the world, a few dozen immigrant rights advocates took to the streets in Queens, New York.