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Jerusalem can trace its roots back to the 4th millennium B.C. Jordi Savall has gathered an international cast of musicians to tell the city's rich history via its three main religious traditions.

The remake of the 1980 film Fame has its roots in an authentic setting — and many students at the school say they are afraid the new version will make LaGuardia students look lightweight.

On Nov. 14, Hafez Nazeri will headline Carnegie Hall. The Iranian musician attracted attention for "Sounds of Peace," an East-meets-West program inspired by a progressive political vision. Or is it?

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, whose roster once included heavyweights Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver. Singers were a rarity, but Sheila Jordan has outlasted them all.

Wafaa Bilal has turned his back into a casualty map of the Iraq war. Dots represent casualties: red ink for American soldiers, ultraviolet for Iraqi civilians: invisible unless seen under black light.

New York City nightclubs come and go in the blink of an eye. But one has been in the same dingy basement on 7th Avenue South for 75 years: The Village Vanguard, a jazz club known around the world.

Two weeks after winning the women's division in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, Penny Palfrey is ready to do it again. This time, she'll be swimming in the opposite direction, against the tide.

The new Star Trek movie has one notable omission: the bumpy-headed warriors known as Klingons. That isn't stopping one theater company from going boldly where no theater company has gone before.

The acclaimed sci-fi drama grappled with issues that plague real-world leaders. As the show neared its end, cast and producers asked how fiction can offer wisdom on profoundly tough choices.

Monk has spent four decades challenging audiences and winning awards with her unusual fusion of song, theater, dance and film. Lately, she's begun to consider how her work will last after she's gone.