The new apartment buildings on the old dockside streets of Lower Manhattan, and the opening of an Ikea on the site of a dry dock in Brooklyn, create the impression that New York is no longer a port city.

Jessica Simpson is currently in the Big Apple roaming the streets of Gramercy Park in uptown Manhattan. The actress looks great wearing short shorts, which show off her long legs to perfection.

The New York City Marine Corps Council's New York City Mess Night will honor America’s wounded warriors. All benefit proceeds will be given to the Bob Woodruff Family Fund (www.bobwoodrufffamilyfund.org), which works to help our U.S. forces affected by Traumatic Brain Injury, a significant casualty issue on the Iraqi battlefield today.

A construction crane has collapsed onto a building on the Upper East Side of New York City, killing one.

The Jewish Museum is marking the 60th anniversary of Israel’s founding with a variety of programs featuring Israeli art and artists. Among the highlights are a panel discussion on Israeli and Jewish film on Tuesday, June 3; an exhibition of six Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum from September 21, 2008 through January 4, 2009; and several exhibitions including the work of contemporary Israeli artists.

The Jewish Museum will present Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 through September 21, 2008.

The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) today announced the dates of the 2008 Urban Visionaries Youth Film Festival: April 10 and 11. The festival—which marks its 11th anniversary this year—showcases fiction, documentary, and experimental videos created by young filmmakers that explore issues effecting young people today.

The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) will present the twenty-fifth annual William S. Paley Television Festival (PaleyFest08) from March 14 to 27, 2008 at its new festival location at the historic Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.

The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) will present the twenty-fifth annual William S. Paley Television Festival (PaleyFest08) from March 14 to 27, 2008 at its new location at the historic Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. PaleyFest08, named for William S. Paley, founder of both the Paley Center and CBS, celebrates television’s rich and diverse programming and the creative process behind the medium for the last twenty-five years.

NEW YORK--ANC activists from both New Jersey and New York came together for the opening of the new office of the Armenian National Committee of America, Eastern Region in Manhattan.

The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) in collaboration with MUSE Film and Television, today announced the full schedule for ART ON SCREEN 2007, a three-day festival of award-winning art docs selected from this year’s Montreal International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA).

Celebrate Steig in November marks the centennial of William Steig’s birth with an array of programs and activities for all ages taking place during the month of November throughout New York City. William Steig is known for his brilliant cartoons for The New Yorker and his beloved children’s books such as Shrek!