November 28, 2009

From aiming to preserve a town’s character to preventing soil erosion and flooding, more local governments are considering limiting homeowners’ ability to remove trees on their property.

Colum McCann, whose novel, “Let the Great World Spin,” won the National Book Award for fiction last week, finds inspiration by burrowing into lives unlike his own.

A judge in Brooklyn may penalize the law firm Pressler & Pressler for dragging the wrong man into court over a credit card debt.

At Stagedoor Manor, a Catskills theater camp, young performers spend four days in rehearsal to ride the float and perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

If you love dance, Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary film “La Danse” isn’t the place to see why; the Metropolitan Museum’s exhibition “Watteau, Music and Theater” is.