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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Multimedia/Photos

Photo Essay

Fruits of the Loom

Photograph by Christopher Payne/Bonni Benrubi Gallery

The nearly lost art of American textile manufacturing.

Album

Women at the Pulpit

A growing number of women are becoming pastors and becoming leaders in their own churches.

Neighborhood Joint | Astoria

A Hobby Shop Endures Despite Changes Around It

Rudy’s Hobby & Art in Astoria, Queens, sells an extensive selection of car kits, train sets and other knickknacks.

As Indies Explode, an Appeal for Sanity

Flooding theaters isn’t good for filmmakers or filmgoers.

Critic’s Notebook

The Fascination of the Unfinished

The Metropolitan Museum is dotted with paintings that have been left incomplete, giving viewers hints into the impulses behind the genius of Degas, Bassano, Greuze, Rembrandt and others.

Hungry City | The Cecil

In Harlem, an African Tasting Plate

The Cecil offers dishes derived from the breadth of the continent’s diaspora, and tweaks some American classics, too.

Art Review

Beyond Beefcake in the Work of a Gay Pioneer

“Devotion,” an exhibition at New York University’s 80WSE, shows a surprising range in the work by Bob Mizer, known for his erotic photographs of men.

Nairobi Journal

African Artists, Lifted by the Promises of Democracy and the Web

Technology, democratic aspirations and economic growth have created new spaces for young African artists to thrive.

Portraits From Clips and Bytes

The artist R. Luke DuBois takes a data-mining approach to his work, drawing on Google searches and surveillance technology for video and graphics pieces.

Shopping With Stephen Sills

Firewood Containers: Put a Little Love in Your Hearth

It’s going to be a long winter. You’ll need a place to store all those logs.

Scene City

The ‘Girls’ From Brooklyn Take Manhattan

Anticipation about the show’s third season draws guests to Columbus Circle.

When Pop Stars Go Into Rehab

Rev Run of Run-D.M.C. and Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates have nothing in common except die-hard fans and new home-renovation shows on the DIY Network.

In the Garden

A New Leaf? How About a New Garden?

The writer makes New Year’s resolutions, but where will they be resolved?

What I Love | Michael Urie

The Good, the Bad and the ‘Ugly Betty’

Michael Urie and his partner, Ryan Spahn, live on the Far West Side.

Arctic Blast Proves Unwelcome Novelty, Especially Across South

The polar vortex took the jet stream for a turn in the South on Monday and Tuesday, bringing freezing temperatures as far south as Florida.

Slide Show: Tosca Cafe

Inside the meticulously restored restaurant in San Francisco.

The Pour

Graphic: 20 Winter Wines for $20

Eric Asimov selects 20 fantastic winter wines, all at the price point of $20, presented here in no particular order.

Video: A New Mayor for Boston

Martin J. Walsh was sworn in as the city’s new mayor; he replaces Thomas M. Menino, who was in office for 20 years.

Video: Rodman Returns to North Korea

Dennis Rodman went back to North Korea to play basketball on Kim Jong-un’s birthday.

Video: In Performance: Bobby Moreno

Bobby Moreno plays Odysseus Rex, a rooster with anger issues, in Eric Dufault’s dark comedy “Year of the Rooster,” at the Ensemble Studio Theater.

Slide Show: Photo Replay: Dec. 30-Jan. 5

Often, fans will use head coverings to vividly declare their loyalties. At other times they merely serve as protection from the elements.

Photographs: Afghanistan’s Child Hunger Crisis

Hospitals around the country have been swamped by a wave of malnourished children in the past year, but the causes are unclear.

Slide Show: A Struggle Over the Jordan Valley

As a strategic corridor along the West Bank border with Jordan, the Jordan Valley holds deep meaning for many.

Slide Show: N.F.L. Wild Card Saturday

Highlights from Saturday’s N.F.L. playoff games.

Slide Show: Making a Living (and a Life) Abroad

Some Americans have taken advantage of technology and a globalized economy to work and live in other countries.

Slide Show: A Marriott for the Hip Crowd

To lure a younger consumer Marriott International is making a turn toward flash, partly by offering new hotel brands.

Video: 'Tony Bargains' Helps Bronx's Needy

Anthony Cody, a former inmate and homeless drug addict known as Tony Bargains, has turned a crack house on Boston Road into a thrift store for the needy.

Video: Saying Farewell to a Rock Icon

Phil Everly, as half of the Everly Brothers, inspired the Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, Simon and Garfunkel and many others who recorded their songs and tried to emulate their ringing vocal alchemy.

Video: Plane Uses Bronx Highway for Runway

Bystanders described the scene after the pilot of a small plane pulled off a successful emergency landing on the northbound lane of the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx on Saturday afternoon.

Slide Show: Claire Danes’s Fashion Choices

Ms. Danes’s style includes clean shapes and flirty prints.

Video: Let It Snow

The first snowstorm of 2014 left nearly a foot of slush in some neighborhoods Friday, with freezing wind. As snowplows cleared roads, there were subway delays, but many New Yorkers made it to work.

Video: Bill Cunningham | Wonderland

Stylish yet sensible, New Yorkers bundled up, unrestricted by the dictates of fashion.

Slide Show: Pictures from The Week in Business

Latvia adopts the euro, small-scale gold mining in Indonesia poses risks and and the expansion of the Panama Canal may be halted.

Slide Show: An Underground Portfolio

Patrick Cashin, a full-time photographer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has followed the building of transportation projects with his lens.

Slide Show: Art and Life on the Border

Artists explore gang violence and the politics of immigration on the Mexican border.

Slide Show: On the Market in New York City

A Greenwich Village apartment with built-ins; an East Village home with exposed brick; and a Brooklyn Heights condo with harbor views.

Slide Show: On the Market in the Region

A home in Fairfield, Conn., with views of inlets on Long Island Sound; and one in Manalapan, N.J., with a heated pool and a hot tub.

Slide Show: Ballet Without Borders

At 45, the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and his work has become internationally ubiquitous.

Slide Show: What I Love | Jill and Jimmy Haber

The couple’s 25-foot-wide townhouse on the Upper East Side boasts six fireplaces and an indoor basketball court.

Hungry City

Slide Show: McSorley’s for Food

One of the oldest taverns in New York City offers a simple but satisfying menu.

Slide Show: Risky Work in Indonesia’s Gold Fields

A cottage industry uses mercury to refine the metal, with alarming effects on the environment and human health.

Slide Show: Food Need Grows Among Britain’s Working Poor

In Britain, sluggish growth and rising prices have left a mark: earnings have stagnated while the cost of living has gone up by almost 20 percent.

Slide Show: The 109th Mayor of New York

Bill de Blasio claimed his place as mayor on Wednesday. On the steps of City Hall, he was ceremonially sworn in by former President Clinton.

Video: Little Praise for Former Mayor

After 12 years in office, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg sat through an hour of subtle attacks on his policies before hearing kind words from former President Bill Clinton at the mayoral inauguration.

Slide Show: Steroids and Sports in India

Nearly 500 athletes from India have tested positive for banned substances since 2009, when the country’s National Anti-Doping Agency became fully functional.

Slide Show: Toro

Inside this new tapas restaurant in western Chelsea.

Slide Show: Colorado Stores Selling Marijuana Open Their Doors

At 40 shops across the state, residents and tourists flashed their identifications and took part in what supporters hailed as a historic departure from drug laws focused on punishment and prohibition.

Slide Show: So Long, Spidey

A look at “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” in the days before it closed on Broadway.

Slide Show: ‘Safe From Fire, Rats, Weather and Waste’

In the 1940s, R. Buckminster Fuller converted grain bins into emergency housing. It seemed that these structures had disappeared, but at least a dozen have survived in New Jersey.

Slide Show: The World Welcomes 2014

From New York to Taipei, a look at New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Slide Show: 2013: Sports Year in Print

Editors for The New York Times selected 10 of their favorite front pages of the sports section from 2013.

International Real Estate

Slide Show: House Hunting Near the Jura Mountains

A restored 1928 house on the market in the village of Gex in eastern France for $4.05 million, or €2.95 million.

Slide Show: Making Way for the Real Hawaii

One man’s efforts would restore a part of Oahu to the days before invasive plants and animals altered the land.

Slide Show: Look for the Label

In Spain, producers of olive oil are hoping stricter bottling and labeling rules will bolster brand recognition.

Slide Show: The Rose Bowl’s Storied History

A look back at the pageantry in Pasadena and the grandeur of the granddaddy of them all.

Slide Show: ‘Intent to Deceive’

Forgeries and fakes have their own mystique and now their own show.

Slide Show: Syrians Living as Outsiders, as Squatters or in Camps

About 2.3 million refugees have fled the civil war, but only about one-fifth of them live in refugee camps, making it harder for aid to reach them.

Slide Show: Keeping Stanford Strong

The training program of Shannon Turley, Stanford’s director of football sports performance, emphasizes balance and flexibility over brute strength.

Slide Show: Fighting Breast Cancer in India

The skirmishing over Herceptin and other cancer medicines is part of a long-running struggle to make drugs affordable to the world’s poorest people.

Slide Show: On the Market in New York City

An Upper West Side Co-op with two-bedrooms and a working fireplace; and a Park Slope three-bedroom with an open living and dining room.

Slide Show: On the Market in the Region

A Westchester five-bedroom home on six acres, a sprawling Fort Lee waterfront condo; and a Nassau contemporary with an artsy two-sided fireplace.

Slide Show: Photo Replay: Dec. 23-29

Some of the best action takes place when competitors are airborne.

Multimedia Feature: Products of Design Thinking

Students of Stanford’s design school have churned out handfuls of innovative projects since its founding, striving to incorporate design solutions into products people will actually use.

Video: Train Fire Kills Dozens in India

A train traveling between Nanded and Bangalore caught fire at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. An electrical short-circuit was suspected as the cause, according to local media reports.

Slide Show: A Spot to Start, or End, the Day

Hector’s Cafe & Diner has remained relatively unchanged since it opened in 1949.

Slide Show: What I Love | Jonathan and Faye Kellerman

When in New York, the writers Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman retreat to a pied-à-terre near the park.

Slide Show: A Road Trip Through Ronstadt Country

Scenes from a journey with the singer between Arizona and Mexico.

Slide Show: Spirits of New York: Local Distilleries

An easing of laws regulating the production and sale of liquor in New York state has helped spur the establishment of micro-distilleries across the five boroughs.

Video: Bill Cunningham | Start the Countdown

The night before the new year is a time for extravagant dresses, decorative headdresses and oversize necklaces.

Slide Show: ‘She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers From Iran and the Arab World’

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, presents an ambitious and revealing exhibition.

Slide Show: Music Picks for Revelers

Critics and writers for The New York Times recommend New Year’s Eve pop music events in the city.

Slide Show: Pageant of a Bucolic Ukraine

Korchma Taras Bulba opened its first New York restaurant in SoHo, featuring Ukrainian food and servers in traditional dress.

Slide Show: Living in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

A stable, relatively affordable enclave in a borough that has grown almost too popular for its own good.

Slide Show: Say ‘Cheese’

A restaurateur has taught himself to raise livestock and make dairy products on an island near Seattle.

Property Values

Slide Show: Homes for $800,000

A look at a waterfront condo in Baltimore, a Craftsman-style house in Dallas and a cabin in South Dakota.

Slide Show: Japanese Start-Ups Channel Samurai Spirit

The Samurai Startup Island, in a low-rent office district built on a landfill on Tokyo Bay, is at the vanguard of what many hope is a new generation of innovators.

Slide Show: A Refinery That Looms Over Scotland

The Grangemouth refinery complex has roots to the 1920s glory days of British industry and is a linchpin to the nation’s economy.

Slide Show: Christmas Around the World

From a NATO camp in Afghanistan to a picturesque beach in Australia, here’s a look at how people across the globe celebrated the holiday.

From One Garage in Queens, a World of Fakes

Court papers in one of more than a half dozen lawsuits filed against a defunct Manhattan gallery, Knoedler & Co., reveal just how far the fakes it sold had spread before the fraud was discovered.

Slide Show: House Hunting on Sardinia

The Italian market has been flat since the start of 2012, but Sardinia presents a contrast, with wealthy buyers competing for seafront properties.

Slide Show: Fit for a Queen of Historic Preservation

Neither leukemia nor a daunting number of new constructions kept the author of “A Field Guide to American Houses” from extending her life’s work.

Slide Show: Buy 200: They’re Small

A couple’s Los Angeles bungalow is packed with curiosities, but it has nothing on their bunker.

Slide Show: When Britons Drink Till They Drop

Police officers in Northampton, England, say binge drinking has become a serious public hazard.

Slide Show: Red Carpet Watch: Judi Dench’s Style

Ms. Dench favors caftan style looks on the red carpet.

Slide Show: Conspicuous Combustion

The Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster, an exotic sports car with a $488,175 sticker, brings out one’s inner exhibitionist.

Slide Show: A Holiday Scene on the Subway

Christmas shoppers in New York find a way to navigate the subway system with their arms full of packages.

Slide Show: A Chocolate Christmas in France

‘Tis the season when France celebrates chocolate.

Slide Show: The Top 10 Restaurants of 2013

Pete Wells shares his list of the year’s best restaurants.

Slide Show: Behind the Scenes at Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular

Few things say Christmas in New York quite as vividly as the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular.”

Slide Show: A Town’s Cookie Economy

A seasonal confectionery industry underpins the economy of Estepa, Spain, which manufactures 95 percent of the sugary treats traditionally eaten by Spaniards around Christmas.

Slide Show: Refugees in Syria Put Strain on Bulgarian Resources

As the poorest member of the 28-nation European Union, Bulgaria has struggled to provide even rudimentary shelter to Syrian refugees.

Slide Show: Make Music Winter

The celebration in Prospect Park was marked by a participatory performance and unseasonably warm weather.

Slide Show: Photo Replay: Dec. 15-23

We fans profess love for the beauty and grace of sports but find hard hits and bone-rattling falls compelling — and not just in football and rugby.

Slide Show: Overcrowding in Classrooms

Across the country, public schools employ about 250,000 fewer people than before the recession.

Slide Show: For Syrian Refugees, Obstacles to School Are Many

Of the more than two million Syrian refugees in the region, about 865,000 are children, and 70 percent of them are not enrolled in school, Unicef says.

Slide Show: Chaos and Creation in N.F.L.’s Final Minutes

N.F.L. coaches try to plan the final minutes of a game, but desperation is the mother of invention, and the making of great moments.

Video: NASA Video of Saturday’s Spacewalk

Two NASA astronauts at the International Space Station began the first of at least two spacewalks on Dec. 21. Their goal is to replace a malfunctioning pump module that is part of the cooling system.

Video: Mining for Bitcoins in Iceland

At a secure facility that was once a NATO base, computer servers run around the clock mining bitcoins. The company behind the operation relies on cheap energy to turn processing power into cash.

Slide Show: Ready? O.K.!

Cheerleaders have been a part of scholastic and collegiate sports for decades.

Mapping Poverty in America

Data from the Census Bureau show where the poor live.

Honoring Mandela

Nelson Mandela’s death spurred an international outpouring of praise, remembrance and celebration.

Quiz
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk

What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer the questions to see your personal dialect map.

Pictures of Typhoon Haiyan’s Wrath

Typhoon Haiyan, which cut a destructive path across the Philippines, is believed by some climatologists to be the strongest storm to ever make landfall.

The Real Mayors of New York

Voters elected Bill de Blasio, but New York has always been a city of unofficial mayors.

Essential Thanksgiving

Your guide to the year’s most important meal, with our best recipes, videos, techniques and tricks.

Turning the Page – The International Herald Tribune

The International Herald Tribune, the global edition of The New York Times, has become The International New York Times. A look at its journey.

The Russia Left Behind

Along the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg — a 12-hour trip by car — one sees great neglected stretches of land that seem drawn backward in time.

Early Days

For the first time in over a decade, New York City will vote in a new mayor. A look back at the 2013 primary campaign for mayor in New York City, in photographs.

The Refugees

More than 6.5 million Syrians have been displaced by the war, according to the United Nations. The New York Times visited the homes of four of them to hear their stories.

A Broader Look at the War Across Syria

Uncertainty about how an outside attack could affect Syria’s civil war is one of the factors leading to disagreement among Western countries about how to respond.

Countdown to Fashion Week

In a five-part series of reports on young, under-the-radar fashion designers we visit each at a different stage in the process as they prepare for New York Fashion Week.

Born to Ride

At age 55, the jockey Russell Baze is still making all the right moves
in a dangerous sport.

Talking Bloomberg

Notable New Yorkers weigh in on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s legacy.

Farmers’ Market Recipe Generator

More than 50 ways to make use of the things you’re most likely to find in a market or your C.S.A. basket.

Finding the Quiet City

New York may be noisier than ever, but pockets of peace exist – if you know where to look. Here is a selection from readers.

New York’s War on Noise

Browse archival photographs, video and articles chronicling the city’s quest for quiet.

A Nation of Wineries

Comparing different regions of the United States wine industry over time.

Twenty Pies to Make This Summer

Revel in the season with a pie (or a tart, or a cobbler). Here are 20 recipes to carry you through the warm months.

Save My Blockbuster!

Lynda Obst, Mike Vollman, Erik Feig and others help The Times make the next big tent-pole movie.

Through a New Lens

Times coverage from the late 1960s and the 1970s shows the South Bronx as a crumbling, desolate and dangerous place. Ángel Franco, a Times photographer, revisited neighborhoods featured in that coverage to see how the view has changed.

Brooklyn, the Remix: A Hip-Hop Tour

The mean streets of the borough that rappers like the Notorious B.I.G. crowed about are now hipster havens, where cupcakes and organic kale rule.

The Teardrop Shot, Up Over the Giants

A sequence revisiting how Chicago’s Nate Robinson, one of the best at teardrop shots, scored over the Nets’ Brook Lopez in a game at the end of the season.

Syrian Refugees Struggle at Zaatari Camp

About 120,000 Syrians are calling the tents and trailers of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan home, at least for the foreseeable future.

4:09:43

On April 15, the first of two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Here are the stories of the runners, spectators and others seen in this image.

The Hunt for the Boston Bombing Suspects

One suspect in the Boston bombings is dead and the second was taken into custody Friday night.

Westminster’s Best of Breed

Fred R. Conrad, a New York Times photographer, set up a studio at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show this week and invited Best of Breed winners to pose.

Bloomberg’s First and Last State of the City Addresses

New York City was a vastly different place when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg gave his first State of the City address in 2002, and his focus has shifted on various issues.

Super Bowl XLVII | Video
Big Game Advice From Those Who Know

Ray Lewis, Randy Moss and others with Super Bowl experience share the advice they have given their teammates.

Europe’s Debt Crisis: No Relief on the Horizon

European Union officials have struggled to turn things around — debating new treaties, shoring up banks, securing more funding. The people of Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Latvia have dealt with economic troubles in various ways.

The Year on Page 1

Forty-two memorable front pages from the past year, picked by editors on the Times news desk who oversee the content, design and production of Page 1.

Hurricane Sandy Aftermath

Images from the weeks after the storm.

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, a Times Publisher, Dies

Mr. Sulzberger shaped the destiny of The New York Times for 34 years as its publisher and as chairman and chief executive of its parent company.

The Party Conventions: Pictures of the Day

A day-by-day recap of the conventions in Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C.

London 2012 in Pictures

Emotional victories, stunning defeats and fierce competition from the Olympic Games.

Build a Pop Song

See the most prominent vocal producer in the music industry, Kuk Harrell, in action, and then listen along with him as members of the girl group Calvillo perform a part of their song “Right Now.”

In Performance

A selection of Tony Award nominees, including Josh Young from “Jesus Christ Superstar,” perform songs and scenes from this year’s shows.

The Facebook Offering: How It Compares

What has happened after 2,400 technology, Internet and telecom I.P.O.’s.

Student Debt at Colleges and Universities Across the Nation

Interactive charts showing the increasing student debt levels at colleges and universities in the United States.

Your Reactions to Obama’s Same-Sex Marriage Stand

Tell us how much of an impact President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage will have on your vote in the 2012 election.

Connecting Music and Gesture

Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, demonstrates and discusses the role of a conductor.

An Art Critic in Africa

Seeing culture on its own terms. Articles, commentary and pictures.

Audio, Photos and Video
The Lady Jaguars

The players on the Carroll Academy girls basketball team have little experience with organized sports and myriad troubles outside of school.

Analysis of the Arguments — The Supreme Court Health Care Challenges

Times reporters offer analysis of the arguments before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law.

Lives Restored

A series profiling people who are functioning normally despite severe mental illness and have chosen to speak out about their struggles.

Vanishing Minds Series

Examining the worldwide struggle to find answers about Alzheimer’s disease.

New York Health Department Restaurant Ratings Map

Interactive map of health violations at restaurants in New York

An Enforcer’s Story

Derek Boogaard fought his way to center ice as one of the N.H.L’s most feared fighters. But the role exposed him to repeated head traumas.

Steve Jobs’s Patents

The 317 Apple patents that list Steven P. Jobs among the group of inventors offer a glimpse at his legendary say over the minute details of the company’s products.

The World Trade Center As It Was

From building plans and archival images, we reconstruct the twin towers the way they stood before the attacks.

Lens Blog

Pictures of the Day: South Sudan and Elsewhere

Photos from South Sudan, the West Bank, Bangladesh and Jordan.

Audio

NYTimes.com Podcasts

Listen to New York Times editors, critics and reporters discuss the day’s news and features.