Arts & Life

Photo A young visitor to “Shinique Smith: Secret Garden Laughing Place,” an installation at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling. See listing below. Credit Michael Palma Mir Our guide to cultural events in New York City for families with children and teenagers. EMOTI-CON at the Celeste Bartos …

Ms. Dunmore’s first collection of poetry, “The Apple Fall” (1983), was published when she was 30, but it was her celebration of nature in “The Raw Garden” (1988) that established her reputation. After flirting with autobiographical novels (which were never printed), she published her first novel, “Zennor in Darkness” (1993), …

“That’s what I am, a digger,” he said. Mr. Jordan carries home the bottles, cleans them and tags them with information about their history and where they were found. He then sells them at the Grand Bazaar NYC flea market on Columbus Avenue and 77th Street, where he is known …

Photo A scene from the documentary “F(l)ag Football.” Credit Steve Dong Lee/Greenleaf Productions The most exciting part of “F(l)ag Football” arrives at the end, when two bitter rivals face each other. But the most insightful scene comes in the middle of this documentary, when the New York Warriors of the …

Photo From left, Zoë Kravitz, Jillian Bell, Scarlett Johansson, Illana Glazer and Kate McKinnon in “Rough Night,” in which a boozy bachelorette weekend goes very, very wrong. Credit Macall Polley/Sony Pictures How low can she go? That’s the question in the soft vanilla comedy “Rough Night,” about five women who …

Photo The outdoor space at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights is to officially open the first weekend in August. Credit Max Cohen/Future Green Studio It’s taken nearly a decade, but the rooftop space at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights is finally ready for the small visitors …

“America Collects” tells a largely by-the-book story of the French 18th century across eight stylishly hung bays. In the early 1700s, the Baroque gave way to the more sentimental Rococo style, typified by soft pinks and blues, light curves and amorous gods and maidens. Eight paintings by Boucher in this …

Photo Bruce Willis as a private eye, left, and John Goodman as his friend in “Once Upon a Time in Venice.” Credit Gregory Smith/RLJ Entertainment A bunch of well-known faces look lost in “Once Upon a Time in Venice,” which is billed as an action-comedy but has little comedy and …

“America Collects” tells a largely by-the-book story of the French 18th century across eight stylishly hung bays. In the early 1700s, the Baroque gave way to the more sentimental Rococo style, typified by soft pinks and blues, light curves and amorous gods and maidens. Eight paintings by Boucher in this …

Orchestra officials said they were confident that success would breed more of the same. “People are very envious about being part of this organization,” Jay Rasulo, a former Disney executive who is the chairman of the Philharmonic’s board, said in an interview. “We have our pick of people in our …