Ziegfeld Screen Goes Dark Until June Updated May 22, 2012 3:35pm The Ziegfeld Theater said it will be closed through June 1, 2012 because of special events they are hosting. (DNAinfo/Ben Fractenberg) MIDTOWN — The big screen has temporarily gone dark at the Ziegfeld Theater.Midtown's historic Ziegfeld Theater at 141 W. 54th St. near Sixth Avenue will be closed through the beginning of June while it hosts a series of private events, a spokeswoman for theater owner Clearview Cinemas said Tuesday.The 1,169 seat theater will not show any films until June 1, when the lights will come back up for the Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron action flick "Snow White and the Huntsman," according to the spokeswoman.Staffers said the movie theater halted film ... Continue reading →

Concorde consumed by flames moments before its fatal crash; a burned child in the arms of a fireman after a bomb killed 168 people in Oklahoma; United Airlines Flight 175 hitting the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. All are iconic images captured by members of the public in the right place at the right time. And all were acquired by the Associated Press and distributed to its members and subscribers around the globe - long before Twitter, Facebook and YouTube came along. As journalists, we have been dealing with user-generated content for a long time - without having an impact on our standards or editorial values. The only effect that social media has had on the process is that there ... Continue reading →

Supporters of Hipólito Mejía outside a voting station in Washington Heights on May 20th, 2012. (DNAinfo/Paul Lomax) WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — The streets were buzzing Sunday as New Yorkers who are registered to vote in the Dominican Republic cast their ballots for who will be their homeland's next president.It's not just the tight presidential race, which is essentially between two rivals that have taken turns in the presidential office since 1996, that's heating up the Heights.For the first time, the Dominican Republic's National Congress will have three New Yorkers sitting in the lower house, which is called the Chamber of Deputies, sources told DNAinfo.com New York.Since the 2000 census, New York City's population of Dominicans has grown by 42 percent, to the 576,701 that reside here ... Continue reading →

Drum circle during the 2011 Drums Along the Hudson. (Joseph Rodman) INWOOD — Inwood Hill Park is returning to its roots this weekend as it plays host to the tenth annual Drums Along the Hudson festival, large-scale cultural celebration of indigenous dance and culture. “This is the only open-air powwow in Manhattan,” said organizer Dave Ruder of the free event that hopes to draw in more than 7,000 people from around the world. “There’s not a lot of this type of cultural activity going in the city. That it’s been going for ten years is no small feat.”Lotus Music & Dance, a community space for traditional music and dance from all over the world, hosts the festival in collaboration with the Parks Department. Yloy Ybarra ... Continue reading →

hello, all my other videos haven't had many views so I'm pretty surprised that this has. Hope you like it...wow some people really hate it! Oh well, can't win 'em all. willanderson0 2 hours ago 33 Continue reading →