An underground art scene that is accessible to all New Yorkers? Come and see the top sights on the 1, 2, and 3 subway lines.
On a recent trip to La Paz, Bolivia, arts editor Laura Itzkowitz discovered some architecture that looked like it had been airlifted out of Paris and uncovered some little-known history about the man who designed the Eiffel Tower.
Go behind the scenes with the Downtown Doodler. See the progress of her latest painting before it heads of to an art gallery show.
SF-based entrepreneur Jacki has turned a daily gas emission, aka farting, into a lucrative business that fulfills a very niche group of fetishists who enjoy watching women fart.
Borrowing pens from MoMA visitors, interviewing pimps in Harlem, and drawing cops at Occupy Wall Street are just some of the ways artists challenge our ideas about urban life in NYC.
John Baxter, author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, shares one of his off-the-beaten path strolls.
Photoville is a photography village in Brooklyn Bridge Park built out of shipping container exhibition spaces, educated with free lectures and workshops, and nourished by food trucks and a summer beer garden.
Portland, Oregon: an urban epicenter of creative indie-entrepreneurship and do-it-yourself spirit with a thriving economy of a growing number of independent shops - a hub for creative folks.
It's not graffiti, it's aerosol art.
The 2012 Chelsea Music Festival closed with a jazz finale smooth enough to engender nostalgia for hot summer nights and tree lined roads.