New York’s annual nod to all things Scotland is underway with a run of receptions, theater programs, whiskey tipples and occasions for kilts.

The Brooklyn Flea starts spring off right this weekend with the inaugural opening of its second location on the Williamsburg waterfront. See a slideshow of new food for sale at the Will'burg spot.

Brooklyn became the latest testing ground Thursday to bring back the chestnut tree, once a crowning glory of the American timber supply, yielding masts on sailboats, railroad ties and barn doors aplenty, that has struggled to survive a fatal blight introduced to the East Coast about 100 years ago.

The line of would-be Mimis and strung-out Angels snaked down 49th Street and turned up 9th Avenue during the open casting call for the Off Broadway revival of the musical "Rent" on Friday.

For ten days this month, the Perforations Festival New York comes to La MaMa Experimental Theatre. The festival opens Friday.

The centennial of Williams' birth was honored in a three-part series at the Museum of Arts and Design called The Kindness of Strangeness.

"Horticultural theater" for the "divas of the plant world" is how the New York Botanical Garden describes the "Orchid Show on Broadway." The exhibition of over 25,000 orchids opens on Saturday.

Whether you're rolling solo, shacked up with the love of your life, or somewhere in between, New York is not short on ideas for Valentine's Day.

The 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held on February 14 and 15 in Madison Square Garden. But across the street at the Penn-Top Ballroom at the Hotel Pennsylvania on Friday night, the Pre-Westminster Gala Puptials was the center of Midtown West’s canine attention.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's exhibit celebrating the bonsai, Graceful Perseverance, opened this month. WNYC spent an afternoon with the bonsai master behind the branches.

Chinese New Yorkers continue to ring in the Year of the Rabbitt this week. WNYC asked writers from across culinary China to weigh in with a favorite memory and recipe in celebration of the holiday.

The Apollo Theater announced Wednesday that Stevie Wonder will be inducted into the New York City landmark's Hall of Fame.

Come in from the cold this weekend as the first-ever New York Chili Fest takes over the Chelsea Market with New York’s top chili-slingers competing for the celebrated Golden Chili Mug.

Banks will be shuttered, the post office will be closed, as the nation pauses to mark the 25th Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 17. Here’s a round-up of some of our favorite M.L.K. Day offerings this year in New York.

Helvetica is one of the world’s most ubiquitous fonts. We read it, stare at it, and pass by it every day. The font is especially prevalent in New York, where the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority uses the commonly seen, round-lettered type in its maps and signs. This week, Massimo Vignelli, the man credited with introducing the font to America and one of the font's staunchest supporters, turned 80.

Ray Chelstowski, former Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly executive, has been named the new publisher of The Newsweek Daily Beast Company.

Say goodbye to the Year of the Tiger and usher in the Year of the Rabbit. Here are our top choices for how to ring in the Lunar New Year in New York.