The Color of Water After a week of cold rain, most New Yorkers would kill somebody – anybody! – to spend some time on a tropical beach. Artist Danny Gregory just returned from the Dominican Republic, and brought back a book of drawings and watercolors.

You Only Act Once: The Lesser Bonds Many actors have attempted to wear the mantle of 007—and many have had their licenses to kill revoked, and not just because of suspicious accents. Here are the reasons why they lost the coveted role, with grievances aired by cast and crew.

The First Rule of Book Club Chicago versus New York: sure, we know whose pizza is better, but what about their city-wide book reading programs? Kevin Guilfoile sits us down and gives us a stern lecture about our relative civic hopes, fears, and lazy habits.

Gillian Zoe Segal The photographer and author of New York Characters on farts, the infamous Dr. Zizmor, and losing her husband to the kindness of strangers.