Cathleen 's Features
Open Studios Season

In 2005, the NYC Citywide Open Studios Tour opened the homes of countless artists across all five boroughs to the general public. Its intention was twofold: to showcase the works of dedicated artists while concurrently enriching the lives of the common folk through the redemptory power of art. Also, it functioned as a foolproof way to enter countless artists' studios and pilfer the goods.
   
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Slummer in the City 2005

The Summer of 2005 was a one for the NFT books; hot, humid, swarming with insects, overcome with emotions and a ceaseless sense of hopeless anomie. Cathleen Cueto remembers that fateful summer. Voila, her slumming activities.
   
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The Art Underground

Ain't no art like the art underground. From sculptures to murals to ceramics, art in the subway stations amuses us,  wins our affections and distracts us from our confounding lives and imminent deaths. Since 1904, art has bedazzled the walls of the MTA. Long after we're gone will it continue to. Cathleen Cueto shows us her favorites.
   
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Cathleen 's Radars Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Roof at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

7/28/2005 Landmarks, Upper East Side (Lower) — Open May through late fall, the Met’s Roof Garden is a great spot for drinks on Friday or Saturday e...

Pure Food and Wine
Pure Food and Wine

7/28/2005 Restaurants, Murray Hill / Gramercy — The last thing you want to do on a hot day is eat something steaming. So why not go raw for a change...

Yoga Center of Brooklyn
Yoga Center of Brooklyn

7/28/2005 Yoga, BoCoCa / Red Hook — After a long, fretfully open-ended hiatus, the Yoga Center of Brooklyn has recently opened its doors...

Chick-fil-A Express
Chick-fil-A Express

5/19/2005 Restaurants, Washington Square / NYU / NoHo / SoHo — A precious culinary gem that I’d rather keep to myself lest the masses descend upon my secret discov...

Cheap Shots
Cheap Shots

5/19/2005 Nightlife, East Village / Lower East Side — Cheap Shots is just that, and they’ve got cheap beer to boot (domestics are $7 a pitcher). Ridiculou...