DIVE IN!

By BRIAN NIEMIETZ

IT occurred to us upon seeing that Playboy.com's list of Top 10 dive bars included just one in NYC, maybe people don't know what exactly a dive bar is. PHOTOS...

• THE NEW DANUBE

  THE name of David Bouley's new "French-Italian...

• HOT DRINK

  IT'S alive! There's a mysterious blob floating in your tea...

NO POSITIVE FOR 'TWILIGHT'

By KYLE SMITH

TWELVE-year-old girls have a lot to answer for: Clay Aiken, exclamation-point abuse, "Twilight." What's more worrying, though, is how the bubble-gum...

• NEW DOG, OLD TRICKS

  THE deeply mediocre "Bolt" is neither the best nor the...

• FAMILY FLEES LAOS, BUT LIFE IN US IS LOUSY

  TWENTY-THREE years in the making, Ellen Kuras' documentary...

ROCK & ROLL IS HOME TO STAY

By BRIAN NIEMIETZ

IT'S one for the money, two for the show, and $26 to go-go-go to the first-ever annex to Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum, opening soon in NYC...

• KICKING BRASS AND MAKING A NAME

  YOU may not know the Stumblebum Brass Band by name, but if you live...

• DON'T MESS WITH EXCESS

  YOU may have heard of genius rock like the Columbia University...

CONSTRICTIVE CRITICISM

By MICHAEL RIEDEL

THE cranky cobras of the venerable New York Drama Critics' Circle met on Monday, and their mood was black. They're not a cheery lot even in the best of...

• 'ESTATE' WEALTH OF OLD-FASHIONED CHARM

  HORTON Foote's "Divid ing the Estate" - about a...

• IT'S A HELLUVA 'TOWN'

  IT may be 64 years old, but 1944's "On the Town," now...

BETTER OFF RED

By MARINA VATAJ

HERE'S an early Christmas present: Everything you've heard about how red wine is good for you? It's all true. Good for your heart? Check. Lowers...

• INTUIT THIS

  WHEN Caroline Sutherland was working as an allergy-testing...

• ADHD: MORE MINDING, NOT MEDS

  IS Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on the rise? A...

IF TODAY'S YOUR BIRTHDAY

The obstacles in your path are largely illusions created by your own self-doubt, and the moment you realize that is the...