As the nature of AIDS has changed, so, too, have the concerts organized by Mimi Stern-Wolfe since 1990 in recognition of the disease and its costs. This year's show is Thursday. […]

Metropolitan Diary: Seeking to cover up a bad haircut, a Brooklyn shopper forgot what buying one's first wig can mean to Orthodox Jewish women. […]

Students at the Wiccan Family Temple Academy of Pagan Studies -- "people with normal lives and normal jobs” -- can become high priests or priestesses through a three-year program. […]

Next up in Metropolitan’s Q. and A. series is Pamela Elsey, 59, who as assistant chief transportation officer for New York City Transit plans whether and when your subway line will be repaired or improved. We're taking questions on City Room. […]

In New York City’s five boroughs, the ebony spleenwort is most frequently found squeezing its roots into the mortar of abandoned forts, railroad trestles, bridges and the foundations of old buildings. […]

Watch a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include a building implosion on Governors Island, pedestrians in the rain in Manhattan and an invasion of cicadas on Staten Island. […]

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department’s canine unit held its graduation ceremony on Friday at Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall on Friday. Eight dogs were added to the active duty force. […]

Madonna sells her duplex at Harperley Hall after slashing the price; the co-op has 6,000 square feet of space and 110 feet of park frontage. […]

Earlier this year, Jesus Melendez, known as Papoleto, could not sleep because of a financial crisis. But after a story on his plight was published, his life changed. […]

A dog owner who tested Swifto's services received a picture from the walker of the waiting dog, an alert on his phone when and where the pet had relieved himself and even GPS data of their route sent to a laptop. […]