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Pet City: A Sip of Wine, a Palette of Paint — and Thou A new art class, Pet Portrait Fun, lets dog owners make striking watercolor portraits — with a little help a professional sketch artist.

Welcome to Summer!: Fun Things to Do in New York for Memorial Day Weekend Music, bars and movies on rooftops. It’s Memorial Day weekend. Finally.

The Forgotten Entertainer Rag Every year in a cemetery in Queens, Scott Joplin fans make a pilgrimage to pay homage to a giant of American music — and to make sure he is never forgotten again.

New York Today: New York Today: Fixes for a Broken Housing System Thursday: reactions to our affordable housing investigation, Fleet Week and the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge.

‘This Is His Turf’: Cynthia Nixon Works a Tough Convention Crowd Ms. Nixon faces a challenge to expand her appeal beyond the faction of die-hard activists who dislike Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Jimi Hendrix, Lenny Kravitz and Their Mutual Friend In 1988, Mr. Kravitz moved one floor below Michael Goldstein’s apartment in SoHo. Soon, the former music publicist, who had worked closely with Jimi Hendrix, would become a mentor and father figure…

Philip Roth’s Newark, the Hometown He Never Really Left Mr. Roth wrote of the everyday people, buildings, streets and mores of the city, often with palpable and wistful affection.

Federal Inquiry Into Weinstein Expanded to Include Stalking Prosecutors are examining whether the disgraced producer, Harvey Weinstein, violated stalking laws with women who have accused him of sexual assault.