With cigarette taxes up and smoking in bars, restaurants, and parks now banned, a subculture has grown up around “e-cigarette” nicotine-delivery devices.

I’d heard it was the most effective stop-smoking drug yet. So I took it. Then those reports of suicidal ideation began washing in.

In her debut film, The Tao of Steve, writer-director Jenniphr Goodman proves that a fat man is good to find.

(before and after the parade)

Seventh Avenue turns cute little hamsters into cute little outfits.

Burger King's campaign to make Chicken Run appetizing.

Maudlin muscle boys! Drag-Queen Witches! Junior (Vasquez) junkies! After sixteen straight hours of partying in New York's most caffeinated club, you'd look like this, too.

Your folks are in town, and you've braced yourself for a clannish Thursday. Want to send a message on Friday night? Five plays that will -- ever so gently -- hint at what could be better in your family's life.

Marc Berkley -- tireless promoter of all-night dance parties, gay culture, and, well, Marc Berkley -- always knows where his thrill-seeking crowd wants to be (if it's Thursday, this must be Spa).