Terrence Malick: …years would pass before Malick’s The New World (2005) hit screens. The film, which portrayed the founding of the Jamestown settlement and starred Christian Bale and Colin Farrell, was noted for its historical accuracy. Malick’s next production, The Tree of Life (2011), was an impressionistic essay on humankind’s place in…

Russell Banks: …a collection of stories entitled The New World (1978).

Andrew Motion: …to Treasure Island (2012) and The New World (2014) are sequels to Robert Louis Stevenson’s popular adventure novel, centring on the character Jim Hawkins. In 2006 Motion published a memoir, In the Blood, and in 2008 he released a collection of essays titled Ways of Life: On Places, Painters, and…

Michael Moorcock: …as editor of the magazine New Worlds, led the New Wave movement in science fiction that expanded the boundaries of the genre.

Louis Johnson: His works include the collections New Worlds for Old (1957), Bread and a Pension (1964), Land like a Lizard (1970), Onion (1972), Coming and Going (1982), Winter Apples (1984), and True Confessions of the Last Cannibal (1986). He edited the prose and poetry volume

John Lehmann: …man of letters whose book-periodical New Writing and its successors were an important influence on English literature from the mid-1930s through the 1940s.

Xiang language: …major varieties of Xiang are New Xiang and Old Xiang. New Xiang, which is spoken predominantly around Changsha, the capital of Hunan, has been strongly influenced by Mandarin Chinese. Old Xiang, which is spoken in other areas of the province, including Shuangfeng, is similar in several respects to the Wu…

Led Zeppelin, British rock band that was extremely popular in the 1970s. Although their musical style was diverse, they came to be well known especially for their influence on the development of heavy metal. The members were Jimmy Page on guitar, Robert Plant on vocals, John Paul Jones on bass and

New Year festival, any of the social, cultural, and religious observances worldwide that celebrate the beginning of the new year. Such festivals are among the oldest and the most universally observed. The earliest known record of a New Year festival dates from about 2000 bce in Mesopotamia, where

Tu BiShvat, minor Jewish festival considered to be the new year of trees. It occurs on the 15th of Shevaṭ (falling in late January or early February) after most of the annual rain in Israel has fallen, and it marks the date after which the fruit of a tree is deemed to belong to a new year for the

New Year festival, any of the social, cultural, and religious observances worldwide that celebrate the beginning of the new year. Such festivals are among the oldest and the most universally observed. The earliest known record of a New Year festival dates from about 2000 bce in Mesopotamia, where

Halle Berry: Later works and directorial debut: …in the ensemble romantic comedy New Year’s Eve, and the following year she starred as a diving instructor vexed by sharks in the thriller Dark Tide. In the elaborately structured epic Cloud Atlas (2012), she performed multiple roles, including those of a 1970s journalist and a male Asian doctor from…

New Year festival, any of the social, cultural, and religious observances worldwide that celebrate the beginning of the new year. Such festivals are among the oldest and the most universally observed. The earliest known record of a New Year festival dates from about 2000 bce in Mesopotamia, where

The arrival of a new year is welcomed by different cultures in varied ways. It is a time to feast and hope for prosperity, health, and luck. Many food traditions that are followed on this day, such as preparing special dishes, have been passed down through generations. Read on to learn more.

postal system: Japan: …in Japan is the special New Year’s Mail Service, introduced in 1900. Operating partly for the benefit of charities, this provides for the timely delivery of billions of New Year greetings.

Every January 1, millions of people make New Year’s resolutions—to go to the gym, eat healthier, stop smoking, spend more time with family, save money, or do something else deemed virtuous and worthy of attention. As the joke goes, those resolutions are often left on the curb with spent holiday

Dick Clark: …as the host of ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.

Alexander Scott: …and a ceremonial alliterative poem, “Ane New Yeir Gift to Quene Mary . . . ,” which gives an interesting reflection of early Reformation Scotland.

New York City, city and port located at the mouth of the Hudson River, southeastern New York state, northeastern U.S. It is the largest and most influential American metropolis, encompassing Manhattan and Staten islands, the western sections of Long Island, and a small portion of the New York state

Clinton, city, seat (1869) of Clinton county, eastern Iowa, U.S. It lies along the Mississippi River (there bridged to Fulton and East Clinton, Illinois), about 40 miles (65 km) north-northeast of Davenport. The original settler, Joseph M. Bartlett, operated a trading store for Native Americans in

Yiddish literature: Writers in New York: “New York,” one memorable short poem, opens with a brusque rhythm and montage of images: “Metal. granit. geroysh. gebrazg. gepilder. / oytomobiln. hoykh-ban. tif-ban. kar” (“Metal. Granite. Uproar. Racket. Clatter. / Automobile. Bus. Subway. El” [translated by Benjamin and Barbara Harshav]). Leyeles also brought exotic…

Titanic: Maiden voyage: …the Titanic caused the docked New York to swing into the giant liner’s path. After an hour of maneuverings to prevent the accident, the Titanic was under way. On the evening of April 10 the ship stopped at Cherbourg, France. The city’s dock was too small to accommodate the Titanic,…

New York, constituent state of the United States of America, one of the 13 original colonies and states. New York is bounded to the west and north by Lake Erie, the Canadian province of Ontario, Lake Ontario, and the Canadian province of Quebec; to the east by the New England states of Vermont,

Lou Reed: …concept albums than song cycles: New York (1989), about the spiritual death of his hometown; Songs for Drella (1990), an elegy for his 1960s mentor, Pop art conceptualist Andy Warhol, done in collaboration with former Velvets bandmate John Cale; and Magic and Loss (1991),

At the start of the 1950s, midtown Manhattan was the centre of the American music industry, containing the headquarters of three major labels (RCA, Columbia, and Decca), most of the music publishers, and many recording studios. Publishers were the start of the recording process, employing “song

Continental Airlines, Inc.: …1987 other Texas Air subsidiaries—New York Airlines, Inc. (founded 1980), People Express Airlines (1981), and Presidential Airlines (1985)—were merged into Continental Airlines, significantly increasing the company’s aircraft and routes, but it continued to lose money and continued to be debt-ridden. Bitter conflicts between the airline unions and Texas Air’s…

Damon Runyon: …became a reporter for the New York American. He covered the New York baseball clubs for many years as well as various other sports topics, and along the way he developed his style of focusing on human interest rather than strictly reporting facts. He began writing stories about a racy…

Amsterdam News, one of the most influential and oldest continuously published African American newspapers, based in Harlem in New York City. It predominately treats issues in African American culture, especially events in and issues concerning New York City and environs, from a Black perspective.

athletics: Modern development: …in 1839, but it was the New York Athletic Club, formed in the 1860s, that placed the sport on a solid footing in the United States. The club held the world’s first indoor meet and helped promote the formation in 1879 of the National Association of Amateur Athletes of America…

Lochner v. New York: Background: …York state assembly passed the New York Bakeshop Act (1895). Modeled on the British Bakehouse Regulation Act (1863), the law established minimum sanitation standards, including prohibitions against keeping domestic animals in bakeries and against workers sleeping in the bake room. A key provision was a clause limiting the working hours…

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, leading U.S. dog show competition, held annually by the New York City-based Westminster Kennel Club (WKC). It is one of the country’s oldest continuously running sporting events, second only to the Kentucky Derby in longevity. The designation Best in Show, awarded

New York Botanical Garden, one of the leading centres of botanical research and floristics in the United States. The 250-acre (101-hectare) garden, located in Bronx Park, New York City, has a plant collection consisting of about 12,000 species from almost every part of the world. Many of the

basketball: U.S. professional basketball: …heralded professional team was the Original Celtics, which started out in 1915 as a group of youngsters from New York City, kept adding better players in the early 1920s, and became so invincible that the team disbanded in 1928, only to regroup in the early 1930s as the New York…

New York Central Railroad Company, one of the major American railroads that connected the East Coast with the interior. Founded in 1853, it was a consolidation of 10 small railroads that paralleled the Erie Canal between Albany and Buffalo; the earliest was the Mohawk and Hudson, New York state’s

Josephine Shaw Lowell: …appointed a commissioner of the New York Charities Commission, a post that she held until 1889. Her investigations there led to the establishment of the first custodial asylum for feebleminded women in the United States in 1885 and to the House of Refuge for Women (later the State Training School…

Josephine Shaw Lowell: …was a founder of the New York Charity Organization Society, a group devoted to the cooperation of charitable agencies. She guided the society for 25 years; during that time she wrote a number of papers on the theoretical foundations of relief work, especially the influential Public Relief and Private Charity…

New York City, city and port located at the mouth of the Hudson River, southeastern New York state, northeastern U.S. It is the largest and most influential American metropolis, encompassing Manhattan and Staten islands, the western sections of Long Island, and a small portion of the New York state

Lee Friedlander: One of his best-known photographs, New York City (1963; sometimes called Revolving Door), shows a man and a woman walking toward one another through two different revolving doors. Friedlander photographed them from outside a glass door, introducing yet another reflective surface and set of frames. The deliberate fragmentation and ambiguity…

At the start of the decade, Paul Simon, Neil Diamond, and Lou Reed were among the hopeful young songwriters walking the warrenlike corridors and knocking on the glass-paneled doors of publishers in the Brill Building and its neighbours along Broadway. Only Diamond achieved significant success in

In the early 1970s the city of New York lapsed into bankruptcy, and the music business completed its move west, centring on Los Angeles. When New York City’s musical resurgence occurred at the end of the decade, it owed little to the tradition of craftsmanship in songwriting, engineering, and

By the 1980s the record business in New York City was cocooned in the major labels’ midtown Manhattan skyscraper offices, where receptionists were instructed to refuse tapes from artists who did not already have industry connections via a lawyer, a manager, or an accountant. Small labels such as

New York City Ballet, resident ballet company of the New York State Theatre at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The company, first named Ballet Society, was founded in 1946 by the choreographer George Balanchine (artistic director) and Lincoln Kirstein (general director) as a private

Draft Riot of 1863, major four-day eruption of violence in New York City resulting from deep worker discontent with the inequities of conscription during the U.S. Civil War. Although labouring people in general supported the Northern war effort, they had no voice in Republican policy and

New York City Marathon, 26.2-mile footrace held every November through the five boroughs of New York City. The New York City Marathon often draws the largest number of participants of all annual marathons, and it is—with the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, and Tokyo marathons—one of the world’s

city mission: In the United States the New York City Mission and Tract Society began home visitations in the 1830s and founded its first mission station in 1852. The movement flourished in the late 19th century and was established in other countries in Europe, including France, the Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, and…

Julius Rudel: …conductor or director of the New York City Opera, 1944–79.

Eric Adams: …had previously worked in the New York City Police Department for more than 20 years, retiring with the rank of captain. He represented parts of central Brooklyn in the New York state senate (2007–13) and served as the Brooklyn borough president (2014–22).

Elliott Erwitt: In 1955 his photo New York City, 1953, an image of his first wife and his six-day-old daughter, was included in the landmark exhibition “The Family of Man” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and it has since become one of the most iconic images from…

Columbia University: Its Teachers College (1887), with the city for a laboratory, is one of the best known in the nation, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons (1767), together with the Presbyterian Hospital and allied institutions, forms the nucleus of one of the country’s renowned medical centres.

Abigail Hopper Gibbons: …and was president of the New York Committee for the Prevention of State Regulation of Vice, established in opposition to proposals to license prostitution. She was in large part responsible for the legislation that created a women’s reformatory in New York City in 1892.

New York slave rebellion of 1741, a supposed large-scale scheme plotted by enslaved Black people and poor white settlers to burn down and take over New York City. Possibly fueled by paranoia, the city’s white population became convinced that a major rebellion was being planned. After a

Archie Shepp: …in 1963 Shepp formed the New York Contemporary Five (with trumpeter Don Cherry, alto saxophonist John Tchicai, and others), which subsequently toured in eastern and western Europe.

football: North and Central America and the Caribbean: …later and struggled until the New York Cosmos signed the Brazilian superstar Pelé in 1975. Other aging international stars soon followed, and crowds grew to European proportions, but a regular fan base remained elusive, and NASL folded in 1985. An indoor football tournament, founded in 1978, evolved into a league…

Bank Craps: New York Craps is a version of Bank Craps popular in the eastern United States, the Bahamas, and England. The table and layout, called a double-end dealer, are slightly different from those used in Bank Craps.

world’s fair: The Great Exhibition and its legacy: the golden age of fairs: The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, more commonly known as the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition, was held in 1853–54 in an iron-and-glass structure in Bryant Park. It showcased the same types of displays as its London counterpart but also included an especially impressive…

Latin Americans in Major League Baseball Through the First Years of the 21st Century: The 1930s through World War II: One such team was the New York Cubans (a team of black Latins, and not just Cubans). The Cubans played in the Negro leagues from 1935 to the early 1950s and won the championship in that pivotal year of 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier. Players included future…

NYSE Amex Equities, major U.S. stock exchange that also handles trades in options, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), corporate bonds, and other investment vehicles. Trading on NYSE Amex Equities—originally known as the “Curb” (because its transactions took place outdoors during much of its

NYSE Amex Equities, major U.S. stock exchange that also handles trades in options, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), corporate bonds, and other investment vehicles. Trading on NYSE Amex Equities—originally known as the “Curb” (because its transactions took place outdoors during much of its

Chester A. Arthur: Early life and career: The New York customhouse, which brought in the bulk of the nation’s tariff revenue, had long been conspicuous for flagrant use of the spoils system, by which Conkling’s political supporters were rewarded with government jobs. Although Arthur collected the customs duties with integrity, he continued the practice of…

New York Daily News, morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City, once the newspaper with the largest circulation in the United States. The New York Daily News was the first successful tabloid newspaper in the United States. It was founded in 1919 as the Illustrated Daily News by

Abigail Hopper Gibbons: …1873 she helped found the New York Diet Kitchen Association, which, upon a physician’s prescription, provided food to the ailing poor. She also helped establish the Protestant Asylum for Infants and was president of the New York Committee for the Prevention of State Regulation of Vice, established in opposition to…

the New York Dolls: …center of the film documentary New York Doll (2005).

the New York Dolls, American band whose raw brand of glam rock revitalized the New York City underground music scene in the 1970s, foreshadowing punk rock by half a decade. Formed in 1971, the New York Dolls first gained notoriety in 1972 for their outrageous performances at the Mercer Arts Center

National Enquirer, American weekly newspaper best known for its celebrity gossip, crime news, and investigative reporting. The Enquirer is commonly termed a “supermarket tabloid” because of its wide availability at grocery-store checkout counters. It is also sold on newsstands and through

E. L. Godkin: …Henry Villard, owner of the New York Evening Post. The Nation then became a weekly edition of the Post. Godkin was the Post’s editor in chief from 1883 until his retirement in 1900.

Gisele Bündchen: Early life and modeling: …made her runway debut at New York Fashion Week—one of the industry’s four major semiannual events. In 1997 Bündchen appeared on the cover of the Brazilian edition of the leading fashion magazine Vogue (October), gaining industry recognition.

New York Film Festival, noncompetitive film festival held annually at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious film festivals in the United States. The New York Film Festival was first held in 1963 and featured films from the United

Peter Eisenman: …as one of the “New York Five,” along with future postmodernists Richard Meier and Michael Graves.

William Bradford: …first New York newspaper, the New York Gazette. Many of his descendants were also printers.

New York Giants, American professional football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants have won four National Football League (NFL) championships (1927, 1934, 1938, and 1956) and four Super Bowls (1987, 1991, 2008, and 2012). The Giants were noted for their early successes and for

San Francisco Giants, American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants have won eight World Series titles and 23 National League (NL) pennants. The franchise that would become the Giants was established in 1883 in New York City and was variously known as the Gothams or the New

Harlem Globetrotters, predominantly Black professional U.S. basketball team that plays exhibition games all over the world, drawing large crowds to see the players’ spectacular ball handling and humorous antics. The team was organized in Chicago in 1926 as the all-Black Savoy Big Five. Sports

San Francisco Giants, American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants have won eight World Series titles and 23 National League (NL) pennants. The franchise that would become the Giants was established in 1883 in New York City and was variously known as the Gothams or the New

Anita Loos: …film of her first scenario, The New York Hat, was produced in 1912 by D.W. Griffith and starred Mary Pickford and Lionel Barrymore. By the age of 20 Loos was a professional screenwriter, and she eventually worked on more than 60 silent films.

Audre Lorde: …Other People Live (1973) and New York Head Shop and Museum (1974), were more rhetorical and political.

New York Herald, American daily newspaper published from 1835 to 1924 in New York City. It was one of the first papers created in the penny-press movement, and it developed many aspects of modern American journalism, including nonpartisan political reporting and business coverage. The Herald was

New York Herald, American daily newspaper published from 1835 to 1924 in New York City. It was one of the first papers created in the penny-press movement, and it developed many aspects of modern American journalism, including nonpartisan political reporting and business coverage. The Herald was

New York Yankees, American professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. One of the most famous and successful franchises in all of sports, the Yankees have won a record 27 World Series titles and 41 American League (AL) pennants. The franchise began in 1901 in

New York Historical, museum and research institute of New York history, located on Central Park West, New York City. Founded as the New-York Historical Society in 1804, New York City’s oldest museum changed its name to New York Historical in 2024. In the 19th century the collection was moved many

On May 30, 2024, Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of criminal charges after a New York jury convicted him on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The charges related to Trump’s alleged attempts “to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity”

Elizabeth Blackwell: …enlarged, was incorporated as the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. In January 1859, during a year-long lecture tour of Great Britain, she became the first woman to have her name placed on the British medical register. At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, she helped…

New York Islanders, American professional ice hockey team based in Brooklyn, New York, that plays in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Islanders have won four Stanley Cup titles (1980–83). Founded in 1972, the Islanders—based in Uniondale, New York, for their first 42

New York Jets, American professional football team based in Florham Park, New Jersey, that plays in the National Football League (NFL). Behind the play of future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, the Jets won a historic upset in the 1969 Super Bowl over the Baltimore Colts. The Jets share a home

New York World: …Randolph Hearst bought the competing New York Journal in 1895, he lured Pulitzer’s celebrated Sunday newspaper staff to the Journal with the promise of raises; all but one secretary accepted Hearst’s offer. Pulitzer lured them back to the World with raises of his own, but then Hearst made a counteroffer,…

New York World: …Randolph Hearst bought the competing New York Journal in 1895, he lured Pulitzer’s celebrated Sunday newspaper staff to the Journal with the promise of raises; all but one secretary accepted Hearst’s offer. Pulitzer lured them back to the World with raises of his own, but then Hearst made a counteroffer,…

baseball: Early years: …New York City, organized the New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, which formulated a set of rules for baseball, many of which still remain. The rules were much like those for rounders, but with a significant change in that the runner was put out not by being hit with the…

New York Knicks, American professional basketball team based in New York City. The Knicks (which is a shortened version of their official nickname, Knickerbockers) have won two NBA championships (1970 and 1973) and are among the most lucrative franchises in professional basketball. The team was

New York Knicks, American professional basketball team based in New York City. The Knicks (which is a shortened version of their official nickname, Knickerbockers) have won two NBA championships (1970 and 1973) and are among the most lucrative franchises in professional basketball. The team was

Sara Payson Willis Parton: …she was engaged by the New York Ledger to write a weekly column for the unprecedented sum of $100 each; she maintained that association for the rest of her life. Willis was not only one of the first woman columnists in the field of journalism, but she was also one…

New York Liberty, American professional basketball team based in Brooklyn, New York, that plays in the Eastern Conference of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team has appeared in the WNBA finals five times (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2023) and won the championship in 2024.

Milton Glaser: …served as art director of New York Magazine (1968–76), which he cofounded with Clay Felker. From 1975 to 1977 Glaser was vice president and design director of the Village Voice. As his career progressed over the last half of the 20th century, his range of design activities came to encompass…

New York Manumission Society, early abolitionist group (founded 1785) that worked to end the slave trade in New York, to ban slavery, to gradually emancipate slaves, and to protect and defend free people of colour. The group provided both legal and financial aid to those ends. The society’s desire

New York City Marathon, 26.2-mile footrace held every November through the five boroughs of New York City. The New York City Marathon often draws the largest number of participants of all annual marathons, and it is—with the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, and Tokyo marathons—one of the world’s

New York Mets, American professional baseball team based in Flushing, Queens, New York. The Mets have won two World Series championships (1969 and 1986) and five National League (NL) pennants. The Mets trace their roots to the proposed Continental League, whose formation was announced in 1959 by

New York World: …Randolph Hearst bought the competing New York Journal in 1895, he lured Pulitzer’s celebrated Sunday newspaper staff to the Journal with the promise of raises; all but one secretary accepted Hearst’s offer. Pulitzer lured them back to the World with raises of his own, but then Hearst made a counteroffer,…

American Basketball Association: …ABA, with four ABA teams—the New York Nets, the Denver Nuggets, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Indiana Pacers—absorbed into the NBA, a dispersal draft of certain ABA players by NBA teams, and the remaining players granted permission to act as free agents.

New York Philharmonic, symphony orchestra based in New York, New York, the oldest major symphony orchestra in the United States in continual existence and one of the oldest in the world. Founded in 1842 as the Philharmonic Society of New York under the conductorship of American-born Ureli Corelli

New York Post, American tabloid newspaper based in New York City. It is known for its conservative editorial positions, its salacious gossip column known as Page Six, and its often outlandish headlines. Founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801, it has been run by Rupert Murdoch and his family since

New York Public Library (NYPL), one of the great libraries of the world and the largest city public library in the United States. It was established in 1895 through the consolidation of the privately endowed Lenox and Astor libraries and the $2,000,000 Tilden Foundation trust. The library’s central

New York Rangers, American professional ice hockey team based in New York City. One of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Rangers play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team has won the Stanley Cup, the NHL’s championship trophy, four times (1928, 1933,