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Oliver Queen, a billionaire playboy returns a changed man after five years lost at sea.

‘Arrow’ zings back with impressive storyline

Cece Charendoff, Contributing Writer October 13, 2015
Catch the fourth season of "Arrow" as Oliver Queen reprises his Green Arrow persona when a vigilante wreaks havoc on the city.
Jenny Paul, an NYU alumn is the creator of a web series called, “That Reminds Me…” which launched on October 6th.

NYU alum stars in ‘That Reminds Me’

Allison Stubblebine, Entertainment Editor October 13, 2015
NYU-CAP alumna Jenny Paul created and stars in "That Reminds Me..." a webseries about a wacky family's intimate trials and tribulations.
Global Fashion Capitals exhibit at FIT explores the history of the established fashion capitals and the emergence of new prominent fashion cities.

Panel at FIT discusses fashion, Instagram

Lily Dolin, Contributing Writer October 13, 2015
Explore the Instagram chapter of fashion history in "Global Fashion Capitals," on view at the Museum at FIT.
Staff Recommendations: SNL skits

Staff Recommendations: SNL skits

SNL celebrates 41 seasons of late-night sketches, cold openings and Weekend Updates. Reminisce the many generations of actors with these sketch picks from the WSN staff.
John Stamos from “Full House” and Josh Peck from “Drake and Josh” star in the new Fox TV show, “Grandfathered.”

Uncle Jessie and Josh Peck are in a TV show

Talia Milavetz, Staff Writer October 6, 2015
John Stamos and Josh Peck deliver the humor but lack the punches in the FOX series "Grandfathered."
Melencolia I by Albrecht Dürer is one of many pieces among the galleries 1.5 million prints.

‘Drawing’ through history at Met

Lily Dolin, Contributing Writer October 5, 2015
"Drawings and Prints" opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring artwork from Western Europe and America from the 15th century to the present.
The Whitney Museum of American Art just opened its newest exhibit, “The Whitney Collection”, on September 28th.

Whitney opens main collection after move

Natalie Whalen, Contributing Writer October 5, 2015
The Whitney opens their collection to the public in "The Whitney's Collection," featuring over 21,000 paintings by 3,000 artists. If you missed "America is Hard to See," you can still catch most of the artwork here.
"News from Lake Wobegon" is an offshoot of "NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion."

Staff Recommendations: Podcasts

WSN Staff October 2, 2015
Podcasts are an alternative way to get the news, learn about grammar or catch up on fictional towns in Night Vale. Listen to these staff-recommended podcasts on your next walk to class.
"The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film" at The Jewish Museum is on view from September 25, 2015 to February 14, 2016.

Staging happiness in Soviet art at the Jewish Museum

Daria Butler, Contributing Writer September 29, 2015
Soviet photographers played a large role in documenting the radically changing political environment of the early 20th century. The Jewish Museum shares these photos in the multimedia gallery, "The Power of Pictures."
Picasso’s sheet metal sculptures bring in crowds of viewers to look at his use of negative space to create surreal pieces.

MoMA’s ‘Picasso’ shows artist’s other side

E.R. Pulgar, Highlighter Editor September 28, 2015
Picasso's prints take three dimensions in the latest MoMA exhibition, "Picasso Sculpture."
Hammerkatz performed their first fall show in Kimmel on Saturday, September 26th.

Politics, space sex at Hammerkatz fall recital

Erica Sabel, Contributing writer September 28, 2015
NYU's esteemed comedy troupe Hammerkatz returns with their most hilarious in their first recital of the season.
The 67th annual Emmy Awards took place on September 20th.

Staff Recommendations: Emmys

E.R. Pulgar, Bailey Evans and Audrey Deng September 24, 2015
From hilarious to gory to sentimental, be sure to catch up on these Emmy-award winning TV shows before the next season starts.