The Journal at Venus Over Manhattan

The newest exhibition at the Madison Avenue space celebrates another gallery in addition to promising young artists

Far away from the Chelsea and Upper East Side galleries, The Journal Gallery in Williamsburg continues to beckon collectors and admirers with promises of the next big thing. Names like Dan Colen, Chris Martin and Rita Ackermann are the foundation of the Brooklyn gallery’s hard-earned reputation for spotting new talent years ahead of the rest. Now, 10 years later, Michael Nevin and Julia Dippelhofer—the curatorial …

Mouth’s Independent Spirits and Wine Shop

Hard-to-find libations from the best makers in the US, available in-store and online

Independent food continues to be on the rise. Small-batch producers of everything from pickles to popcorn are are finding a wide audience across the world; and in doing so, turning the corporate food industrial complex on its head. At the forefront of this movement is friend of CH, Craig Kanarick, CEO of Mouth—the online shopping experience for carefully culled indie foods. Today marks the opening …

Cannondale Bad Boy 1: Urban Performance

On the road with the agile yet street smart ride that's making us rethink hybrids

Hybrid bikes tend to attract unanimously negative connotations from purist cyclists—and often rightly so. Most popular with beginners or those who turn the pedals once a year, hybrids draw on design characteristics from purpose-built classes of bikes like road and mountain bikes to create an easy, smooth, if not performance-minded ride (think overly padded saddles and geometry that feels like it’s designed to constrain power …