News Hopping

PHILANTHROPY&CHARITY
Giving by the numbers: a mongo graphic by USA TODAY pulls together data on total giving in recessions, 1967 to present, and a bunch of other isolated stats on corporate giving, volunteerism, increased demand for social services.

Toni and Martin Sosnoff donate $5 million to American Ballet Theater/NYT

"Slumdog Millionaire" filmmakers pledge $745,000 to help program for children of Mumbai/NYT

Hugh Jackman will take suggestions from his Twitterers to decide where to donate $100,000/Playbill

Humor/Opinion: Joel Stein refuses speaking fee for Anti-Defamation League fund-raiser, encourages others to follow.
"...although I don't think Jews believe in hell, I think they would create one for someone who took money from a charity to speak at a fundraiser."

LIFESTYLE
Subway rides go EZ: Just in time for all the folks cutting back on their cars with drivers/NYDN

Drinking wine to celebrate Earth Day/WSJ

FIT's Valerie Steele and Billy Norwich on upcoming Isabel Toledo exhibit/Wowowow

Getting more from expensive vacations/NY Times
“It made me feel good that we were able to plant trees or give in our name for somebody in the Masai Mara,” Jill Stanley said.

NY SUN RADAR
Newsworthy archives and recent articles by Sun alumni

The New York Sun's coverage of the Hevesi scandal rounded up in one convenient place

James Gardner on Alice Tully Hall/The Real Deal

Bradley Hope on Sowwah Island in Abu Dhabi/The National
Now open to foreign investment, promotors tout it as "best office space in the Middle East."