Photographer Jay Maisel, a master of natural light and color whose work often found the extraordinary in the everyday, died on Aug. 20 at age 95. Among his notable achievements as a commercial photographer were shooting the first two covers of New York magazine and the cover of Miles Davis's famed album "Kind of Blue." Over the weekend, he was being remembered across social media both for his work and for his mentorship of other photographers. "To everyone who was blessed enough to know him, learn from his brilliant teachings, or simply be inspired by his photographs--you know how blessed we were," noted photographer Stephen Wilkes at Instagram.

  I always thought that Paris has the best bookstores until I started the this regular feature in DART, more than 10 years ago. Year after year the evidence that Our Fair City loves books—and the people who put them on our shelves—becomes even more evident. So if it’s August, it’s time for the latest good news! Yu & Me Books is NYC's first Asian American female-owned bookstore, operating as a cozy literary haven and community hub in Manhattan's historic Ch...