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VOICE Mail
Mar 04, 2009; ... Good stuff Re Sarah DiGregorio's 'Is Foie Gras Torture?' [February 18-24]: I just read your article about foie gras. Thank you! You have restored some balance to this discussion. Doug Frost VIA INTERNET It's not often that I e-mail a writer after reading his or ...
Party Hardly
Mar 04, 2009; ... Nightlife pickin's so slim that I even went to a museum. BY MICHAEL MUSTO THE TRAPDOOR OF THE PARTY SCENE JUST OPENED UP, AND, IN DESPERATION, I'M FINDING MYSELF AT CORPORATE DINNERS, UPSCALE CINEMA FESTIVALS, AND EVEN MUSEUMS, BUT AT LEAST THE STRETCHING HAS BEEN GOOD FOR WHAT'S LEFT OF ...
BLOOMBERG'S GOLDEN REPUBLICAN
Mar 04, 2009; ... THE MAYOR'S BEST-AND ONLY-GOP PAL IS A PORK- AND PATRONAGE-LOVING CONSERVATIVE If you wanted a sense of what a third term for Michael Bloomberg might be like, it would pay to take a good long look at Brooklyn State Senator Marty Golden. One of the things that made life so tough ...
SCOPE IT OUT
Mar 04, 2009; ... [ART] An oasis for art fanatics Touting itself as the largest and most global art fair, the SCOPE Art Fair truly is an im- mense to-do. And because New York is the mecca of the art world, SCOPE starts its art tour here, giving you first dibs on eclectic contemporary works before ...
HOOK IT UP
Mar 04, 2009; ... [SPORTS] Is that a lure or sushi? Called by The New York Times "one of the region's harbingers of spring and summer," the World Fishing and Outdoor Exposition is back. Fishing involves a lot more than just a pole and fresh worms nowadays, and this show covers state-of-the-art ...
Gaga for Dance
Mar 04, 2009; ... [DANCE] Dance doesn't get much more thrilling than when choreographer Ohad Naharin comes to town. After a critically acclaimed run at BAM in 2007 with Three, Naharin returns to BAM with Israel's Batsheva Dance Company for his latest titled Max, which is described as a "sprawling ensemble ...
LET'S MAKE LOVE
Mar 04, 2009; ... [ART] End war with a heart and shimmering sheets Little Marvin is one mad dude, but with a heart of gold. In Make Love War, his first solo exhibition, Little Marvin has swathed the Anonymous Gallery in thousands of yards of disco-gold fabric. The idea is that guests are invited ...
WILD THING
Mar 04, 2009; ... [DANCE] Celebrating 30 years of the original punk ballerina' The terms "hard rock" and "classical ballet" don't typically go together, but in the case of veteran choreographer and "punk ballerina" Karole Armitage and her troupe Armitago Gone! Dance, they make perfect sense ....
REAL NUDE
Mar 04, 2009; ... [ART] Vanessa Beecroftteams upwith Kanyeagain At a listening party for Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak in October, Jay-Z, Mos Def, and other guests entered a dark- ened room where 40 nude models, their faces obscured by masks, posed while the record played. The artist behind ...
A MAJOR CIRCUS
Mar 04, 2009; ... [ART] How to cure the recession blues Deitch simultaneously opens two shows tonight less than a block from each other, both with the intentions of making you a little crazy- for free, of course. Kessler's Circus features work by mixed-media sculptor Jon Kessler and invites you ...
CRISPY QUEEN
Mar 04, 2009; ... [PARTY] A flamboyant icon's 100th birthday "A lifetime of listening to disco music is a high price to pay for one's sexual prefer- ence," English dandy Quentin Crisp once remarked. The raconteur and exhibition- ist was known for his witty observations about the gay world, mostly ...
JERSEY BOY
Mar 04, 2009; ... [COMEDY] Tour the armpit of the Northeast with Chris Gethard They say a good story will take you places, ' but the storyteller Chris Gethard is making sure of it by loading his authence onto a bus. The comedie oral historian's fans- those would be Gethard's "Gethtards"- somehow ...
BETTYE RISES AGAIN
Mar 04, 2009; ... [MUSIC] A heartfelt singer keeps the faith A cult soul singer with a fighter's spirit, Bettye La Vette first broke through in 1962 with the hit "My Man- He's a Lovin' Man." The Detroit scene snapped up the then-16-year-old, but tours with Otis Redding and James Brown fizzled into ...
ART INDULGENCE
Mar 04, 2009; ... [FILM] Bushwick's got it going on You're in store for much more than a movie at tonight's edition of Moviehouse, 3rd Ward's monthly series of obscure works from emerging and veteran film- makers: This weekend in Bushwick, the art festival SITE Fest 09 will be taking place at ...
QUIET BATTLE
Mar 04, 2009; ... [THEATER] Female soldiers share theirunique hardships Helen Benedict, a Columbia journalism professor, reports that while all soldiers in Iraq face hardships, "women have additional burdens: They are sexually ha- rassed by their male comrades; one in three is sexually attacked or ...
SAVORY SOUNDS
Mar 04, 2009; ... [MUSIC] There are folksters in the checkout aisle Despite its overwhelming crowds on the weekends, Chelsea Market feels like a sweet insider secret; its bright Euro-style emporiums are complete sensory over- load, featuring the best sourdough bread, pistachio ice cream, and fresh ...
WINE AND SPIRITS
Mar 04, 2009; ... [MUSIC] Care for some Calexico with your Keren Ann? An especially fine installment in City Win- ery's new "Pairings" series- you can guess what the concept is here- this double bill brings together Joey Burns and John Con- vertino of Calexico, the long-running Tuc- son-based ...
IN GOOD SPIRITS
Mar 04, 2009; ... [THEATER] Hottie Angela Lansbury is back If you haven't seen the "not suitable for minors" YouTube video, "Angela Lansbury Relaxing," you are missing out on a real treat: The well-preserved octogenarian, best known for her crime-solving ways as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She ...
ALL THE RIGHT FRIENDS
Mar 04, 2009; ... [MUSIC] Save the music, R.E.M.! Save it! R.E.M. is that rarity: a poised rock band. They shred cerebrally, wail monarchically, politicize religiously. Perhaps they're so composed because everyone tells them nonstop of the broad impact they've had on alternative rock; in the '80s, ...
FUNNY BUSINESS
Mar 04, 2009; ... [TALK] There's a comedy club in your computer It's been a while since we stopped turn- ing to television for comedy and going to websites like CollegeHumor.com and Fun- nyorDie.com instead. But does this mean we'll soon be throwing out our TV? Prob- ably not, but tonight's Comedy ...