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Up Against the Wal!new
Imagining a New York City when we can buy our thongs, organic milk and baby booties all in the same place
New York Press |
Mike Albo |
02-16-2011 |
Shopping
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Meet the Muffia: N.Y. Lesbians Making Their Marknew
Forget pop culture stereotypes of granola and Birkenstocks and meet the New York lesbians making their mark on the city—with not a pair of sandals in sight.
New York Press |
Jamie Peck |
04-15-2010 |
Culture
New York's Real Life Fight Clubsnew
Sanctioned mixed martial arts was banned in NY State back in 1997, so it went underground. But the days of illicit bouts in martial arts schools and boxing gyms throughout the five boroughs are numbered.
New York Press |
Jim Genia |
04-01-2010 |
Sports
Flavor of the Week: Kitchen Confidentialnew
First there was Harrison. We had a broken relationship almost from the day we went from friends to more-than-friends, but one thing we shared was a fanatical devotion to great food and drink.
New York Press |
Emily Cavalier |
03-26-2010 |
Culture
Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks to Performnew
The ongoing cross-cultural adventure that is Yoshiko Chuma’s A Page Out of Order arrives at the 92nd Street Y this weekend. Collaborating across generations and borders, this time around, Chuma unveils "Hold the Clock," a richly textured blend of movement, text, projections and original music.
New York Press |
Susan Reiter |
03-18-2010 |
Performance
Take a Bow: Rosson Crow and the Boys with the Bad Reputationsnew
Rosson Crow laments the challenges facing a young female artist, of dealers who don’t want to take her seriously and art-world types who expect her to behave a certain way. That boy’s club attitude is one of the main focuses of her latest show.
New York Press |
Danny Gold |
03-04-2010 |
Art
Josh Bernstein Willingly Walks the Extra Block to Save a Quarternew
“Daddy's thirsty,” I said, as my girlfriend and I emerged from our Brooklyn subway stop. Of late, I’ve referred to myself as daddy, though, much to my mother’s chagrin, we are not expecting children. “Daddy wants a beer.”
New York Press |
Josh Bernstein |
02-25-2010 |
Shopping
What We Give Up When We Turn Our Backs on Street Meatnew
The food cart is about as inherent a part of New York as some girl sobbing as her boyfriend breaks up with her on the side of the road. But you’ve probably noticed a new crop of carts popping up lately, and these meals take street eats beyond the wiener we’re all used to.
New York Press |
Corynne Steindler |
02-18-2010 |
Food+Drink
Are You Lonesome Tonight? The Story of a Nightmare Stalkernew
Last June, a girl named Johna Chase began following me on Twitter. I didn’t recognize her name so I clicked on her profile pic. My screen filled with the black-and-white image of a girl’s face. She stood sideways, but her face was turned to the camera.
New York Press |
Mishka Shubaly |
02-11-2010 |
Culture
City Cracks Down on Chinatown Fakes While Putting a Squeeze on Legit Merchantsnew
Very soon, locals say, Canal Street will join Times Square, Astor Place, the Lower East Side, the Garment District and all the other former centers of down-and-dirty capitalist grit that have been safely gentrified. As watch peddler Greg “Heavy” Duval explains, “They want to make this a franchise block.”
New York Press |
Matt Harvey |
01-21-2010 |
Shopping
Flesh Mob: New York’s Vegetarians Have Come Down With Some Serious Bloodlustnew
These days, as high-profile chefs like David Chang resolutely refuse to cater to an animal product-free world, many New York vegetarians are giving up the greens and developing a taste for flesh.
New York Press |
Linnea Covington |
01-14-2010 |
Food+Drink
‘The Emperor Jones’ Proves That Imaginative Direction Has Fled Broadway For Offnew
Rarely do plays that utilize puppets and masks succeed as admirably as does The Emperor Jones. Director Ciarán O’Reilly deserves all the critical accolades coming to him for resurrecting Eugene O’Neill’s play about despots in power, bringing it to crackling life once again.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
01-07-2010 |
Theater
Flavor of the Week: The Cabbie's Consciencenew
I hailed a taxi on 67th Street and fielded a call from Bill, whose anxious, repetitive questions made me suspect he’d entered the cokesnorting portion of the evening. When I ended the call the cab driver said I was pretty, and I thanked him. “You look young. How old you are?”
New York Press |
Jessie Marshall |
12-17-2009 |
Commentary
Was Comedian Andy Kaufman the Greatest Wrestler of all Time?new
Working for the NWA wrestling promotion in Memphis—which he pronounced Maim-phis, with a degrading, faux hillbilly twang—Andy Kaufman took to the air with a series of beauty tips for the local citizens.
New York Press |
Mike Edison |
12-17-2009 |
Sports
‘This’ is Really Itnew
There’s something potent about Melissa James Gibson’s haunting new play This at Playwrights Horizons, something that draws you into the story even as you find yourself intermittently annoyed by the prospect of more floundering yuppies coming to terms with their mortality.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
12-10-2009 |
Theater
