Recently added articles from The Village Voice:
Nancy Giles Plays With Her Hair
Aug 05, 2009; Musto, Michael ... Plus acid redux: Elliot Tiber and Demetri Martin talk about Taking Woodstock. BY MICHAEL MUSTO NANCY GILES IS ONE OF THOSE COMPULSIVELY CREATIVE PEOPLE WHO HELP PROPEL NEW YORK BY DOING A LITTLE BIT OF ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. SHE'S A COMIC, AN ACTRESS, A PIRATE, A POET, AND A PUNDIT, WELL ...
KANSAS ON THE RIGHT
Aug 05, 2009; Jackson, Sharyn ... [FILM/DISCUSSION] KANSAS ON THE RIGHT We're not in Borat anymore Sacha Baron Cohen's method of filmmaking is all the rage these days: Put a camera in front of a few typical Americans, and let them make fools of themselves. The latest specimen of the genre is What's the ...
CORRECTION
Aug 05, 2009; Anonymous ... Due to an editing error, Michael P. Ventura's article in the Fall/Winter Education Supplement, 'J-Schoolers Try to Write Out the Storm' [July 29-August 4], inaccurately portrayed ...
The many scams of Bloomberg's hip TV execs
Aug 05, 2009; Robbins, Tom ... This spring, a potential minor disaster loomed in die otherwise charmed life of Mike Bloomberg's administration. AtopofficialatNYC-TV was arrested and charged with siphoning tens of thousands of dollars out of his agency's coffers and into his pocket The new city television network was ...
THE HORROR!
Aug 05, 2009; Cruz, Araceli ... [ART] Legless little girls! Sexual predators! Fire-shooting arms! Sure, things like blood, guts, and downs (thanks, Stephen Ring) are scary, but Debra Tolchinsky and Dave Tolchinsky, curators ofThe Horror Show at the Dorsky Gallery, have taken it upon themselves to explore the ...
DEARLY BELOVED . . .
Aug 05, 2009; Cruz, Araceli ... [FILM] DEARLY BELOVED . . . Is grinding allowed during "Darling Nikki"? Many artists at the peak of their careers have starred in a semi-autobiographical film with a chart-topping soundtrack. The Beatles were exceptional in A Hard Day's Night, as was Eminem in 8 ...
BABE BRIGADE
Aug 05, 2009; Barra, Allen ... [SPORTS] Gotham Girls Roller Derby bum up the track Dubbed "Chicks on Speed," the Gotham Girle are a flat-track roller derby league founded in 2003 and now composed of seven teams, including the Queens of Fain and, our own personal favorite, the Wall Street Traitors. Members are ...
EXTREME SPIN
Aug 05, 2009; Ashman, Angela ... [COMPETITION] A yo-yo is notjust about Walking the Dog anymore If you know how to do the Laceration Combo, die Cow Wrap, and the Reverse Suicide, you may have what it takes to be a yo-yo master, dear reader-san. Today, head over to the Hotel Pennsylvania to try out for Saturday's ...
VIDEO MADE THE RADIO STAR
Aug 05, 2009; Cruz, Araceli ... [PARTY] The music of three legends under one roof There's only one reason why we'd ever suggest this party tonight- OK, make that three: Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Prince. The M MP Party has been a huge dance event for the Philly masses during New Year's Eve for the past three ...
GUITAR-LESS BROOKLYN
Aug 05, 2009; Miller, Michael ... [MUSIC] Lo-fi makes a hasty exit ... for 12 hours Get out your Ecstasy and glow sticks. If s time for the second annual Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival! In truly en- demic Brooklyn style, the festival will be held in a big, old warehouse- the historic Old American Can Factory, ...
LONG LIVE THE KANE
Aug 05, 2009; Grow, Kory ... [MUSIC] Brooklyn celebrates a homegrown hip-hop icon Rapper Big Daddy Kane once boasted, "My rhymes are so dope ...I'll have to open a school of MCirig," on his 1988 classic "Ain't No Haalf-Steppin'." Since then, his records have served as classrooms, and some of rap's great ...
ANTI-DIVAS, LIVE
Aug 05, 2009; Anderson, Stacey ... [MUSIC] Rock queens convene Which rabble-rousing rock siren of tonight's lineup has the most surreal bio: Juliette Lewis (of Juliette and the Licks), Chan Marshall (that's Cat Power to you), or Chrissie Hynde (of the Pretenders)? Tough to call. Character actress turned frontwoman ...
OFF THE WALL
Aug 05, 2009; Ashman, Angela ... [ART] Chris Stain brings the streets indoors A show by handc u t stencilist Chris Stain is more than just a few large- scale prints- it's a veritable invitation into the street artisf s gritty world In the past, he has turned galleries into NYC rooftops (complete with pigeon ...
SUNDAY MORNING
Aug 05, 2009; Ashman, Angela ... [TALK] Richard Unterberaer discusses his new book on the velvet Underground From the Velvet Underground's first 1965 concert at the Summit High School Auditorium in Summit, New Jersey (picture bored teenagers walking out during "Heroin"), to Lou Reed's bitter departure in 1970 ...
RADICAL SHAKESPEARE
Aug 05, 2009; Ashman, Angela ... [COMEDY] The Improvised Shakespeare Company do the Bard proud A hit in their hometown of Chicago, the good-looking lads of the Improvised Shakespeare Company are bringing their fast-paced hilarity to New York for just four nights. How it works: The authence suggests a title for a ...
TV ON THE BANDSHELL
Aug 05, 2009; Levack, Chandler ... [MUSIC] BK boys come home Shit-hot music for the end of days. How else to describe Brooklyn's TV on the Radio, who have since gone on to produce ingénue tankers (guitarist/producer Dave Sitek*s Scar Jo tribute album to Tom Waits) and do some acting on the side (vocalist Tunde ...
SENSITIVITY RULES
Aug 05, 2009; Jackson, Sharyn ... [THEATER] Theater star is next to godliness Dreamy Jonathan Groff returns to Shakespeare in the Park after his wonderful incarnation of Claude inffatr lastyear. The actor, also known for playing a sensitive schoolboy in SprmgAwakemng, now tackles the deity turned party boy ...
IF THESE PENISES COULD TALK
Aug 05, 2009; Cruz, Araceli ... [THEATER] Is this like a Gallagher show in which ponchos are suggested? They say a man is ruled by his penis. Taking that logic to heart, Australians Simon Morley and David Friend took their penises and their naughty "genital origami" show, Puppetry of the Penis, around the ...
BASS BOSS
Aug 05, 2009; Anderson, Stacey ... [MUSIC] Patitucci has elegant strings for hire When B.B. King, Wynton Marsalis, and Chick Corea need an upstanding bassist (pun intended), where do they go? Brook- lyn, baby- specifically, to the borough's very own John Patitucci, the National Academy of Recording Arts and ...
LONG LIVE HIPPIE ROCK
Aug 05, 2009; Bose, Lilledeshan ... [MUSIC] O.G. musicians from Woodstock perform once again Whether intent on proving their post- acid trip relevance or just mourning Jerry Garcia, the bands performing at The Heroes of Woodstock: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary will make you wonder whether all the nostalgia we ...
