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Issue: 0819

Deep South of Houston: Is a Soul-Food Restaurant Too Black for Soho?
[Runnin' Scared]
Chloe A. Hilliard
A Brooklyn Assemblyman's Earmarks Are Political Surrealism
A local pol gets singed for his attempt at pork for Aesthetic Realism
Maria Luisa Tucker
Issue Project Room Moves Again
[Dirty Blonde]
A nomadic experimental-music spot gets a lovely (and hopefully permanent) new home
Annie Fischer
The Gospel According to Dolly Parton
[Down in Front]
On the defiantly trashy and tremendously appealing queen of country-pop cheesecake
Rob Harvilla
Arthur Lee's Futile Hipness, Reissued
[Box Elders]
Celebrating the dour celebration of Love's Forever Changes
Edd Hurt
Madonna's Hard Candy
A half-centenarian provides more porny pop excellence
Miles Marshall Lewis
Animal Collective's Water Curses
Inkwells overflow for the triumphant/irksome psych-folksters
Reed Fischer
Billy Bragg's Mr. Love and Justice
Billy and his Blokes indulge their sweet romanticism
Melissa Silvestri
Bill Cosby's Badfoot Brown
[Box Elders]
Woozy '70s kozmik grooves, brought to you by that guy who hates hip-hop
D. Strauss
Otis Redding and Marie Queenie Lyons
[Box Elders]
Soul classics from two greats, one a bit less familiar than the other
Richard Torres
No Age: Ultimate Alternative Wavers
LA duo revive the sadly neglected spirit of shattered pop and lo-fi amateurism
Justin F. Farrar
Speed Racer
Speed Racer J. Hoberman
Ed Lachman, Chameleon, at BAM
[The Cine Phile]
Plus: Peter Hutton at MOMA
J. Hoberman
Surfwise
Surfwise Ella Taylor
Battle for Haditha
Battle for Haditha Anthony Kaufman
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
[Tracking Shots]
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead ED GONZALEZ
Bloodline
[Tracking Shots]
Bloodline Tim Grierson
The Babysitters
[Tracking Shots]
The Babysitters ED GONZALEZ
Refusenik
[Tracking Shots]
Refusenik Ella Taylor
The Memory Thief
[Tracking Shots]
The Memory Thief Vadim Rizov
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
[Tracking Shots]
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Scott Foundas
Noise
[Tracking Shots]
Noise Ella Taylor
Turn the River
[Tracking Shots]
Turn the River Nick Pinkerton
The Fall
[Tracking Shots]
The Fall Nick Pinkerton
The Tracey Fragments
[Tracking Shots]
The Tracey Fragments Aaron Hillis
Unsettled
[Tracking Shots]
Unsettled Michelle Orange
A Previous Engagement
[Tracking Shots]
A Previous Engagement TATYANA GERSHKOVICH
Merchant Ivory's Before the Rains
[Tracking Shots]
Julia Wallace
Frontière(s)
[Tracking Shots]
Frontière(s) Jim Ridley
Deb Margolin's Time Is the Mercy of Eternity Sparkles
[Sightlines]
A new sampler of one-act plays at the West End Theatre
John Beer
Yellow Moon's ADD Drama
Spastic production should slow down
GARRETT EISLER
Vengeance Can Wait: A Short-Lived Joy
[Sightlines]
P.S. 122 should've kept this thing around longer
Alexis Soloski
Three New Productions Tackle Color Lines
Race and history trouble The Country Girl and Sound and the Fury; Thurgood gets them right.
Michael Feingold
John Turturro's Does Beckett Hamm I Am
Veteran character actor anchors a BAM revival of Endgame
Alexis Soloski
Unsettled
[Sightlines]
Michelle Orange
Olafur Eliasson's Anti-Sublime Enchantment
The Icelandic Dane brings his lab studies to MOMA and P.S.1
Leslie Camhi
Leigh Ledare: My Mom's Crotch
[Best in Show]
Unsettlingly intimate photographs at Andrew Roth
R.C. Baker
Thursday 5.8
Friday 5.9
Saturday 5.10
Sunday 5.11
Monday 5.12
Tuesday 5.13
Wednesday 5.14
TOTAL RECALL
Negative Approach reunite
Zach Baron
GAY FOR PLAY
Back-to-back drama fest
REBEL, REBEL
Sam Shepard and Ethan Hawke celebrate a Russian icon
Angela Ashman
DRUNK AND HOT GIRLS
Kanye West and friends nerd out
Zach Baron
BINGO-A-GO-GO
Hill and Simpson have your number
Sharyn Jackson
DIVINE MADNESS
Opera, dance, and visual art unhinged
Keisha Franklin
GHOSTS OF NEW YORK
The Chelsea Hotel celebrates its 125th anniversary
Angela Ashman
POLE POSITION
Wajda’s electrifying Katyn highlights festival
EUDIE PAK
WANTED: A POET
A look at our own troubled times via Aristophanes
Angela Ashman
FINALLY, SATISFACTION?
Mothersbaugh’s non-musical talents celebrated
EUDIE PAK
AFRICAN BEAT
Asheville-based quintet whip up a neo-griot frenzy
Richard Gehr
THINGS FALL APART
Two veteran rap acts take their next best shot
Zach Baron
KICKS WITH NICKS
Put on your best Stevie face
Sharyn Jackson
Short and Sweet
Angela Ashman
THE WAIT IS OVER
After a six-year delay, Edward Albee’s play is back
Angela Ashman
SHAKE YOUR BODY
Learn all the right moves
Keisha Franklin
New York Photo Festival
ARACELI CRUZ
IN THE BUFF
A monster of a show, with toys
ARACELI CRUZ
FRIED TROMA
Lloyd Kaufman’s fast-food Armageddon
ARACELI CRUZ
Jeremiah Wright's Narcissism Demonstrates Bad Faith All Around
Tom Tomorrow
The NYPD's Secret Crusade Against Marijuana Furthers a Racist Agenda
Nat Hentoff
Gifford Miller: Slush-Fund Refugee
While the council roils in scandal, the former Speaker stays mum, hangs with developer chum
Tom Robbins
NYPD Inaction Over a Missing Black Woman Found Dead Sparks a Historic Racial-Bias Lawsuit
Police blew off the story of a young black woman who vanished. She was tortured and murdered. Now, a court ruling has reopened the case on bias grounds.
Sean Gardiner
Mass Arrests at Sean Bell Protest
Sharpton, Bell's fiancee, and the two shooting survivors among those taken away
Devo-Inspired Art in East Williamsburg
The opening reception for "The Super Thing" took place on Saturday, May 10 at 3rd Ward.
Maro
Free Will Astrology: May 7 through 13
[Free Will Astrology]
Rob Brezsny
May 9 to 15
[Rockie Weekly Horoscope]
Rockie Gardiner
Why Do Mexicans Hit the Gas?
[¡Ask a Mexican!]
Or, relying on Fox for your crime lowdown
Gustavo Arellano
Why Can't I Leave My Boyfriend Tied Up While I Go the Movies?
[Savage Love]
Dan Savage
Letters
author:Various
How Chefs Are Dealing With the Tanking Dollar
[Fork in the Road]
Getting creative with imported goods
Sarah DiGregorio
New Nigerian Rocks on Hendrix in East New York
[Counter Culture]
Robert Sietsema
The Whitney Biennial: Art Sucks, Let's Go Shopping
A salute, of sorts
Lynn Yaeger
Niko Bellic and Grand Theft Auto IV are Great, But Is That Enough Anymore?
[Game On]
Is the competition passing GTA by?
Gary Hodges
Does OkCupid Shoot Digital Arrows?
[Click Me]
Dating site co-founder Sam Yagan talks about cybersex, polyamory, and why other dating sites are online zoos
Bonnie Ruberg
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