Email Author Angela Ashman

2012 Stories by Angela Ashman

• LUTE! GUITAR! ACTION!

  published February 1, 2012

  Strange though their pairing might seem, cult filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and Dutch lute whiz Jozef van Wissem have history: Last October, for... More >>

• THE UNDERGROUND

  published February 1, 2012

  “I had this attitude then that I didn’t know how to make a film, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me,” filmmaker Amos... More >>

• THIS WAY OUT

  published February 1, 2012

  When life doesn’t go the way you planned, how do you find a new direction? In its latest issue, Granta, the award-winning British literary... More >>

• MOB TIES

  published January 25, 2012

  Brooklyn, from its beautiful brownstones to the boardwalk at Coney Island, has long captured the attention of filmmakers who find the... More >>

• INTIMATE TRANSACTIONS

  published January 25, 2012

  In 2004, artist Andrea Fraser had people racing to a Chelsea gallery to see a 60-minute video she made of her meeting with an art collector in a... More >>

• LONELY HEARTS CLUB

  published January 18, 2012

  As of press time, scientists have still not found a cure for the broken heart. However, you can alleviate the distressing symptoms (such as... More >>

• MURDER HE SHOT

  published January 18, 2012

  "Now, the easiest kind of a job was a murder,” said Weegee, the famous crime photographer of the ’30s and ’40s, “because... More >>

• WORDS HURT

  published January 18, 2012

  It has long been a teenager’s duty to make life hard for his or her parents, but for Sam and Claire, the couple in Ben Marcus’s new... More >>

• VOCAL VISIONARY

  published January 18, 2012

  La MaMa, the downtown institution for experimental performing arts, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new Monday Nights series of talks... More >>

• GREEN DAY

  published January 18, 2012

  Tom Green’s warped take on the world earned him fame with his own MTV show and movie roles in Road Trip and Freddy Got Fingered. Recently,... More >>

• PAPER CUTS

  published January 18, 2012

  Put those reading glasses on. Molly Smith Metzler’s Close Up Space concerns a book editor on a major deadline with a frazzled assistant, a... More >>

• The Daily Show Live: Stand-Up Comedy from The Daily Show's Staff

  published January 11, 2012

  We’re sure Jon Stewart is funny on his own and all. But there are many people behind the man who make him consistently so. Tonight, Rory... More >>

• THE CLUCKING DEAD

  published January 11, 2012

  Things aren’t so good at the opening day of fast-food restaurant American Chicken Bunker. Built on the Tromahawk Tribe sacred burial... More >>

• GRACELAND ODDITY

  published January 11, 2012

  If your birthday is on January 8, pat yourself and your mom on the back, for you are astrologically gifted! January 8 is the same day two of... More >>

• LIT WITS

  published January 11, 2012

  Throw on your best tweed suit and biggest glasses—Nerd Jeopardy is back for a new year of testing your love of books. Just like the game... More >>

• RENAISSANCE MAN

  published January 11, 2012

  Prolific British punk rocker Billy Childish, 52, has recorded more albums than the number of years he’s been alive (at last count, it was... More >>

• GLITTER PARADE

  published January 4, 2012

  The American Realness Festival, which kicked off on Thursday at Abrons Arts Center, is 10 days of 20 performances from the best practitioners of... More >>

• HOLLYWOOD SQUARES

  published January 4, 2012

  While the Republican presidential candidates have been arguing issues such as the economy and national security, the participants of the Uptown... More >>

• STEP RIGHT UP

  published January 4, 2012

  Haven’t yet shot through the floors of the New Museum like a cannonball in Carsten Höller’s curvy slide? What are you waiting... More >>