Email Author Araceli Cruz

2008 Stories by Araceli Cruz

• COOL CAT

  published November 5, 2008

  It's fitting that the Studio Museum in Harlem is hosting Barkley L. Hendricks's first career retrospective, Birth of the Cool, considering... More >>

• THOU SHALL NOT . . . ?

  published November 5, 2008

  It's true: When Keith Haring was working on his first solo museum exhibit in 1985, he envisioned using the Ten Commandments to occupy the archways... More >>

• STRUT TO THE MUSIC

  published November 5, 2008

  Tonight, Brooklyn is in store for a full-on fashion party. Style Klash benefits the socially conscious Gallery at Harriet's Alter... More >>

• TRANSFORMER

  published November 5, 2008

  As a photographer, the prolific Cindy Sherman has never been without a subject. Sherman’s notoriety stems from 30 years of acting as her own... More >>

• THE REAL WORLD

  published November 5, 2008

  Tired of scripted “reality”-based television shows like Survivor and Amazing Race? For the past 32 years, the Margaret Mead Film and... More >>

• GET REBOOTED

  published November 5, 2008

  Click + Drag, probably the only party that mixes cyber fetish, drag, art performances, and visual installations (can you name another?), is... More >>

• BREAKING BARRIERS

  published November 5, 2008

  To date, Wikipedia can list more than 400 openly gay politicians. But if Wikipedia had existed in 1977 (along with the Internet), the list would... More >>

• POET SLUT

  published October 22, 2008

  There aren't too many New York City events that combine booze, sex, and poetry—legally, anyway. In fact, we can only think of one: The... More >>

• UPWARD SPIRAL

  published October 22, 2008

  It's not about how much space you have, but what you do with it, right? Even though some Manhattan renters might disagree with that statement, 10... More >>

• DJ Sets and Music Sale

  published October 22, 2008

  If your brain isn't fried by the CMJ bonanza that has taken over New York, and you're still pumped for more, Other Music is milking the last days... More >>

• UPWARD SPIRAL

  published October 22, 2008

  It's not about how much space you have, but what you do with it, right? Even though some Manhattan renters might disagree with that statement, 10... More >>

• READY, SET . . . GO!

  published October 22, 2008

  We suspect Katie Holmes will be too busy on Broadway to run in the ING New York City Marathon again, but for those of us who prefer the... More >>

• CREEP SHOW

  published October 22, 2008

  The Theater for the New City will be converting the block from East 10th Street, between First and Second avenues, into something that resembles... More >>

• ¡VIVA LOS MUERTOS!

  published October 22, 2008

  If dressing up like Sarah Palin and passing out halfway through the Halloween Parade is not your thing, allow us to direct you to a more dignified... More >>

• BICYCLE! BICYCLE!

  published October 8, 2008

  The 14th Annual Tour de Bronx is more than New York's largest free cycling event. It's that one event that gathers just about every person... More >>

• SUPER-FRESH

  published October 8, 2008

  Now that the summer of Olafur has wrapped, a fresh new wave has arrived for P.S. 1's Fall Opening Celebration. Showing her first in-depth... More >>

• TOP CHEF

  published October 8, 2008

  Loyalty means never having to ditch your lunch vendor for another, because if they see you passing by and not buying a thing . . . well, prepare... More >>

• A SIGN OF THE TIMES

  published October 8, 2008

  Sometimes, the only thing that can give a room its finishing touch is a one-of-a-kind vintage piece--and we doubt Ikea carries that. Aside from... More >>

• TOTAL MADNESS

  published October 1, 2008

  The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), home to all things crafty and D.I.Y., just moved into its sparkly new $90 million space at 2 Columbus Circle,... More >>

• SEASONS CHANGE

  published October 1, 2008

  When you hear the name Gowanus Harvest Festival, your first reaction may be "No, thanks!" as you imagine what's been harvested from the... More >>

• LET'S GET POLITICAL

  published October 1, 2008

  For more than 40 years, Brooklyn-based political-art pioneer Martha Rosler has covered controversial and important subjects in her collages... More >>

• NO SLEEP ’TIL

  published September 23, 2008

  Last year, after cutie Sufjan Stevens’s sold-out symphony The BQE at BAM was such a major success, the wise people of BAM asked if... More >>

• SHORT AND SWEET

  published September 23, 2008

  When Aussie director John Polson (Hide and Seek, Swimfan) was starting out 15 years ago, he realized the easiest way to get his... More >>

• FRIGHT NIGHT

  published September 23, 2008

  To create the scariest haunted house in the city, producers Psycho Clan and director Timothy Haskell conducted an online poll that asked: What's... More >>

• JE T'AIME, N.Y. ET  PARIS

  published September 23, 2008

  It's in the classic tweed Coco Chanel suit, in Ruhlmann furniture, and in Josephine Baker's slick 'do. They're reflections of the period from 1925... More >>