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  • 1. Art

    Brooklyn Museum Looks Back at Keith Haring's Early Career

    By R. C. Baker
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Keith Haring (1958–90) was cursed to live in interesting times. His generation partied feverishly but was decimated by a plague made worse by official neglect. Sincere...

  • 2. Books

    Spring Guide 2012: Granta Eyes the African Short Story

    By James Hannaham
    Published: March 28, 2012

    "There's no way anyone can do all of Africa," says Nigerian novelist Helon Habila, editor of the new anthology The Granta Book of the African Short Story. "You'd need a bigger...

  • 3. News

    Occupy Spring

    By Nick Pinto
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Almost from the moment Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted from their camp in Zuccotti Park last November, observers have speculated whether the movement was finished,...

  • 4. La Dolce Musto

    Male Escorts Get Extra Kinky In a Money Crunch

    By Michael Musto
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Awards for male escorts? Isn't a credit-card swipe enough? Nope—these guys are entirely deserving of acclaim, especially if you've ever met some of the twisted trolls...

  • 5. Dance

    Spring Guide 2012: Yvonne Rainer: A Dance Beacon at Dia:Beacon

    By Deborah Jowitt
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Yvonne Rainer and The Village Voice go way back. 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Judson Dance Theater, the iconoclastic, obstreperous, and deeply smart bunch of...

  • 6. Film

    Whit Stillman in Distress

    By Karina Longworth
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Whit Stillman made a name for himself making semi-autobiographical, deadpan, highly literate comedies about the night lives of idle heirs (his 1990 Oscar-nominated debut,...

  • 7. Tracking Shots

    Wrath of the Titans

    By Mark Holcomb
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Like many a franchise-killer, this big, flailing dud of a sequel to 2010's Clash of the Titans is more (retina-herniating CGI), less (fun), and the same (basic plot) as its...

  • 8. Counter Culture

    John Brown Smokehouse: Long Island City Gets a Great Barbecue

    By Robert Sietsema
    Published: March 28, 2012

    It's something of an urban miracle how quickly NYC has gone from being a barbecue wasteland to a national 'cue capital. The phenomenon began 20 years ago with the founding of...

  • 9. Music

    Madonna Has an Identity Crisis on MDNA

    By Maura Johnston
    Published: March 28, 2012

    The new album by Madonna, MDNA (Interscope), is in large part a tribute to her contributions to the pop world's gene pool. It opens with her reciting the Act of Contrition,...

  • 10. Theater

    The Big Meal: Our Wilder Ways

    By Michael Feingold
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Young people are falling in love again, kids are being bratty again, the old folks who parented the young people are being cranky and warping their grandkids' minds with their...

  • 11. Calendar

    FIGHT BACK

    By Angela Ashman
    Published: March 28, 2012

    In their righteous new Guerrilla Girls' Art Museum Activity Book, the feminist group (whose members dress up in ferocious gorilla costumes) offers a range of actions that...

  • 12. Calendar

    BE PREPARED

    By Angela Ashman
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Rory Hendrix, the young protagonist of Tupelo Hassman's debut novel, Girlchild, lives in a trailer park outside Reno at the mercy of a mother who chooses all the wrong men....

  • 13. Calendar

    MADDOW FOR PRESIDENT

    By Sharyn Jackson
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Rachel Maddow continually reaffirms her celeb-pundit status with well-spoken rants that keep landing at the top of our Facebook feeds. The latest example is her Rush Limbaugh...

  • 14. Calendar

    HOUSE PARTY

    By Nick Murray
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Over the past few months, the work of Junior Vasquez, the New York–based DJ/producer whose music has been moving bodies since the early ’80s, has received an...

  • 15. Calendar

    KABUKI DOWN

    By Heather Baysa
    Published: March 28, 2012

    The word "kabuki" comes from kabuku, meaning "to be out of the ordinary." So it's no surprise that Kabuki dance theater—the 500-year-old performance art named for its...

  • 16. Calendar

    SAY OUI

    By Mikael Wood
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Delightfully (if somewhat optimistically) described by their American record label as “the ultimate French electro-rock superhero diode,” Bordeaux’s boy-girl...

  • 17. Calendar

    Ben Allison

    By Jim Macnie
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Doing their job under some of the most memorable jazz melodies being written, Allison’s rhythms glow with a rock-tinged heat. Across his work, the bassist employs pulse...

  • 18. Calendar

    BROOKLYN EXPRESS

    By Araceli Cruz
    Published: March 28, 2012

    Just when you thought Fashion Week was over, leave it to Brooklynites to have the last word on the matter. Industry City, an 11,000-square-foot creative business hub located...

  • 19. Calendar

    FINAL POUR

    By Allen Barra
    Published: March 28, 2012

    March Madness is in full swing, with the NCAA Final Four happening today and the championship game on Monday, and there’s a lot of sports-bar fun to be had as the...

  • 20. Calendar

    PARTY HARD

    By Nick Murray
    Published: March 28, 2012

    In Santos' Party House, co-owner Andrew W.K. might have his own Chinatown hangout, a place where hipsters and their plus-ones can party till they puke as everyone from...

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