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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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The Houses That Ruthlessness Built
Welcome to middling baseball in sleek new cathedrals
by Allen Barra
What's the worst baseball season in New York history? Most fans, if pressed to name their worst season, would recall the years of their biggest disappointments, and for fans of both New York teams, that means 2007.
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Columbia's Knotty Noose Problem, Part 2
How the Teachers College administration went from supportive to skeptical in the Constantine case
by Graham Rayman
By last October, nearly two years had passed since plagiarism allegations had first been made to the administrators of Columbia Teachers College against one of its professors, Madonna Constantine. Last week, the Voice detailed those allegations and the ways in which college administrators initially protected Constantine
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Collective: Unconscious to Close
Downtown stalwart will permanently close its theater on July 31
by Trav S.D.
Collective’s closure will mean the demise of one of the last physical ties to a now-vanished time and place—the Lower East Side of the ’90s and early ’00s, when the company’s former storefront space on Ludlow Street was surrounded by numerous similar ramshackle venues mostly located in repurposed stores, garages, lofts, and schools.
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Paul Beatty Conjures DJ Darky's Deutschland Daze
The author forsakes blogs! Returns instead with a new comic novel, Slumberland.
by Saul Austerlitz
I've invited novelist Paul Beatty to meet me at a restaurant that no longer exists.
NYC Life «
Updated Tuesday, June 24, at 12:00 am
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Deconstructing The New Ikea in Red Hük
By Lynn Yaeger
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Pegging Goes Big: Straight Men Get It In the End
By Steve Weinstein
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Gay Nightlife: Parties With a Boy Flavor
By Russell, John
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Parties With a Girl Flavor: Dyke Nightlife
By Sharyn Jackson
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Buck Angel, A Man With a Pussy: LGB Without the T
By Michael Lavers
Film «
Updated Wednesday, July 9, at 12:00 am
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Garden Party, A Squeaky-Clean Fantasy About "Struggling"
By Aaron Hillis
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The Stone Angel, a Stubbornly Affecting Drama
By Tim Grierson
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The Art of War: Full Battle Rattle and La France
By J. Hoberman
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The Exiles: Soul and the City
By Jim Ridley
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Journey To The Center of the Earth: Pretty Much a Demo Reel
By Robert Wilonsky
Art «
Updated Wednesday, July 9, at 12:00 am
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Retro Man
By R.C. Baker
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Susan Hefuna Lands at Albion's New York Outpost
By Ben Davis
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The Secret Annex
By Martha Schwendener
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The Met's Century of Photography
By Leslie Camhi
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W. Eugene Smith: Art, Not News
By R.C. Baker
Theater «
Updated Wednesday, July 9, at 12:00 am
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A Week in the Slow Lane
By Michael Feingold
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Gate/Beckett at Lincoln Center: Texts for Something
By Alexis Soloski
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Downtown Stalwart Collective: Unconscious to Close
By Trav S.D.
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Macbeth 2008: Opposite Poles
By Michael Feingold
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Misha Shulman's Brunch at the Luthers
By GARRETT EISLER
Screens «
Updated Tuesday, June 10, at 12:00 am
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Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox Goes Heavy on Gore and Glitches
By Gary Hodges
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Guitar Hero and Rock Band Give New Meaning to Rock and Roll Excess
By Chris Ward
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Castle of Shikigami III Tests the Bounds of Wii Loyalty
By Gary Hodges
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Nintendo’s Wii Fit Ignites Yet Another Fitness Fad
By Chris Ward
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Steven Spielberg Goes Direct-to-Video-Game with Boom Blox for the Wii
By Chris Ward
Cartoons «
Updated Wednesday, July 2, at 12:00 am
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William Kristol is the Shameless Supervillain: The Propagandist
By Tom Tomorrow
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Recent Examples of Awesomely Non-Racist Political Discourse
By Tom Tomorrow
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Meet the Republican Good News Fairy
By Tom Tomorrow
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Obama Wins the Nomination: The Week That Was
By Tom Tomorrow
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A Brief History of Gasoline Consumption in America
By Tom Tomorrow
Deadline Hollywood Daily «
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AFTRA Members Ratify AMPTP Contract; SAG Campaign To Deep-Six Pact Fails; Dueling Statements By Actor Presidents
Posted Tuesday, July 8
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Camp Allen Kept IDs Of Presenters Quiet: King Of Jordan, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Joint DreamWorks Animation-Intel Talk; SAG Speaks To Media Moguls In Idaho Ad
Posted Tuesday, July 8
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UPDATE: Quentin Tarantino Talking To Brad Pitt To Star In 'Inglorious Bastards'
Posted Tuesday, July 8
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AFTRA Vote Results After 5 PM PST
Posted Tuesday, July 8
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Tuesday Massacre At Hollywood Reporter
Posted Tuesday, July 8
Naked City «
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Radical Maneuvers: The Radical Homosexual Agenda
Posted Tuesday, July 8
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Naked City Contest: Write a Verse for the Wet Spots!
Posted Tuesday, July 8
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Teagan Presley's Breast Implants for Sale on Ebay
Posted Tuesday, July 8
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How To Make Your Own Bondage Cuffs
Posted Tuesday, July 8
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Satyromania: Hot Satyr Action
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Blogs «
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Sound of the City
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La Daily Musto
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Fork in the Road
How to Invite Ridicule
You know we're in trouble when the Democratic convention issues a catering memorandum that looks like it was written by a neurotic Park Slope parent.
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All City
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The Bush Beat
Jesse Helms Finally Dies
If we're lucky, he took some of his bitter bigotry with him.
Jul 4, 12:08pm
Pony up Pony Express Record fans
Come visit Musto this Saturday with Murray Hill!
Musto's beloved dad has passed on. . . 
William's mom is making roast beef.
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Updated Wednesday, July 9, at 12:00 am
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Updated Wednesday, July 9, at 12:00 am
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Updated Wednesday, July 2, at 12:00 am
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Compagnie Maguy Marin: Moving Days
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Two Big-Name Choreographers Return
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