Algonquin Hotel

New York's Crackdown on Brooklyn DIY Spaces

New York City's Top 5 Places That *Might* Be Haunted

​Yesterday, I had the brilliant idea to break an entry and take a look for myself inside one of the city's notoriously "haunted" places: Greenpoint Hospital. Opened in 1914, the 5-building hospital unit operated throughout the 1980's and was last utilized as a men's shelter. One building, in parti ... More >>

Kurt Vonnegut Tries to Spoil Earth Day

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 30, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 18 Vonnegut & Earth Day by Anna Mayo It was the night before Earth Day. Kurt Vonnegut, set off by the ambience of the Algonquin Hotel, looked more like Mark Twain than Hal Holbrook. He was talking about th ... More >>

Country Joe MacDonald Tires of the Revolution, Which Bums Out Richard Goldstein

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 3, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 51 C.J. Fish on Saturday by Richard Goldstein It was Saturday afternoon and the Algonquin Hotel smelled of old marble and mahagony. In his suite, Country Joe MacDonald sat on a sofa and watched cartoons ... More >>

A Few Private New York Clubs Still Bar Women

And no one seems very upset about it

Clip Job: Nora Ephron on Murph the Surf!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 7, 1964, Vol. X, No. 12Murph the Surf: The Case of a Failed Folk HeroBy Nora EphronFrom the moment it was announced that someone with the improbable nickname of Murph the Surf had been arrested and charged with the $410,000 Museum of N ... More >>

Interview: Will Oldham on His New Album Beware

"[Beware] was like getting cum out of a thirteen-year-old boy: easy as hell." Having a conversation with Will Oldham in an isolated corner-room in the Algonquin Hotel is a more pleasant experience than one might believe, if judged by his muted, frequently melancholy songs. But in person, Oldham d ... More >>

Clip Job: The High Cost of Blacklisting

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 12, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 38High Cost of BlacklistingBy Stephanie GervisIf CBS really doubted John Henry Faulk's audience appeal, it should have covered his libel suit against AWARE, Inc., Laurence Johnson, and Vincent Hartnett more closely. F ... More >>

Culture Alert! Euan Morton in Concert!

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 12, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 38High Cost of BlacklistingBy Stephanie GervisIf CBS really doubted John Henry Faulk's audience appeal, it should have covered his libel suit against AWARE, Inc., Laurence Johnson, and Vincent Hartnett more closely. F ... More >>

Bizarre Boozin'

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 12, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 38High Cost of BlacklistingBy Stephanie GervisIf CBS really doubted John Henry Faulk's audience appeal, it should have covered his libel suit against AWARE, Inc., Laurence Johnson, and Vincent Hartnett more closely. F ... More >>

Gray Matters

'It's odd that I met you,' said the late Spalding Gray. 'It's too many coincidences.'

Supplement

'It's odd that I met you,' said the late Spalding Gray. 'It's too many coincidences.'

Thwack! Batman’s Back

'It's odd that I met you,' said the late Spalding Gray. 'It's too many coincidences.'

Lewis Lapham and White Whale Sighted on Bleecker Street

Will Pomerantz’s Culture Club

GooGoo Ga Joob

Will Pomerantz’s Culture Club

Isle of White

Will Pomerantz’s Culture Club

Language Barrier

On the Net, Talk Is Cheap but It Isn't Free

Letters

On the Net, Talk Is Cheap but It Isn't Free