Athens (Greece)

BEYOND THE REALMS OF DEATH

Metalheads take Williamsburg

Free Will Astrology: January 16-22, 2013

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COVER YOUR EYES

A celebration of tastelessness

Free Will Astrology: August 15-21, 2012

Riots Erupt in Greece Over Austerity

Flames spread around Athens as demonstrators protested a vote in parliament on an austerity measures, which have been ordered upon the country in exchange for €130 billion from the International Monetary Fund and other European countries. The New York Times reports that demonstrators were throwing ... More >>

Avant-Garde January! It's Koltes, the TEAM, Toshiki Okada, and, er, Ira Glass

A critical dive into the Under the Radar, Other Forces, and Coil festivals

Make Chef Matthew Tropeano's Split Pea Soup

More, peas! ​Split pea soup -- a splendid mix of sweet, plump, vegetal bobbles with savory pork -- has been consumed since at least ancient Athens. The recipe remains beloved by many to this day, as it easily adapts to regional palates and the tastes of a particular era. Chef Matthew Tropeano ... More >>

Lysistrata Jones Is Greece, The Musical

A new Broadway show gives Aristophanes some hoop dreams

Seven More Sets You Should Catch During CMJ Week, Including Hull, Coasting, And The Fabulous En Vogue

Hull. ​ Sound of the City's staff has opinions about which bands to see at the CMJ festival, happening around the city this week. In our final installment of recommendations, music editor Maura Johnston offers her picks. (Check out Nick Murray's and Martika Finch's selections, too.) Hull Fa ... More >>

R.E.M.'s Reckoning

The band closes the book on their legacy

Live: Olivia Tremor Control Keep Hope Alive

​Olivia Tremor Control w/the Music Tapes (le) poisson rouge Wednesday, September 21 Better than: Poring over photos from May 1997 on Flickr. In the '90s—that increasingly storied decade that everyone under 30 is probably sick of hearing about the way I was tired of listening to yarns ... More >>

Dish No. 21: Bien Cuit's Zucchini Sandwich

Rebecca Marx​ One of our favorite ways to enjoy Bien Cuit's wonderful bread is on its zucchini sandwich, which is more formally known as the Athens.

We Say 'Bien Sûr' to Bien Cuit's Zucchini Sandwich

Rebecca Marx​ Yesterday, we took ourselves over to upper Smith Street to check out Bien Cuit, a brand-new French bakery and café. Zachary Golper, who owns Bien Cuit with his wife, Kate Wheatcroft, used to be a baker at Le Bec-Fin, a Philadelphia restaurant that knows from good food, so ... More >>

The Olivia Tremor Control Will Play Le Poisson Rouge This September

​This just in: Athens pop outfit the Olivia Tremor Control, members of the sprawling Elephant 6 collective and experts at blending the outlandishly pop with the brain-twistingly not, will tour this fall on a jaunt that includes a September 21 stop at Le Poisson Rouge. Ticket info is on the way ... More >>

Captain Arrested by Greek Authorities as U.S. Boat to Gaza Attempts to Leave Athens

The journey of The Audacity of Hope, the U.S. boat which was going to join an international flotilla attempting to break the blockade of Gaza this weekend, appears to have been very short lived. Not long after attempting to launch from Athens, the Hope's captain has been arrested by Greek authoriti ... More >>

Lysistrata Jones--Blue Balls and Basketballs

Aristophanes hits the court in the Transport Group's new musical adaptation

DEEP THOUGHTS

Socrates would be so proud

Don't Go Away, Crepeaway! A New Pancake Spot Lands in NYU Territory

Lauren ShockeyInternational House of Pancakes. Literally.​You'd think when one shop fails, the restaurant taking its place shouldn't have the exact same concept. But the owners of Crepeaway, a brand new creperie near NYU, don't agree, having revamped the space formerly occupied by Crepe Crea ... More >>

Food Court Trays As Filthy As Gas Station Toilets; Texas Drought to Raise Wheat, Beef Prices

​Frito-Lay has announced it plans make half its snacks sold in the U.S. with only natural ingredients by the end of the year. [Wall Street Journal] Restaurateurs complained to City Hall this week that it's too difficult and expensive to set up shop, despite efforts to make things easier. [NY ... More >>

Live: The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour Keeps It Together at the Knitting Factory

The group in Ohio, a few days back. The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour Knitting Factory Monday, March 21 Better than: Seeing any band currently attached to any kind of micro-genre-related hype or anything remotely timely. The titular amazement of Elephant 6's second Holiday Surprise revu ... More >>

New Yorkers Are Not the Biggest Flirts

​According to an important and highly scientific appraisal of the "World Flirtation League," Athens, Greece, is apparently the flirtiest city of the modern world. The methodology of determining global cities' said flirtation quotients involved calculating the number of online flirtations initi ... More >>

Restaurants Love a Monday Valentine's Day; Pepsi to Launch Skinny Can to 'Honor' Women

​McDonald's is getting its chipotle on with a new Chipotle BBQ Bacon Angus burger priced at $3.99 and available through March 31. [Nation's Restaurant News] Restaurants are happy that Valentine's Day is on a Monday night because Mondays are usually slow for business. [Nation's Restaurant News ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at A-Wah

This week in The Voice, Robert Sietsema is "pleasantly surprised" by Hong Kongese A-Wah. Sam Sifton awards two stars to Aquavit and new chef Marcus Jernmark's approach of "quiet, seasonal intensity that is well worth investigating." [NY Times]​ Steve Cuozzo falls for Mari Vanna, which he dee ... More >>

Hugh Acheson Coming to NYC; Benihana Gets a New Exec Chef

​Top Chef alum Spike Mendelsohn has plans to open outposts of his D.C. restaurant Good Stuff in, Arlington, Virginia, and Georgetown, and maybe in "Chicago, L.A., even London and Tokyo." [Bloomberg] Hugh Acheson, the chef-owner of Five & Ten in Athens, Ga. and a James Beard nominee, has just ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: March 10 through 16, 2010

MGMT

Jonathan Richman+Vic Chesnutt

WANTED: A POET

A look at our own troubled times via Aristophanes

Letters

Horoscope

Pylon's Gyrate Plus

Gravity's angels, barnstorming again

The History Plays

Riots! Devils! Mopey Danes! The famous shows we're most sorry we missed.

Remember the Spartans

Spinach pies and baseball loukanika by the Gowanus Expressway

Hip Hoplites

Remixing Aeschylus, The Seven spills classic tragedy onto today's mean streets.

Rabbit Hole

When the pope passed away and the whole new pope election—I thought their hats were neat

Catch Them If You Can

Spielberg's dour tale of assassination gets lost in a morass of moral ambivalence

Finding Philoxenia

Amateur meteorologists discover microclimate in Astoria

Jingo Bells

Prime-time pride, manly girls vs. girly girls and fear of a black dream team

Sound Check

On the streets and in courtrooms, convention preliminaries are under way

Opa!-ration intoxication: In homage to the Greek god of wine

Wartime Myths

Ambitious Imua searches for new ways to fight old battles

Ghost Powder

'Did Rich tell you about the headstone of the little girl who died?'

Sports

Gossip and Free Speech

Greek Papers Speak a Familiar Language

Letters

Peter Sellars's CNN Euripides

Some People Do Have to Live Like a Refugee

London Traffic

Seven U.K. Productions That May Be New York Bound

Shock Corridor

How a Long-Dormant Law Could Spark a Hudson Valley Power Plant Boom

Invisible Cities