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Athens (Greece)

  • Blogs

    February 12, 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 >>

  • Theater

    January 11, 2012

    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

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2012

    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 >>

  • Theater

    December 21, 2011

    Lysistrata Jones Is Greece, The Musical

    A new Broadway show gives Aristophanes some hoop dreams

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    September 28, 2011

    R.E.M.'s Reckoning

    The band closes the book on their legacy

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2011

    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 >>

  • Theater

    June 8, 2011

    Lysistrata Jones--Blue Balls and Basketballs

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

  • Voice Choices

    April 27, 2011

    DEEP THOUGHTS

    Socrates would be so proud

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Columns

    March 9, 2010

    Free Will Astrology: March 10 through 16, 2010

    ​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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 24, 2009

    MGMT

    ​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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 3, 2009

    Jonathan Richman+Vic Chesnutt

    ​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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 6, 2008

    WANTED: A POET

    A look at our own troubled times via Aristophanes

  • Specials

    January 8, 2008

    Letters

    A look at our own troubled times via Aristophanes

  • Columns

    December 25, 2007

    Horoscope

    A look at our own troubled times via Aristophanes

  • Music

    October 9, 2007

    Pylon's Gyrate Plus

    Gravity's angels, barnstorming again

  • Theater

    May 15, 2007

    The History Plays

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

  • Theater

    September 19, 2006

    Defeats of Strength

    A pair of tragic heroes, who dare all and get smashed by destiny

  • Dining

    July 11, 2006

    Remember the Spartans

    Spinach pies and baseball loukanika by the Gowanus Expressway

  • Theater

    February 14, 2006

    Hip Hoplites

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

  • NYC Life

    January 17, 2006

    Rabbit Hole

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

  • Film

    December 13, 2005

    Catch Them If You Can

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

  • Dining

    November 2, 2004

    Finding Philoxenia

    Amateur meteorologists discover microclimate in Astoria

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    Jingo Bells

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

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    Sound Check

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

  • NYC Life

    August 3, 2004

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

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

  • Theater

    July 13, 2004

    Wartime Myths

    Ambitious Imua searches for new ways to fight old battles

  • NYC Life

    June 8, 2004

    Ghost Powder

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

  • News

    August 26, 2003

    Sports

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

  • News

    August 5, 2003

    Gossip and Free Speech

    Greek Papers Speak a Familiar Language

  • Specials

    May 20, 2003

    Letters

    Greek Papers Speak a Familiar Language

  • News

    March 25, 2003

    New York Joins Global Wave of War Protests

    Anti-War Activists Sharpen Their Tactics

  • Theater

    January 28, 2003

    Peter Sellars's CNN Euripides

    Some People Do Have to Live Like a Refugee

  • Theater

    January 9, 2001

    London Traffic

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

  • Music

    May 16, 2000

    Music

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

  • News

    March 7, 2000

    Shock Corridor

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

  • Long Island Voice

    December 28, 1999

    Sweet Home Buttholesville

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

  • News

    December 28, 1999

    Future Shock

    Sci-fi Novelist Samuel R. Delany Imagines New York City Circa 3000

  • Books

    February 23, 1999

    Invisible Cities

    Sci-fi Novelist Samuel R. Delany Imagines New York City Circa 3000

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