Bali

Free Will Astrology: February 20-26, 2013

Pressing Thai, Tahitian, and Balinese Grapes: 5 New Latitude Wines

Welcome to the doldrums of winter. Unless you spend your weekends driving to the mountains, you're probably dreaming of warm, exotic locales to escape to during these blustery months. But don't imagine bland lagers and coconut cocktails -- the old drinks of tropical travels -- because more tourists ... More >>

Watch Out for Sweaty Men With Bulging Neck Veins in Nightclubs, Warns the NYPD

​The NYPD has a handy guide in conjunction with the New York Nightlife Association created to help club owners and bartenders and party goers be as safe as possible and prevent illegal activities. The guide was just updated for 2011, and it includes some good things to know -- for instance, ne ... More >>

Where Can I Find an Indonesian Rijsttafel in NYC?

​You probably won't need Bromo Seltzer if you eat at Bromo Satay House. Robbie C. asks: Do you know of any good Indonesian restaurants in Manhattan or any of the other boroughs? I'm particularly interested to know if there are any that serve a rijsttafel. I really don't understand why the c ... More >>

New York Times Goes "Smudging," Which Is Less Sexy Than It Sounds

Feng Shui​"Smudgers," also known less ridiculously as "space-clearers," work to remove "worries about the future or negative vibes from the past" from local apartments, according to the New York Times today. Why yes, it does get crazier from there! Apparently people are paying these experts no ... More >>

Winter Guide: Keith Tyson Shows His Hand at the Pace Gallery

Plus: seasonal art picks!

Morning Links: First NY Governor's Debate Tonight; Super Typhoon Hits Phillippines; Teachers Fired for Inappropriate Facebooking

​• A sure-to-be-fun (and perhaps the only) debate among New York's seven gubernatorial candidates -- including Andrew Cuomo, Carl Paladino, Charles Barron of the Freedom Party, former "Manhattan Madam" Kristen Davis, Howie Hawkins of the Green Party, Jimmy McMillan of the "Rent Is 2 Damn Hig ... More >>

Eat Pray Love Serves Near-Constant Catharsis, But Hardly Any Arc

The title is a spoiler in three parts

Bromo Satay House Serves up East Java

Queens now tastes a little more like fermented shrimp paste

Bloomberg: The Movie (At Your Expense)

From L.A. to Bali, city workers film mayor touting himself at your expense

Will Goldfarb to Bring Barbecue to Investment Bankers

​Diner's Journal reports that Will Goldfarb, the peripatetic experimental pastry chef who purportedly moved to Bali, is indeed back in New York and preparing to open Picknick, Smoked, a barbecue trailer in Wall Street Park. The trailer will be younger sibling to Picknick, Goldfarb's sustainabl ... More >>

The Early Word--Danku

Two krokets and a side of mie dan (fried noodles)Danku, a Dutch-Indonesian "all-natural" fast food joint, recently opened its only US outpost on 57th Street. The chain's other location is in Antwerp, Belgium. The menu runs from ordinary paninis and baked goods, to krokets (Dutch croquettes) and Ind ... More >>

Strange Snacks of the World--Beef and Seaweed Potato Chips

Condiment Love: Kecap Manis

Daily Flog: Obama revs up his fiat, plans to run over Bush policies on stem cells, oil

Babi Guling--Balinese Pork DIY

Clip Job: Dorothy Lamour Glams Up the Village

Zivity.com: Updates from a Topless Laundromat Madonna

Following up with the site that promised alternative bodies and female-empowering cash

Ashley Bickerton: Gone Native

Bali's remarkable hybridist

Sweeping It Clean

A Balinese company transforms a New York stage

World Beat

Margaret Mead doc fest takes pulse of the global music scene

Stravinsky Meets Scrooge McDuck

On the classical excellence, heaving cellos, and cartoonish zeal of Nico Muhly

Horoscope

Harlem Globetrotters

Exuberant "world crossover" stars build us an awestruck bridge to Ethiopia

Orange No More

How to avoid a dorky-looking self-tan

The Lush Life of a Rudy Appointee

Aide spent a quarter of a million dollars on food, fun, and travel

Foreign Gods

Robert Wilson reverently stages an ancient Indonesian epic

Cheap High: The Reign of H&M

Feign of Terror

A British filmmaker deconstructs the politics of fear exploited by radical Islamists and American neocons alike.

The Gods Must Be Crazy

Film

NY Mirror

East Via Shortwave

Sun City Girls tune their static into freaky Asian frequencies, keep changing the channel

Listings

No-Sweat Gift Guide

The Profit's Bodyguards

U.S. Companies Want Protection From Violence

Bush's Bottom Line in Asia

Trading Black Hawks for Support

Away From It All

A Blackout Letter From an Absent Friend, Friday, August 15

Blame It on Al Qaeda

Media Hypes Sniper Conspiracy Theory

Nation

Dangling Men

Choreography by a Committee, a Pair, and a Genuine Original

The Lush Life of a Rudy Appointee

How a Politically Tied Aide Spent a Quarter of a Million Dollars on Food, Fun, and Travel

Horoscope

Railroad Apartment in Tenement

Horoscope

Black, Gay, At-Risk

Homophobia, Racism, and Rejection Fuel Rising Infections

NY Mirror

Read All About It!

Dancers on the Page

Stage Presents

It's a Good Time To Stay Off-Broadway— Even on CD

Beyond Human