Chile

Aftershock Can't Make Torture Fun

In No, It's the Ad Men vs. the Dictator

Popaganda

Apps for Teacher

"Educational entrepreneurship" is booming, but can profit and pedagogy go hand in hand?

A Dazed Witness to History in Post Mortem

Kaia: Please Boer Me

Happily, New York gets some more South African food

On Saturday, 20,000 People Could Be Doing Yoga and Dancing to 'Thriller' on Wall Street

​On September 17, 20,000 people will pitch tents and set up kitchens at Chase Manhattan Plaza in an occupation of Wall Street that will last for months -- or at least, that's what the organizers of Occupy Wall Street are hoping for. According to them, the event will involve a couple thousand p ... More >>

Equan Southall Arrested in the Murder of Camila Guzman

​DNA Info is reporting that Equan Southall, reportedly the boyfriend of Camila Guzman, has been arrested and charged with her murder. Guzman, a transgender woman from Chile, was stabbed to death on August 1st. She was memorialized by friends and LGBT activists outside of her home in East Har ... More >>

Prince William and Duchess Kate Adopt Baby Penguin

​Prince William And Duchess Kate (née Middleton) are the perfect picture of romance right now. Their wedding went off without a hitch, the frenzy around them has died down, and they've gone back to normal royal lives. But they're already adding a third member to their family; no, Kate's not p ... More >>

Salvador Allende

Nostalgia for the Light: A Stark, Ravishing Plea for Remembrance

Japan Quake Death Toll Could Rise to 1300; Nuclear Plant Explosion Causes Radiation Leak, Fear of Meltdown

Reuters via NYT​The death toll from yesterday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan could rise to more than 1300, government officials told Japanese news media. CNN is reporting that the number of deaths is 900 and is expected to rise. Half the population of one town, Minamisanr ... More >>

Eat the Rich

The rich are richer than ever, but don't ask them for help

Hot Mexican Mess

Some pendejos say Mexicans have a 'defective culture'

Andrew Sarris: Heteros Have Problems Too

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 4, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 5 Heteros have problems too By Andrew Sarris I am 42, going on 43, and I have never had a homosexual experience. Thus, if only by the process of elimination (and an ecstatically happy marriage), I must q ... More >>

Man Trapped Underground for 69 Days is Whiny, Says Local Newspaper

​Edison Peña, one of the 33 Chilean miners rescued last month after 69 days trapped underground, has now had the pleasure of being insulted by the New York Post, which today calls the man "nitpicky" on his tour of New York. The tabloid is upset by Peña's reaction to various New York City tou ... More >>

Jesús Nuñez Part Two: Spanish Wines and Cheeses, Best NYC Restaurants, and Tripe

Jesús Nuñez​One of the most interesting fall openings is Jesús Nuñez's Graffit on West 69th Street, which will open in November. Nuñez is well-known in Spain for his Madrid restaurants, Polenta and Flou, where he offered avant-garde, imaginative dishes like a deconstructed Spanish tortill ... More >>

Kristin Scott Thomas's New Movie About Hormones

Dying by degrees at the New York Film Festival

This Week in the Voice: Infiltrating the Gathering of the Juggalos

​Pop culture -- especially music -- has always had its own respectively fringe and seemingly misunderstood populations. From Phish Phans, to Justin Bieber's bloodthirsty teenage following, and beyond, there always seems to be a group of people deeply saturated in a culture of fanatic obsession ... More >>

Venice Midpoint: Women Rule

From Meek's Cutoff​Midway through the Venice film festival, the competition is notable for a pair of features by American women: Sofia Coppola's Somewhere and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff -- both minimalist, open-ended exercises in myths debunked and protagonists lost. Evidently inspired ... More >>

One Giant Leap for Mankind -- in Central Park

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 24, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 41 The Age of Lunacy On a Muddy Meadow by Steve Lerner The Moon-In on the Sheep Meadow in Central Park last Sunday night came off as the world's largest outdoor multi-media program. Vying for spectator pop ... More >>

Film Forum's Karen Cooper on the Secret to Her Success

J. Hoberman's Favorite Films of 2009

Larrain's Tony Manero Turns Fantasies to Nightmares

You May Want to Avoid Jens Lekman for the Next Week or So

Jens Lekman has the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu. Yeesh. Apparently, everyone's favorite Swedish chamber-pop/disco/folk singer contracted the virus while on tour in South America, and is recovering at home in Sweden. Lekman began feeling sick while flying home from Chile, told a flight atte ... More >>

The House of the Spirits

WEDNESDAY | 6.4

Belmont Park's Backstretch Plays Home To a Most Unusual Day-Care Center

Is there a stranger location for a day-care in New York? Don't bet on it

Dominik Eulberg and Cadenza

Techno nature-boys get back to the land

The Summer of My German Epic

Wagner, Mongols, capitalist art! A conversation with Lincoln Center Festival artistic director Nigel Redden

The Reign and Downfall of Alberto Fujimori

Friday 8/4

'This Is the Time to Rise'

Immigrants march, plan May 1 strike

Letters

The Global Theater of Forgiveness

The late philosopher asks: if the whole world confesses, who's behind the screen?

Horoscope

Disaster, Heartbreak, Bowling: Snapshots of Latin America

La Villa Strangiato

Ayn Rand's favorite Canuck power-prog trio colonizes Brazil

Open Me

Finding beautiful boys, bordello interiors, and worldwide Jews in the season's most intriguing coffee-table books

Concerning Sotoligarchy

What happens when the rich and powerful rule the stupid? It's called America.

VoIP a Dope

The Current Quality of Low-Cost Calls Over the Net

Listings

The Florida Key

Nurturing Ibero-American Talent in Miami

High and Low

Letters

Manhattan’s Milosevic

How You Can Do What the Government Won’t: Arrest Henry Kissinger

Love Is Not a Dog

Sports

Gay Is Global

Three decades after Stonewall the movement it spawned has become a worldwide symbol of freedom

The GLAAD Hand of Coors