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Columbus

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Who In History Would You Like To Interview?

    At a Friars Club tribute to Bob Woodruff the other night, a panel of TV journalists was asked that very question. One replied Sandy Koufax because the famed pitcher was so inspirational and also has never talked much to press, so it would be a big "get."

  • Theater

    August 24, 2011

    Olive and the Bitter Herbs: Sour Power

    In Charles Busch's new comedy at Primary Stages, it's ghosts, guffaws, and a super-kvetch

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Robert Burnham Jr.'s 1983 Testament: An Astronomer-Recluse Inscribes His Universe (Part II)

    Burnham in his Prescott, Arizona home lab, circa 1960.​ Yesterday, we published the first half of a 24,000-word "self-interview" by Lowell Observatory astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on what would have been his 80th birthday. Burnham died in 1993 at the age of 61. He was known not only for hi ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 15, 2011

    YANKEE DOODLE DANDIES

    Land of the free and home of the gays

  • Voice Choices

    May 18, 2011

    Times New Viking+the Babies

    Land of the free and home of the gays

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Open and Closed: Say Hello to Stivale, Goodbye to Baotique

    Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. News has broken that the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel is closing at the end of July, following management getting sued by the hotel for its rowdy champagne brunches. [NY Times]​ Baotique, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Living in New York Keeps You Young!

    ​As you stumble home at 4 a.m. after a night of debauchery only to rise by 8 a.m. for work, and do it again and again, you might not think that your lifestyle is doing much to combat nature's curse, that is, getting old. But it is! (Well, it may depend on how many days of debauchery.) But eith ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Borders Bankrupt; Insert "Chapter 11" Joke Here

    chillihead​As we mentioned in our morning link roundup, book retailer Borders is filing for bankruptcy and closing a third of its locations after posting losses of $680.6 million since 2007. Reuters reports that "the chain still faces questions about its longer-term survival in the face of com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Upper West Side Librarian Wants Police Protection from Kids

    ​You don't need to convince us that large groups of children can be terrifying. Why are they so small? Why do they travel in groups? What are they plotting? Also, did you ever see Children of the Corn? But there's a librarian at the Bloomingdale Library at West 100th Street and Columbus (acros ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 1, 2010

    Free Will Astrology: December 1 through 7

    ​You don't need to convince us that large groups of children can be terrifying. Why are they so small? Why do they travel in groups? What are they plotting? Also, did you ever see Children of the Corn? But there's a librarian at the Bloomingdale Library at West 100th Street and Columbus (acros ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    How You Should Feel About Columbus Day, Plus 9 Other Things to Know About Today's Semi-Holiday

    ​Happy Columbus Day, if you choose to believe it's happy. If you do, and you're not working, you may want to check out the parade, which heads up Fifth Avenue from 47th to 72nd Streets, beginning at 11:30. New York gubernatorial candidates Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino are both expected to sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    A Voce's Missy Robbins, Part Two: Travel, Summer Eating, and her Biggest Kitchen Mistake

    A Voce's Missy Robbins​Yesterday, we brought you part one of this interview with A Voce's Missy Robbins--the chef talked about the practical ways she manages two kitchens at once, cooking for the Obamas, and why she doesn't think of herself as a female chef. Here, in the second half of the in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    The Fourth Annual Village Voice Readers' Film Poll -- The Best Films of 1967!

    "We rob banks."​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 8, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 17 Films by Andrew Sarris The readers of The Village Voice have responded in unprecedented numbers to the fourth annual poll of ten-best lists. For the record, the previous winners are "D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Robert Sietsema at The Meatball Shop; Sarah DiGregorio at Merit Kabob and Dumpling Palace

    This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema discovers the most "perfect meatball hero" at The Meatball Shop. Unfortunately, "the restaurant insists on making several more varieties, some of dubious worth." Sarah DiGregorio finds the one place in New York where "you can get Bangladeshi trotter stew and T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Bomboloni Descends Upon Columbus Avenue

    nromagna/FlickrBeauteous bomboloni.​Behold, more fried dough fetishization: following months of delays, Bomboloni has opened on the Upper West Side. A project of David Ruggerio, who owns the neighborhood restaurant's Lansky's Old World Deli and Sushi a Go-Go, it will sell, as its name suggests ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2009

    'Numero's Eccentric Soul Revue'

    nromagna/FlickrBeauteous bomboloni.​Behold, more fried dough fetishization: following months of delays, Bomboloni has opened on the Upper West Side. A project of David Ruggerio, who owns the neighborhood restaurant's Lansky's Old World Deli and Sushi a Go-Go, it will sell, as its name suggests ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Enjoy Your Non-Holiday Holiday

    Today is Columbus Day. Alternate side of the street parking is suspended; schools, city government offices, and courts are closed; mail delivery is suspended. Some banks may be open. So, probably, is the place where you work, as Columbus Day has become, in our work-or-die era, something like an opt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    UWS Whole Foods Tries to Keep Things Kosher

    Because nothing dampens outrage like the promise of bulk bins and vacuum-packed bags of goji berries, Upper West Siders lined up last night for a preview of the new Whole Foods at 97th Street and Columbus. According to Racked, the new store, located on the site of a former jazz club, won't be sellin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Clip Job: Inside with Monk

     Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 13, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 43Inside with MonkBy J. R. GoddardFor the second straight week I've lucked on some good Village jazz, which makes me feel a little like Columbus discovering both North and South America on one quick boatride. M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Disaster in Sausage-Land

    ​Snap these sausages up when you see them around town, because a key packaging facility in South San Francisco burned to the ground. Shown above, Columbus' uncured dry salame (left) and the transcendent cacciatore (right). Sixty-five fire fighters responded to multiple alarms at the Columbus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 14, 2009

    The Choke+Fiasco+the Back C.C.s+GDFX

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    Not Everyone Loves a Parade

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 3, 2008

    Why Is Sex With Someone You Don't Know Such a Powerful Fantasy For So Many?

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • People

    April 29, 2008

    Are Mexicans Like Scots?

    That's blarney.

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2008

    Trinity House Residents Seek 'Kool Herc' Reprieve

    That's blarney.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2007

    Pinkberry to UWS

    That's blarney.

  • News

    April 25, 2006

    A Day Without White People

    On May Day, the masses rose up in New York. But where were the white peaceniks?

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    The Bohemian Diaspora

    On May Day, the masses rose up in New York. But where were the white peaceniks?

  • Art

    July 26, 2005

    The Yearning Annex: Education Listings

    On May Day, the masses rose up in New York. But where were the white peaceniks?

  • Columns

    March 29, 2005

    Journey to Norwabia

    A culinary trek through Bay Ridge

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2004

    Tonight! One of the World's Craziest Videos!

    A culinary trek through Bay Ridge

  • News

    May 25, 2004

    Goodbye, Columbus

    I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

  • NYC Life

    September 9, 2003

    Well Strung: Carter's Musical Present Tied Up With a Bow

    I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

  • NYC Life

    September 9, 2003

    Fall Classical

    Two Venues Are Ready to Spark a New Power Surge This Season

  • News

    July 22, 2003

    Pranks for the Memories

    Ex-Met Wiseacre Roger McDowell Hotfoots It Into Coaching

  • Dining

    July 15, 2003

    Clusters

    Pelham Parkway's Profusion

  • NYC Life

    January 7, 2003

    Railroad Apartment in Tenement

    Pelham Parkway's Profusion

  • News

    August 7, 2001

    Sports

    Pelham Parkway's Profusion

  • Music

    May 29, 2001

    Best of the Rest

    Pelham Parkway's Profusion

  • Art

    January 16, 2001

    Chinese Whispers

    Edward Payson Vining’s Art of Error

  • Art

    January 16, 2001

    The Winter 2001 Voice Education Supplement

    Edward Payson Vining’s Art of Error

  • Dining

    August 29, 2000

    Ketchup Versus Ketjap

    Edward Payson Vining’s Art of Error

  • Art

    July 25, 2000

    Border Crossings

    Ljubljana, Lyon, and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europe

  • News

    July 11, 2000

    Yanks: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

    Ljubljana, Lyon, and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europe

  • Dining

    December 28, 1999

    Sumptuous Food on Special Reserve

    Ljubljana, Lyon, and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europe

  • NYC Life

    November 16, 1999

    Loft in former spice warehouse

    Ljubljana, Lyon, and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europe

  • Music

    November 10, 1998

    Drip, Drip, Drip

    Ljubljana, Lyon, and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europe

  • Music

    October 27, 1998

    Drip, Drip, Drip

    Ljubljana, Lyon, and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europe

  • Film

    August 25, 1998

    Two on the Isle

    Ljubljana, Lyon, and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europe

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