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  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Top 10 Eurovision Song Contest Winners* of All Time

    In a couple of weeks, the biggest, gaudiest, gayest and easily the most-watched televised music event in the world will unfold, this year from Baku, Azerbaijan, and once again Americans will be almost completely oblivious to it. We're talking, of course, about the Eurovision Song Contest, which sta ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 2, 2012

    Free Will Astrology: May 2-May 8, 2012

    In a couple of weeks, the biggest, gaudiest, gayest and easily the most-watched televised music event in the world will unfold, this year from Baku, Azerbaijan, and once again Americans will be almost completely oblivious to it. We're talking, of course, about the Eurovision Song Contest, which sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Lidia Bastianich's Felidia: a Revisit

    ​The muti-fish tutto crudo was a sort of crunchy raw fish salad. Three years ago I published a long-winded account of a taping of Iron Chef America that I'd witnessed a year earlier. It featured chef Fortunato Nicotra of Lidia Bastianich's restaurant Felidia in a battle against Iron Chef Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Download TriBeCaStan's Gear-Shifting, Omniversal Ode To New York's Favorite Insect, "Bed Bugs"

    New York cultural mash-up experiment TriBeCaStan is part of a growing number of local groups like Nation Beat who dive so deep into the melting pot that borders become burned away—even the name "TriBeCaStan" is meant to evoke an imaginary republic defined by New York cool, explorer energy and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    What's Happening This Week: A Japanese Holiday Special; Swedish Glögg & Julbord

    As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! $25 Holiday Special Akariba Through December This more than $50 value includes a half dozen fresh market oysters, a choice of donburi (jidori chicken, grilled salmo ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 24, 2010

    The Trial

    As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! $25 Holiday Special Akariba Through December This more than $50 value includes a half dozen fresh market oysters, a choice of donburi (jidori chicken, grilled salmo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Cool Food Culture Around the World

    UNESCO created the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage as a means of recognizing significant local customs and traditions, and it recently added 46 new items, ranging from Peking opera in China to traditional skills of carpet weaving in Iran. Regarding food, the additions of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    West Village Dog May Be Oldest in the World

    ​City Room has a great story today about a wee canine in the West Village who is possibly the oldest dog in the world. Chichi (or Uncle Chichi, or simply Cheech) is a small gray poodle with a mysterious past, who may be as old as 24 (168 in dog years!). He's recently become sick, and his own ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2010

    At Gay Pride, Rightbloggers Try to Keep It On The Down-Low, But Some Out Themselves

    Pride Week's a fun time to rightblogger-watch, because rightbloggers just don't know what to do about the gays. They must know straight America is losing its antipathy toward gay people -- Hell, even TGI Fridays is down with Pride. And some insist that the gay-hating stuff is behind them, too. Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    The Castello Plan Opens in Ditmas Park This Friday

    Brownstoner.comThe Castello Plan (right) in its plywood infancy.​ The Mimi's family is about to get a little bigger. This Friday, Ben Heemskerk will partner with Avi Shuker, one of the owners of Ditmas Park hummus restaurant, to open the Castello Plan. The wine bar will be located two storefro ... More >>

  • Theater

    February 9, 2010

    Imagery and Humor Offset The Garage's Stark Commentary

    Brownstoner.comThe Castello Plan (right) in its plywood infancy.​ The Mimi's family is about to get a little bigger. This Friday, Ben Heemskerk will partner with Avi Shuker, one of the owners of Ditmas Park hummus restaurant, to open the Castello Plan. The wine bar will be located two storefro ... More >>

  • Theater

    February 2, 2010

    The Garage at La MaMa E.T.C.

    Brownstoner.comThe Castello Plan (right) in its plywood infancy.​ The Mimi's family is about to get a little bigger. This Friday, Ben Heemskerk will partner with Avi Shuker, one of the owners of Ditmas Park hummus restaurant, to open the Castello Plan. The wine bar will be located two storefro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Starbucks Bounces Back; American Goes Crazy for "Cabbage Crack" (Kimchi)

    ​Restaurants are starting to offer more luxurious prix-fixe menus -- or more downscale tasting menus, depending on your perspective. Upscale Greek Milos Estiatorio, The Capital Grille, and Dovetail are all offering wallet-friendly multiple-course menus. [Nation's Restaurant News] Emeril Lagas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    News Roundup: R. Kelly, Jay-Z, Mr. West, Drake and Nipsey Hussle, Phil Spector

    ​--On Tuesday, we noted that R. Kelly had announced his "Ladies Make Some Noise!" tour, which included an NYC stop on October 16th. Now the venue has been revealed-- the WaMu Theater At Madison Square Garden--and tickets are on internet presale right now. The password? LADIES. This man and his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Pix from Rudar S.C. with the Wet Towel Club

    Members of the Wet Towel Club, seen here at Rudar Soccer Club, insist on anonymity. This week, Counter Culture visits Rudar Soccer Club with the Wet Towel Club, a dining organization that meets monthly. Rudar's subterranean dining room went public a few years back, and now it's one of the few p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Man Booker International Prize 2009 Nominees Announced; Jay McInerney, Jane Smiley Exchange Words

    Daniel S. NeunerAmit Chaudhuri, Tina Brown, Andrey Kurkov, and Jane Smiley Last week brought the announcement of the Man Booker International Prize 2009 Judges' List, the official shortlist for the sixty thousand pound, every-other-year prize for "one writer's continued creativity, development and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Wilbert Tatum, 1933-2009

    Photo via the Amsterdam News. Wilbert "Bill" Tatum, the feisty former publisher of the Amsterdam News who took on everyone from Ed Koch to the New York Post, died today in -- of all places -- a hospital in Croatia. Tatum, 76, was a world-traveler despite the diabetes that kept him confined to a w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Good Wines from Surprising Places

    Photo via the Amsterdam News. Wilbert "Bill" Tatum, the feisty former publisher of the Amsterdam News who took on everyone from Ed Koch to the New York Post, died today in -- of all places -- a hospital in Croatia. Tatum, 76, was a world-traveler despite the diabetes that kept him confined to a w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Iraq is yesterday's news

    Photo via the Amsterdam News. Wilbert "Bill" Tatum, the feisty former publisher of the Amsterdam News who took on everyone from Ed Koch to the New York Post, died today in -- of all places -- a hospital in Croatia. Tatum, 76, was a world-traveler despite the diabetes that kept him confined to a w ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 23, 2008

    Ask a Mexican: Anchor Babies, Aweigh!

    Children, and the art of making them

  • NYC Life

    January 22, 2008

    Runway to Nowhere: Ford Supermodel of the World Competition and Make Me a Supermodel

    A global model competition that wobbles. Plus, the latest example of displaying shell-shocked beauties.

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Croation Neo-Nazi Rocker To Perform in Midtown

    A global model competition that wobbles. Plus, the latest example of displaying shell-shocked beauties.

  • Film

    October 23, 2007

    Beyond Boundaries: The Emergence of Croatian Cinema

    A global model competition that wobbles. Plus, the latest example of displaying shell-shocked beauties.

  • Film

    October 9, 2007

    Social Suicide

    In Wristcutters, the afterlife is just a lousier version of real life. Oh, and Tom Waits is there.

  • Music

    August 1, 2006

    Give the Chinese What They Want

    The many moods, names, aspirations, and tourmates of Mr. Frank Black

  • Music

    April 4, 2006

    Lost in the Lonely Crowd

    Brian Molko and his Placebo pals remind their cult to take their meds

  • Film

    January 31, 2006

    Mystic River: Heideggerian Cine-Essay Treks Up the Danube

    Brian Molko and his Placebo pals remind their cult to take their meds

  • NYC Life

    August 30, 2005

    83 Years Here

    'Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, I'm going to love one man till I die'

  • Screens

    July 26, 2005

    New Animated Comedy About a Self-Obsessed Indie Movie Studio Maven

    'Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, I'm going to love one man till I die'

  • Art

    March 23, 2004

    War and Remembrance: Children Draw the Battle Zone

    'Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, I'm going to love one man till I die'

  • Art

    February 17, 2004

    Revisiting the relics of Central European conceptualism

    'Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, I'm going to love one man till I die'

  • Dance

    December 9, 2003

    The Imaginative East

    Many trains from Slavic countries meet in 'Central Station,' bearing choreographic gifts

  • News

    March 25, 2003

    Who Will Replace Our Old European Allies?

    Inside the New U.S. Coalition

  • Music

    May 7, 2002

    Planet Rock

    The World's Most Local Pop Music Goes International

  • Film

    April 9, 2002

    After the Flood

    Awakenings in the Former Yugoslavia

  • Specials

    March 26, 2002

    Letters

    Awakenings in the Former Yugoslavia

  • Film

    March 12, 2002

    The Atrocity Exhibit

    Awakenings in the Former Yugoslavia

  • Books

    August 7, 2001

    So Long, Serbia

    Awakenings in the Former Yugoslavia

  • News

    February 13, 2001

    Clit Club

    V-Day’s Charismatic Cuntism Rocks the Garden

  • News

    October 24, 2000

    Nation

    V-Day’s Charismatic Cuntism Rocks the Garden

  • News

    August 1, 2000

    Nation

    V-Day’s Charismatic Cuntism Rocks the Garden

  • Columns

    July 25, 2000

    NY Mirror

    V-Day’s Charismatic Cuntism Rocks the Garden

  • News

    May 9, 2000

    Right Thinking

    Want to Understand Conservatives? Read Them.

  • Dance

    November 23, 1999

    The Singing Body

    Want to Understand Conservatives? Read Them.

  • News

    July 27, 1999

    Nation

    Want to Understand Conservatives? Read Them.

  • News

    May 25, 1999

    Nation

    Want to Understand Conservatives? Read Them.

  • Dance

    April 27, 1999

    Bringing War Home

    Chuma on the Beach

  • Theater

    April 13, 1999

    Last Call

    Chuma on the Beach

  • News

    February 23, 1999

    A Most Unusual Collection Agency

    How the U.S. undid UNSCOM through its empire of electronic ears

  • Film

    November 17, 1998

    Chilly Scenes

    A Winter Movie Preview
    [Some Dates Guaranteed To Change]

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