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Czechoslovakia

  • Theater

    December 14, 2011

    Vaclav Havel, 1936-2011

    Remembering the noted playwright, dissident, and statesman

  • Voice Choices

    November 2, 2011

    The Ear

    Remembering the noted playwright, dissident, and statesman

  • Art

    August 31, 2011

    Best in Show: Harun Farocki at MoMA

    Plus: Frans Hals at the Met; Romare Bearden at the Schomburg Center

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Korzo Haus' Lush and Unusual Burger

    ​You can't exactly call what's wrapped around the burger a bun, nor are those french fries. Korzo Haus is perhaps the city's only Slovakian bar, located at the southeast corner of Tompkins Square. Up front in the narrow storefront is a kitchen that might belong to a small pizzeria, then a ba ... More >>

  • Film

    August 3, 2011

    The Weight of War on a Marriage in Protektor

    ​You can't exactly call what's wrapped around the burger a bun, nor are those french fries. Korzo Haus is perhaps the city's only Slovakian bar, located at the southeast corner of Tompkins Square. Up front in the narrow storefront is a kitchen that might belong to a small pizzeria, then a ba ... More >>

  • Film

    November 24, 2010

    Betrayals of the Heart and Everything Else in Kawasaki's Rose

    ​You can't exactly call what's wrapped around the burger a bun, nor are those french fries. Korzo Haus is perhaps the city's only Slovakian bar, located at the southeast corner of Tompkins Square. Up front in the narrow storefront is a kitchen that might belong to a small pizzeria, then a ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Bob Hope, John Wayne, Cary Grant -- the 1970 Oscars

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 16, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 16 Films in Focus by Andrew Sarris OSCAR GOES TO COLLEGE: You could hardly recognize Oscar this year at the celebration of his 42nd birthday. After years of flaunting his nouveau riche vulgarity and grade s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Toronto

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 25, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 63 Scenes by Howard Smith I WAS IN TORONTO last week to do an interview for WABC-FM with John and Yoko Ono Lennon; one of the reasons the Lennons were there, as you probably already know, was to announc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    North Korea Would Like To Pay Its Debt to Czech Republic in Ginseng

    As good as gold?​Everything is totally fine in North Korea! It's just that, well, about that US$10 million dollar debt they owe to the Czech Republic...they'd like to repay at least part of it in ginseng.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    The Early Word: Guerrilla Ice Cream

    The Velvet Revolution on the left, the Red Corridor on the right.​ Ice cream flavors are typically a pretty straightforward affair. Their names tend to be limited to their primary ingredients, with notable exceptions like Rocky Road, Moose Tracks, and Jacques Torres' Wicked coming out of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    RIP Leslie Buck, Iconic Coffee Cup Designer

    ​A moment of silence for Leslie Buck, who died on Monday at the age of 87. Although his name may not ring a bell, the blue, white, and gold Anthora coffee cup he created in the 1960s occupies a place of honor among the city's most enduring iconography.

  • Film

    April 13, 2010

    Peering into Iran with No One Knows About Persian Cats

    ​A moment of silence for Leslie Buck, who died on Monday at the age of 87. Although his name may not ring a bell, the blue, white, and gold Anthora coffee cup he created in the 1960s occupies a place of honor among the city's most enduring iconography.

  • 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 25, 2009

    Intimate Lighting

    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 >>

  • Art

    October 22, 2008

    Alejandro Almanza Pereda at Magnan Projects; Cindy Bernard's 'Silent Key'; Sam Messenger's 'Straightedge'

    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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 22, 2008

    Cindy Bernard: 'Silent Key'

    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 >>

  • Film

    June 17, 2008

    Taking Off: Milos Forman's Runaway Hit

    Though not his best-known, this is Forman's finest American foray

  • Film

    February 5, 2008

    Milos Forman's Lost Youth

    Plus: Before anime there was . . . animation

  • Theater

    January 29, 2008

    A Whirlwind Calmed

    Despite the fine Lisa Emery, a bio-play fails to capture the iconic Martha Gellhorn

  • Film

    May 1, 2007

    Fuller's Front Line

    Plus: Lee Marvin, the Garrel family, and Bowie

  • Dance

    March 13, 2007

    Connect the Dots

    A choreographer with a painterly eye deconstructs Christian imagery

  • Theater

    December 5, 2006

    Delayed Transmission

    Václav Havel finally collects his Obies

  • Film

    November 21, 2006

    Czech, Please

    Czechoslovakia is no more, but its film tradition lives on

  • Theater

    October 17, 2006

    Foreign Intelligence

    Prague Fall: New York celebrates the theatrical career of Václav Havel

  • Film

    October 25, 2005

    New Czech Films at BAM

    Prague Fall: New York celebrates the theatrical career of Václav Havel

  • Film

    July 19, 2005

    Film

    Prague Fall: New York celebrates the theatrical career of Václav Havel

  • News

    April 5, 2005

    The Pope's CIA File

    New released papers show link between church, spooks against Soviet Union

  • NYC Life

    March 1, 2005

    Close-Up on the Lower East Side

    New released papers show link between church, spooks against Soviet Union

  • Film

    February 15, 2005

    The New Republic

    Two families—and filmmaking trends—converge in a multicultural comedy of manners

  • News

    November 2, 2004

    Voices From the Wreckage

    It's possible to rise from the ashes

  • NYC Life

    September 7, 2004

    Skyhole

    Artist with green dentist's chair reflects on the old trolley days

  • Books

    February 10, 2004

    Dirty Hands

    Voulez-vous couchez avec Simone de Beauvoir? Mais non!

  • Books

    November 4, 2003

    In the Bedroom

    Horndog debuts: Ménages à trois, strippers, and Kundera

  • Film

    May 13, 2003

    Going Underground

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • NYC Life

    September 17, 2002

    One-Bedroom Apartment in 1961 Lefrak

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • Film

    August 13, 2002

    Food of Love

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • Film

    April 30, 2002

    Almost Heroes

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • Film

    February 12, 2002

    Spring Forward

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • Film

    December 25, 2001

    Conquest of the Air

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • Books

    August 7, 2001

    Riot Boys and Girls

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • Theater

    September 12, 2000

    I'm Your Puppet

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • Film

    September 12, 2000

    The Drowned and the Saved

    Lore, Gore, and Sexy Resurrections

  • News

    June 29, 1999

    Growth Spurt

    Sutton gym's most popular workout is for tots

  • News

    June 29, 1999

    Nation

    Sutton gym's most popular workout is for tots

  • Film

    May 4, 1999

    Dark City

    Sutton gym's most popular workout is for tots

  • Music

    March 30, 1999

    The Great American Opera

    The vast increase in operatic venues reopens an old unsettled question

  • News

    January 5, 1999

    Breath Trip

    Had enough safe sex? Try safe psychedelia.

  • Theater

    September 22, 1998

    Puppet States

    Had enough safe sex? Try safe psychedelia.

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