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Clip Job: I Hate Baseball

Iran, N. Korea Prepare to Attack U.S.

Iran claims to have launched its first homemade satellite on Monday. "With God's help and the desire for justice and peace," Iranian President Ahmadinejad announced via sophisticated Iranian television technology, "the official presence of the Islamic Republic was registered in space." Meanwhile Nor ... More >>

Surfwise: An Alt-Family Portrait

Parenting off the grid–and eventually off the reservation

THE OUTSIDERS

Don’t forget to apply the grease!

100th Civil Liberties Safe Zone!

Hawaii Is the First State to Defy Ashcroft

Et Tu, New Jersey?

Four formerly stiff states proclaim their right to swing

'Surf's Up'

Four formerly stiff states proclaim their right to swing

The World Gets Lei’d

Four formerly stiff states proclaim their right to swing

Trouble in Paradise

Islands in the scream: A talk with Hawaiian novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Latinas!

Islands in the scream: A talk with Hawaiian novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Hawaiian Hunch

One-bedroom apartment in tenement building

Rock the Boat

One-bedroom apartment in tenement building

Lucky Lindy

One-bedroom apartment in tenement building

Extraordinary People

One-bedroom apartment in tenement building

Romancing the Republic

Disney and the U.S. Military Whitewash Pearl Harbor and Woo Patriots

Baiting 'The Beast'

Thomas and Sic Heil Politics

Military Justice Is to Justice as Military Music Is to Music

Thomas and Sic Heil Politics

The Hole Truth

••• Vine-Swinging Scholar Meets Lovecraft, Ponders Puppets

Horoscope

••• Vine-Swinging Scholar Meets Lovecraft, Ponders Puppets

Horoscope

••• Vine-Swinging Scholar Meets Lovecraft, Ponders Puppets

Letters

••• Vine-Swinging Scholar Meets Lovecraft, Ponders Puppets

Horoscope

••• Vine-Swinging Scholar Meets Lovecraft, Ponders Puppets

Through Various Lenses, Dancers and Musicians From Across the Globe

••• Vine-Swinging Scholar Meets Lovecraft, Ponders Puppets

Trash and Vaudeville

A Guide to the New York International Fringe Festival's Recycling Program

Feds Crack Down on Sperm Whale Teeth Traffickers

A Massachusetts antique dealer has been indicted by the Justice Department for illegally importing sperm whale teeth. (We didn't know this was a hot black market commodity, but then again, there's a collector's market for just about everything. Apparently the hot sperm whale teeth spots in the U.S a ... More >>

Second New, Free Bob Dylan MP3, A Phrase We're Getting Used to Typing: "I Feel A Change Coming On"

Newsweek, of all cultural edifices, is the sole US possessor of the streaming audio to the title track of Bob Dylan's new album I Feel A Change Coming On--until tomorrow, anyway, when it hits the man's own website. The Times Online, overseas, pairs their copy of the mp3 with an inspired interview ... More >>

Calgon, Take Us Away

Beauty products that transport—if only temporarily

It's Piragua Time Again

As we thaw out from what seemed like the longest winter ever, warm weather foods are reemerging from hibernation, and that means that piragua vendors are heading out to peddle their Puerto Rican-style shaved ice and syrup concoctions from festive carts all over the city. The carts' big shiny blocks ... More >>

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 >>

Denny's Gets Sued Over Salt; Hawaii to Kick Wienermobile to the Curb

 A man from New Jersey is suing Denny's for failing to warn him that his favorite item, the Moons Over My Hammy egg sandwich, was "loaded up with the salt." [NY Daily News] Brooklyn councilman Bill de Blasio has proposed that New York follow in Chicago's footsteps and pass a green food resolut ... More >>

Birther of a Nation: Poll Finds Less Than Half of Republicans Think Obama Was Born in U.S.

Maybe you heard that top conservative magazine National Review dissed the birthers -- that is, the folks who believe Obama is not really President because he was born in Kenya or somewhere like it. But it's going to take more than that to bring this patriotic movement down! According to a Daily Kos/ ... More >>

Is Obama Not a Natural-Born Citizen?

​The low-level debate keeps raging on as to whether President Obama was really born in Hawaii, or in Kenya, where the "birther" movement" of wacky cultists swear he actually derived. Well, it's not exactly raging on--it's actually sputtering out, with me giving it one last gasp of semi-credib ... More >>

875 People Were at the Market Hotel for Surfer Blood on Saturday?!?

Probably should've known that the Surfer Blood bill at the Market Hotel on Saturday night was going to be sold way the hell out, especially when even Luke's Lobster in the East Village was playing Astro-Coast on Friday night. Nevermind the ominous symbolism in a bunch of Brooklyn kids texting back ... More >>

Do Hawaiians Eat Hawaiian Pizza? Plus, a Little History

​Welcome to Ask the Critics, in which we answer your food, eating, and restaurant questions. Check out previous weeks' queries, and e-mail fork@villagevoice.com with your own. Montreal Food Guy wondered: Hi Robert and Sarah, This may seem like an odd question, but here it goes: Do people in ... More >>

Hawaii's Dismal Onscreen Track Record Continues in Princess Kaiulani

​Welcome to Ask the Critics, in which we answer your food, eating, and restaurant questions. Check out previous weeks' queries, and e-mail fork@villagevoice.com with your own. Montreal Food Guy wondered: Hi Robert and Sarah, This may seem like an odd question, but here it goes: Do people in ... More >>

Lani Kai: Early Reactions

Zagat Buzz​ This past Saturday night was a cozy one for newly opened Lani Kai. Julie Reiner's tropical cocktail bar hosted a lively crowd of thirty-somethings from across the city, all of whom fancied a weekend drink or two (or three, four, five). While everyone huddled around the bar sipping ... More >>

Central Park Gets 9 Inches of Snow; There's Snow on the Ground in 49 of 50 States

via @DevonGrandy/Twitpic​The snow count is in. We got 9.1 inches last night (according to numbers in Central Park, via NY1). That does not a blizzard make, but it's pretty, for the moment! No major public transport delays, though the MTA has issued a Winter Weather Service Advisory. In related ... More >>

Download Bootlegs Of All 13 Sets From globalFEST 2011

Kinda makes you wonder what the Pedrito Martinez Group sounds like. Pic by Ben Jay.​Last week's globalFEST 2011 blowout at Webster Hall packed 13 acts from Brazil, India, Cuba, Mali, Sengal, Hawaii, Honduras, France, Egypt, Colombia, Peru, the Congo, and New York City onto three stages, a stag ... More >>

Over Half of Republican Primary Voters Are Still Birthers, Poll Finds

​According to a new poll, over half of Republican primary voters don't believe Barack Obama was born in the United States. Politico reports that Public Policy Polling asked 400 people across the country who planned on voting in the GOP primaries where they thought President Obama was born. 51 ... More >>

Brooklyn Dog Food Makers Eat It; Roseanne Barr Goes Nuts

​Two Brooklyn women who make Evermore Pet Food plan to eat their dog food daily for a month beginning March 1 to prove how good it is. [CBS News] The struggling A&P supermarket chain is being forced to close another 32 stores in six states as part of its turnaround strategy, including 17 in N ... More >>

This Week in Gay Marriage: Six Things You Need to Know To Keep It All Straight

​There was a flurry of activity across the United States on gay marriage this week at both the state and federal levels, from the nation's capital all the way to Honolulu. It might be harder to keep it all straight than, say, Ted Haggard on crystal meth or George Rekers with a rent boy. Here's ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: April 6-12, 2011

​There was a flurry of activity across the United States on gay marriage this week at both the state and federal levels, from the nation's capital all the way to Honolulu. It might be harder to keep it all straight than, say, Ted Haggard on crystal meth or George Rekers with a rent boy. Here's ... More >>

Donald Trump, Birther, 'Absolutely' Has Obama Researchers in Hawaii

Name recognition alone is probably enough to place Donald Trump second in a poll among potential 2012 Republican candidates -- 17% of likely Republican voters picked Trump, only behind 21% for Mitt Romney -- but his recent media blitz probably doesn't hurt either. Whether it's about his television s ... More >>

Donald Trump's Adviser: "I'm Certain That The President Was Born In Hawaii"

​Donald Trump's been on such a roll with all his birther stuff lately, and now his closest adviser had to go and forsake him. Michael Cohen, a Trump Organization executive who is tapped to be in charge of Trump's possible presidential run, turns out to be a registered Democrat who voted for ... More >>

10 Percent of Birthers Will Not Be Convinced By Some Silly Actual Birth Certificate

​Recall last week, when one of the major issues being discussed by the fine people of our nation was still whether or not Barack Obama was born in the U.S., even though his administration released a copy of his birth certificate years ago. Still, there were plenty of detractors who said he cou ... More >>

Five Foods That Taste Better Canned

​Want a sandwich? Don't buy a plank of sushi-grade tuna. As foodies, we're trained to always prefer fresh and local, and we'll go out of our way to purchase uncanned anything. But canning as a means of preservation still has its uses, and it's best not to throw the brined or pickled baby out ... More >>

'Discovery' with DJ Harvey+Kyle Hall

​Want a sandwich? Don't buy a plank of sushi-grade tuna. As foodies, we're trained to always prefer fresh and local, and we'll go out of our way to purchase uncanned anything. But canning as a means of preservation still has its uses, and it's best not to throw the brined or pickled baby out ... More >>

Food Banks Cut Help to Needy Families

​While some politicians think that poor people use food stamps for trips to Hawaii and that the program should be limited, aid for hungry Americans keeps dwindling.

Cops: Food Stamps Traded for Blow and Cash

Not a positive idea. ​So you can't use food stamps to go to Hawaii -- but you might be able to feed your cocaine habit with them. Cops in Lynn, Mass. -- a Boston suburb -- say eight people used Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP) benefits for coke and cash, according to the Bosto ... More >>

Food Stamp Spending Surges at City Greenmarkets

​More and more food stamps are getting spent at the city's farmers' markets -- and on healthy items such as fresh produce -- according to an exclusive report by NY1.