Henry David Thoreau

Film
April 3, 2013
Shane Carruth Designed Upstream Color, Now You Put it Together
Film
January 23, 2013
What You Need to Know From Sundance
The fest's best are the films to watch in the year ahead.
Theater
January 16, 2013
Turkey Cock, Frankenstein, and Fur Hats: Welcome to Avant-Garde Festival January
A review roundup of shows in Under the Radar, Coil, and more
Blogs
October 18, 2012
Pencil-Sharpening Machine David Rees Talks Malcolm Gladwell, William F. Buckley, Telepathic Pencil-Sharpening and More
Pencil-sharpening maven David Rees turned the non-fiction writing series at the Mid-Manhattan Library upside-down Tuesday night with his edgy pencil-sharpening workshop -- based on his instructional book How to Sharpen Pencils. Rees, a former full-time political cartoonist, is like the Liam-Neeson- ... More >>
Art
October 17, 2012
BEST OF NYC™
Sartorial Disobedience: Order Up Your Own NYC Fashion
Blogs
July 16, 2012
Three Good Things: Bagels, Thoreau, Crayfish
1 How Dan Graf looked to science to create a bagel with a blistered, crispy crust, a chewy interior, and a rich dough flavor. [Wired] 2 Did Henry David Thoreau really invent raisin bread? Lapham's Quarterly clears it up. [Tumblr]
Blogs
July 16, 2012
Live: Alarm Will Sound Cracks Open John Cage's Song Books
Alarm Will Sound Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts Sunday, July 15 Better than: Two hours' silence. John Cage's Song Books looms large in the legend of Alarm Will Sound, which coalesced at the Eastman School of Music in 2000 following a student performance of the 1970 musical-theater tour de fo ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
Poetry in Motion May Return to NYC Subways
When the G train is 45 minutes late, then stops midway through your route for 20 minutes because the train in front has just broken down, the last thing you want to do is stare at an MTA-sponsored sign that states, "Improvements don't just happen." Which is why we're all a bit happier to lear ... More >>
Columns
January 14, 2009
Free Will Astrology: January 14 through 20
Columns
August 19, 2008
Free Will Astrology: August 20 through 26
Books
May 8, 2007
Past Food Nation
Molly O'Neill wrangles 250 years of appealing mealing
Art
March 6, 2007
I Lost It at the Guggenheim
News
October 10, 2006
After Baghdad
Farris Hassan, not done with his 15 minutes of fame, is up to his old tricks again
NYC Life
June 21, 2005
Follow your ears through the city’s premier public space
News
April 12, 2005
A Time for Disobedience
Faced with Bush's lockdown on information, reporters have to stand up
Columns
April 5, 2005
Horoscope
News
January 18, 2005
Spin War II
As Bush part deux begins, the press may need to practice civil disobedience
Columns
January 28, 2003
Horoscope
News
January 21, 2003
The Guilt-Free Soldier
New Science Raises the Specter of a World Without Regret
News
January 26, 1999
Honoring The Earth Mother
Where to find the right witch