James Baldwin

Remembering the Lenox Lounge

After a historic run, the famed Harlem jazz club shuts its doors

El Mio Cid: The Sardines of Bushwick

It's cheap and copious tapas on Starr Street

It's Hard As Hell To Party Like Its the 1940s (Census)

Ancestry.com and its little green leaves can take a hike. Yesterday, the National Archives flicked on the switch for the 1940 census, marking the end of 72 years of confidentiality that held the records back from the public. In less than four hours, the site was paralyzed after being hit with 22 mil ... More >>

The Red Rooster Will Chase Chicken With Champagne

​The Red Rooster, that mirror of what Harlem offers as a whole, will on Monday offer its customers chicken and champagne. The pairing is a tribute to Chitlins' & Champagne Tuesdays, the weekly gatherings that took place at the Red Rooster's namesake, the legendary speakeasy that served as a ... More >>

What the Great Gay Authors Ate

In many cases, gay authors are also aesthetes, and who'd be surprised to learn that they often take an enthusiastic interest in food? (Read about this week's Big Gay Food Blog here.) Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) ​Even by modern standards, Wilde was flamboyantly "out." He toured America in velvet ... More >>

Fran Lebowitz Remembers Everything in Public Speaking

Jack Newfield: There Is No "New Journalism"

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 18, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 20 Of honest men & good writers By Jack Newfield After participating in several panel discussions, attending (More)'s counter-convention, reading books and articles by Tom Wolfe and Mike Arlen, and being i ... More >>

Brownsville Riots: "This Goddamn Mother-Sinking, Crooked Country"

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 14, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 48 Absolutely Nothing To Get Alarmed About By Charles Wright Returned from a working vacation with the bloody stains of madness and luxury on my ungodly feet. Tony P. was looking for me and I crawled t ... More >>

Fall Guide: Our Retro Dining Picks

10 places that have persisted—somewhat miraculously—among the ceviches, tiny Neapolitan pizzas, and banh mis.

Clip Job: Jack Newfield's 'Mugging the White Liberal'

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 25, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 36Mugging the White LiberalBy Jack NewfieldImagine three goldfish dropped into a fish tank filled with sharks. Or imagine Billy Budd mugged by the Emperor Jones.Then you might have some idea of the malevolent and paran ... More >>

Clip Job: Miss Hansberry & Bobby K

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 6, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 33Miss Hansberry & Bobby KBy Diane Fisher"When we left the Kennedys' apartment I had a feeling of complete futility, and as we got on the elevator I wondered if there is any way to make the white people in this co ... More >>

"Why Don't They Just Burn The Books?": AmazonFail Ramps Up

The AmazonFail drama continues, with the beleaguered company now claiming that "an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error" was what lead tens of thousands of books to disappear in searches and, by all accounts worse, lose their sales rankings. Books in particular that trended towards gay and l ... More >>

Daily Flog II: U.S. Moves Toward Nationalizing Banks

Nas's Untitled

More controversial than it is enjoyable, but it's enough of both

Bill Hart, 1937–2008

Sam Shepard remembers his late friend and theater colleague

The Zeitgeist Reloaded

An ecstatic, tear-bursting evening in Björk's pagan gospel church

Eulogy for Black Caesar

James Brown, 1933–2006

Queen of Night

A language of tattered words, shadow plays, puppets, and Civil War etchings

Living by Fragments

An unlikely pair of artists share a program

Picture This

On the Set, the Street, and at Dinner With 'X' Director Spike Lee

Thug Luvin'

Horoscope

What's New? What's Past?

A British choreographer plumbs history; an African American one channels a painful past

All-Star Panel of Authors, Scholars, and Artists Go Global

Dear Jimmy, Dear Sol: Old Letters Between Famous Friends

It Was 25 Years Ago Today

Selections from the Village Voice's annual Queer Issue

Freezing Outside of the Box

Apprentice hopefuls show their drive, street smarts, and audacity in the financial district

New York Books

Urban Legends

The Undertaking

One-Bedroom Garden Apartment in 1900s Brownstone

Music

The Cheery Orchard

Lower East Side Shopping

Set This House on Fire

Nat Turner’s Second Coming

The Black Book

At a Literary Retreat, Authors Debate the Mainstreaming of African American Lit

Seoul Survivor

Native Son Noted

Blues for Mr. Baldwin

The Great Down-Low Debate

A New Black Sexual Identity May Be an Incubator for AIDS

Melodrama Queen

Post-Black

The Awakening

The Song and the Fury

Lyrical Gangstas

The Imaginary City

Up From RuPaul

In Search of Homo Harlem—and a New Black Gay Reality

Blues for Mr. Baldwin

Another Country

More, More, More

African Connection II

Austin's Sartorial Legacy

Powers to the People

She, Tina

How Tina Brown revived the years with Ross