Jane Austen

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Lena Dunham's Favorite Girls on Film

I'm Being Taught at Yale!

As you may have read in yesterday's Page Six, Yale University is currently offering a course in nightlife which features texts by me! My work has finally gone to college! Doctoral candidate Madison Moore is teaching "Dance Music and Nightlife Culture in New York City," for those who can afford to ... More >>

Les Enfants de Paris and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: A Musical Try a Novel Approach

Two shows get bookish at the New York Musical Theatre Festival

New York Post Defines 'Hamptons House Ho'

​Should you not know, now you do: A "Hamptons house ho" is a young lady of perhaps working-class means who escapes her dull workaday life and embarks on a jaunt to Long Island's narrow beach-dappled sections during the months in which sun shines down on all of us, swapping her white Reebok hig ... More >>

What to Drink at Lantern's Keep: The Poet's Dream

Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. Chantal MartineauDream on.​​The drink: Poet's Dream The bar: Lantern's Keep (The Iroquois Hotel, 49 West 44th Street, 212-453-4287) The price: $14 Ingredients: Orange bitters, gin, dry vermouth, and ... More >>

The Steal Walks Away With It

Rachel Shteir tracks the history of shoplifting

In Praise of Promiscuity

As gay marriage becomes the norm, oldsters ask, when did gay life morph into a Jane Austen novel?

Borders Bankrupt; Insert "Chapter 11" Joke Here

chillihead​As we mentioned in our morning link roundup, book retailer Borders is filing for bankruptcy and closing a third of its locations after posting losses of $680.6 million since 2007. Reuters reports that "the chain still faces questions about its longer-term survival in the face of com ... More >>

From Prada to Nada: Shallow, Latina-centric Adaptation of Sense and Sensibility

chillihead​As we mentioned in our morning link roundup, book retailer Borders is filing for bankruptcy and closing a third of its locations after posting losses of $680.6 million since 2007. Reuters reports that "the chain still faces questions about its longer-term survival in the face of com ... More >>

UNDEAD AND UNDRESSED

Burlesque show books it

Scenes From the L Train: Rat v. Rat, FTW (Video, of Course)

This Is Not Jane Austen's Fight Club.​Last night, our intrepid social media coordinator Francesca -- you may know her as the voice of @VoiceStreet -- stumbled (not 'cause she was drunk!) upon a sight that we consider something of a live metaphor for the rat-fighting-rat culture of our own lova ... More >>

I've Hit Rock Bottom! I Played Beer Pong!

​Somebody stop me now because my worst nightmare has come true. The other night, I found myself fully conscious and in charge of my actions, yet actually playing a game of Beer Pong at a local gay bar! I always thought this was the trap door to rock bottom--that surely someone who went to an ... More >>

Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

​The National Weather Service says it's pretty much definitely going to rain all weekend, so indoors is good. Go see the Wizard of Oz today and tomorrow at the Film Forum (double feature, with Captains Courageous)

Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

​Leaf peeper map of NYS What little there is left, we have here, and we're at peak leaf (according to the News, we owe that information to the city's official foliage monitor, Cori Carl). Local foliage tours are here.

This Week's Voice: Fall Arts Guide, The Beatles Box Set, Jay-Z's Blueprint 3, Yo La Tengo, Whitney Houston, and More

​In this week's Village Voice, we unveil our 2009 Fall Arts Guide: Dan Weiss on the Jane Austen alt-rock of Brooklyn locals the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Jed Lipinski in conversation with George Packer on the occasion of the author's forthcoming Interesting Times: Writings From a Turbulent ... More >>

An Interview with Whit Stillman

The full transcript of our conversation with the recently returned director

Nico Muhly Takes on the Times, the Word "Precious," and, Uh, Us

Brooklyn Vegan has kindly noted Composer to the Indie Stars Nico Muhly's spirited and pretty much instantaneous riposte to the New York Times' "weirdly mean-spirited" review of late May's Grizzly Bear show. (Ben Ratliff's closing thought: "I left Town Hall grinding my teeth.") Nico, a major player o ... More >>

Madonna Buys $40 Million Townhouse, Bless Her

Did we ever tell you we used to live in Madonna's building? Well, we mean the building Madonna used to live in, near the corner of East 4th and Avenue B. It was a dump, and convenient to the East Village clubs and drug dealers. Flash forward to 2009, and we are still living in a dump -- though not t ... More >>

Fringe Festival 2008 Reviews!

Missing Man, Ariel View, Keep Your Eyes Open, and more

Sorry State of Affairs

Film adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement an unwelcome bodice-ripper

The Jane Austen Book Club

Film adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement an unwelcome bodice-ripper

Austen Powers: The Reruns

The specter of the novelist and the novel defense of Spector. Plus a meal with Haggis.

Going for the Gold

The specter of the novelist and the novel defense of Spector. Plus a meal with Haggis.

Becoming Jane

The specter of the novelist and the novel defense of Spector. Plus a meal with Haggis.

Bond. Ed Bond.

The brutal playwright's comic The Sea doesn't float

Who's Paying for Your Next Date?

Deciphering the tricky triangle of cash, sex, and romance

Austen Powered

Deciphering the tricky triangle of cash, sex, and romance

Remote Patrol

Deciphering the tricky triangle of cash, sex, and romance

La Dolce Musto

Deciphering the tricky triangle of cash, sex, and romance

'Pride & Prejudice'

Deciphering the tricky triangle of cash, sex, and romance

Dining In

A trio of indoor picnics for lovers and lucky others

It's All About the Money in B-Wood Update of Austen’s Classic Novel

A trio of indoor picnics for lovers and lucky others

Jane Addiction

Fowler's group therapy helps devoted readers get in touch with their private Austens

Austen Translation

Fowler's group therapy helps devoted readers get in touch with their private Austens

Title Bouts

Fowler's group therapy helps devoted readers get in touch with their private Austens

Sightlines

Fowler's group therapy helps devoted readers get in touch with their private Austens

Road Scholars

Continuing-Ed Students Have Chances to Study Abroad

Outing Abe

Also Adolf, Jesus, Eleanor, Robin Hood, and Other Historic Greats

Trading Spaces

Also Adolf, Jesus, Eleanor, Robin Hood, and Other Historic Greats

Slags and Hags Invade NYC!

Also Adolf, Jesus, Eleanor, Robin Hood, and Other Historic Greats

Kitty Lit

Also Adolf, Jesus, Eleanor, Robin Hood, and Other Historic Greats

Unplain Jane

Also Adolf, Jesus, Eleanor, Robin Hood, and Other Historic Greats

The Play About the Dead Baby

Also Adolf, Jesus, Eleanor, Robin Hood, and Other Historic Greats

Melville’s Ocean Pictures

Soldiers of Misfortune

Theater

Soldiers of Misfortune

Old Home Weak

Soldiers of Misfortune

Houseguest from Hell

Soldiers of Misfortune

Out and About

Soldiers of Misfortune