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After Boston Bombing, Rightbloggers Turn on Immigration (Mexican or Whatever)

There's a bill working its way through Congress that would offer a "path to citizenship" to the sort of immigrants currently known in some circles as illegal. Though its application is general, it's obviously aimed at U.S. guests of the Mexican persuasion, and it only has a chance of passing because ... More >>

Live: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Give A Master Class In Percussion At Central Park

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo w/SMOD Central Park SummerStage Sunday, July 22 Better than: Air conditioning in a heat wave. There's a shopping list of fine pop bands from throughout the African continent listed on one page of drumming major John Miller Chernoff's esteemed 1979 ethnographic study African R ... More >>

A Look At Pop Around The Globe, From Operatic Creole Harmonies To Riot-Grrl-Inspired French Rappers

The end of the year brings a flurry of world music albums with commercial intentions ranging from the archival to the optimistically opportunistic. Some, like the Creole Choir of Cuba's Tande-La or Vlada Tomova's Balkan Tales, accompany tours by the outfits that made them; others are heavily branded ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: September 21-27, 2011

Man Surprised to Find that Online Girlfriend Asking Him for Money Is Not Real

​There is a sucker born every minute. On the Internet, multiply that by 200,000, and you'll get the amount of money that a hapless 48-year-old man from the Chicago suburb of Naperville sent his supposed "online girlfriend" whom he'd actually never met. But he'd seen her Florida driver's licens ... More >>

Dish No. 9: Bucatini con le Sarde at Donatella Pizzeria

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Bucatini con le sarde ($15) at Donatella Pizzeria (184 Eighth Avenue, Chelsea, 212-493-5150)

Dish No. 28: Bowl of Tripe at Royal Seafood

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Bowl of dim sum tripe ($2.50) at Royal Seafood (103-105 Mott Street, 212-219-2338)

In Light of the Princess Diana Lottery Bust: This Is What a Scam Looks Like, People

​Four men have been busted and charged in New York with the oldest, possibly worst trick in the post-modern book: Email-spamming people that they'd won the "$5 Million Princess Diana Lottery." Apparently some people were enticed, on the promise of Diana's supposed millions, to give up their ba ... More >>

Dish No. 60: Cheeseburger at Shake Shack

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's Pick: The cheeseburger ($4.25) at Shake Shack.

Dish No. 64: Frisée aux Lardons With Tripe at Má Pêche

World's richest salad​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: frisée aux lardons with tripe at Má Pêche (15 West 56th Street, 212-757-5878).

Dish No. 65: Spinach Pie at Paradis to Go

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: the spinach pie at Paradis to Go (114 Fourth Avenue, 646-416-6709)

Dish No. 70: Grilled Octopus at Thistle Hill Tavern

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Grilled octopus ($15) at Thistle Hill Tavern (441 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, 347-599-1262).

Dish No. 71: Russ & Daughter's Super Heebster

​ Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: The Super Heebster ($10.45) from Russ & Daughters.

Dish No. 75: Schiacciata con l'Uva

​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Schiacciata con l'uva at Sullivan Street Bakery

Dish No. 76: Banh Uot Thit Nuong (Grilled Pork and Noodles) at Co Ba

Slurp, crunch, slurp​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Banh Uot Thit Nuong ($14) at Co Ba.

Dish No. 77: Fried Ipswich Clams at Ed's Lobster Bar

Stuff your belly with bellies​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Fried Ipswich clams from Ed's Lobster bar (222 Lafayette Street).

Dish No. 78: Seafood Combo With Hot Sauce at Randazzo's Clam Bar

A mountain o' seafood.​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Seafood combo with hot sauce ($20.95) at Randazzo's Clam Bar (2023 Emmons Avenue, Brooklyn).

Dish No. 79: Vanilla Malted at Brooklyn Farmacy

Alex Van BurenThe classic, plus a little anarchy.​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: A vanilla malted milkshake ($5.10) at Brooklyn Farmacy (513 Henry Street, at S ... More >>

Dish No. 84: Kunafa From Nablus Sweets

Palestinian kunafa: Like a Middle Eastern cheese danish. ​Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: Kunafa ($6) from Nablus Sweets in Bay Ridge (6812 Fifth Avenue).

Law & Order's Five Most Ridiculous Rapper Cameos

​Law & Order ends its 20-year run tonight. Throughout the show's long reign, phalanxes of honorable detectives have cleaned the New York streets of crime and debris while throwing out witty one-liners and re-enacting plotlines ripped from real-life headlines. Grabbing a cameo on the show has a ... More >>

The Drive-By Truckers Are Not Making This Up

The Big To-Do continues their mastery of current Southern affairs

Band of Outsiders Bundle Up; Deola Sagoe Shines at Arise Magazine African Collective

Discussed: Band of Outsiders, Arise Magazine African Collective David Wentworth​An arctic wind whipped down West 15th St., chilling the crowd huddled outside Milk Studios for the Band of Outsiders installation--and inside, the atmosphere was similarly icy. Designer Scott Sternberg, known for ... More >>

Air travellers face further restrictions after terror attempt in Detroit

​In the wake of what the Obama administration is calling a terror attempt on a Northwest Airlines jet yesterday, the Transportation Safety Administration has announced, but not released, new restrictions on airplane passengers. Not released to us, anyway. Air Canada apparently got a copy.

Alleged Detroit airplane bomber charged

Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was arraigned this afternoon in his Ann Arbor hospital bed and charged with willfully attempting to destroy an aircraft and willfully placing and causing to be placed a destructive device on an aircraft. U.S. District Judge Paul D. Borman signed the complaint, which allege ... More >>

U.N. (But Not the U.S.) Comes Out Big for Gay Rights

Afrobeating the Dictators in Fela!

In the new musical, two strong assets search for a more cogent context

Your Handy Guide to the World of African Music Blogs

DANCE FOR YOUR RIGHTS

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti gets his own musical

Is African Food the Next Big Thing? Maybe With Merkato's Spectacular Catalog.

Famed Aquavit chef offers a kaleidoscope of African fare in the meatpacking district

Kenyan Unrest, Jersey Style

Kikuyus, Luos, and Kisii in Jersey City nervously watch events in Nairobi

Looky Here

With Mark Morris, Jacob's Pillow tumbles toward the end

Rescue Remedy

Ancient Greeks and contemporary Americans chafe at the ties that bind

Under One Flag

City's melting pot reaches the boiling point

Kevin Barnes does more things than you know, impeccably

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The Fire This Time?

What If All the Africans in the World Had a Meeting?

Fable Scraps

Daniel Mason Picks Up the Pieces and Writes a Novel

Darkness Visible

Death in Genoa

White Rum, Fresh Vanilla, and the Fritter Factor

Ava Gerber

Artist; investor; furniture dealer

International Imbalance of Power

Women of the World: The Class of '99

Looking Blackward

100 Years of New York’s African American Art