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Oliver Twist

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Fashion Week Fall 2012: That's a Wrap!

    It's time to dust off our Converse and put away the heels: Fashion Week is officially over (tear). After roughly 26 fashion shows between two reporters, including the Oliver Twist-themed Marc Jacobs show, the Gisele-spectacle at Alexander Wang, and the fiery S&M show at Monique Lhuillier, we someho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Oliver Twist in Wonderland at Marc Jacobs; Swinging London Inspires Betsey Johnson; Go to the Office With 3.1 Phillip Lim

    Well before Marc Jacobs's show even got started, it was hard not to be impressed. To design his set, he'd hired artist Rachel Feinstein, who created what appeared to be a crumbling castle in the woods and an elevated winding path leading out into the audience. It immediately called to mind something ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens! The Five Best Food and Drink Quotes From His Books

    Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870)​Say hello to Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday, a man known for his appreciation of food, who was regularly feted at the best restaurants in the U.S. when he passed through on book tours. In New York he was a regular at Delmonico's, where a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    The Bestest Christmas Gift I Ever Got!

    Not all Christmases were great, mind you. There were the ones with zippered turtlenecks from the Sears Roebuck catalog and slacks from the Robert Hall down on the avenue. But one year, I ripped off the wrapping paper in anticipation and bugged to a brand-new chemistry set! Exactly what I wanted!

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Q&A: Crosstown Rebels Boss Damian Lazarus On Sexual Danger, Dr. Dre Starting Burning Man & When Keeping It Real Goes Right

    Camilo Fuentealba​​"Look at me, Damien! It's all for you," says a possessed nanny before jumping out a window with a noose around her neck in 1976's The Omen. After Resident Advisor released the 2011 edition of its Top 100 DJs poll earlier this week, one might be tempted to think of the nann ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 23, 2011

    ANIMAL HOUSE

    Watch out, Avey Tare has a tight grip

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Debunking the Earl of Sandwich

    ​The reality can't match the hype in "The Original 1762." And neither bears any resemblance to the original sandwich eaten by the fourth Earl. [click on image to enlarge] The fourth Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, is broadly credited with having invented the sandwich. As the story goes, he ... More >>

  • Film

    September 7, 2011

    Roman's Ruins: Polanski at MOMA

    Past is prologue for the filmmaker

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2011

    Michigan Pol Thinks Foster Kids Should Only Wear Secondhand Clothes

    Sorry, kid. ​A new budget proposal from Michigan state senator Bruce Caswell would require children in the state foster system to only buy their clothes at secondhand stores. Under the proposal, kids would receive gift cards that they could only use at places like Goodwill and the Salvation Army. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Project Runway: The Billboard's the Limit

    Top 10 Revelatory Moments From This Week's Project Runway ​1. The Oliver Twist undercurrent that runs so fiercely throughout Runway (think about it: cramped confines, rigorous wailing, repurposed rags) has never been so apparent than in this episode's early arc. We open on Mondo, Denver's mos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Ted Leo: The Extra Long, Occasionally Meandering, Entirely Unexpurgated Interview

    Yup, that's an Amebix t-shirt. Photo by Mark Hewko​This weekend, Ted Leo returns to the Voice's annual Siren Music Festival for the record-setting third time, after performing in 2003 and DJing back in 2008. In anticipation, we called him up to talk about the rumors of his impending retirement ... More >>

  • Theater

    October 20, 2009

    County of Kings Is Tart and Sweet

    Yup, that's an Amebix t-shirt. Photo by Mark Hewko​This weekend, Ted Leo returns to the Voice's annual Siren Music Festival for the record-setting third time, after performing in 2003 and DJing back in 2008. In anticipation, we called him up to talk about the rumors of his impending retirement ... More >>

  • Theater

    May 15, 2007

    2006–2007 Obie Award Winners

    Yup, that's an Amebix t-shirt. Photo by Mark Hewko​This weekend, Ted Leo returns to the Voice's annual Siren Music Festival for the record-setting third time, after performing in 2003 and DJing back in 2008. In anticipation, we called him up to talk about the rumors of his impending retirement ... More >>

  • Theater

    April 3, 2007

    London Orphan Seeks Home, Gruel

    Noted urchin faces gang and theater critics

  • Art

    February 27, 2007

    Lear Window

    Kevin Kline prepares to scale the mad king's heroic heights and war-torn politics

  • Screens

    January 17, 2006

    Rack Focus

    Kevin Kline prepares to scale the mad king's heroic heights and war-torn politics

  • Film

    September 13, 2005

    Polanski's 'Twist' on a Classic Is the Stuff of Nightmares

    Kevin Kline prepares to scale the mad king's heroic heights and war-torn politics

  • News

    May 17, 2005

    Show of Farce

    The press digs itself into holes; the government covers up its own errors—the system at work

  • Columns

    September 16, 2003

    NY Mirror

    The press digs itself into holes; the government covers up its own errors—the system at work

  • People

    February 4, 2003

    Girlvert!

    The press digs itself into holes; the government covers up its own errors—the system at work

  • Home

    December 31, 2002

    Everything Is Illuminated

    The Critics Speak

  • News

    October 22, 2002

    A Letter to Chancellor Joel Klein

    What Is 'A Sound Basic Education'?

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    July 30, 2002

    Nation

    What Is 'A Sound Basic Education'?

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    March 5, 2002

    Love Removal Machine

    What Is 'A Sound Basic Education'?

  • NYC Life

    October 17, 2000

    Radical Party

    The Clothes of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McClaren

  • Books

    March 14, 2000

    Another Country

    The Clothes of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McClaren

  • News

    September 14, 1999

    Sorel's Way

    She died in her apartment just five doors down from the 9th precinct— murdered. A loner and, perhaps, one of the last Bohemians

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