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  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Live: Fiona Apple Can't Help It At The Bowery Ballroom

    Fiona Apple Bowery Ballroom Monday, March 26 Better than: Holding it all in. Before Fiona Apple took the stage at the Bowery Ballroom last night, Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It" pumped out of the speakers, its flirtatiously skipping beat booming throughout the packed room. The tale of a ... More >>

  • Film

    March 21, 2012

    The Hunger Games: North America's Next Top Killer Is Finally Here

    Fiona Apple Bowery Ballroom Monday, March 26 Better than: Holding it all in. Before Fiona Apple took the stage at the Bowery Ballroom last night, Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It" pumped out of the speakers, its flirtatiously skipping beat booming throughout the packed room. The tale of a ... More >>

  • Film

    March 14, 2012

    The Power of Restraint in the Films of Terence Davies

    Fiona Apple Bowery Ballroom Monday, March 26 Better than: Holding it all in. Before Fiona Apple took the stage at the Bowery Ballroom last night, Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It" pumped out of the speakers, its flirtatiously skipping beat booming throughout the packed room. The tale of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Rabid Skunk Captured in Westchester; Coyotes Roam New Jersey

    ​Good news for the denizens of that Westchester hamlet known as Pleasantville, for now they can unlock their doors and windows again, and breathe easy, or easier, given that they live in a place called Pleasantville (we've been there! It's pleasant!). A rabid skunk that had been meandering abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Kian Khatibi Graduates NYU After 9 Years in Jail for a Crime His Brother Committed

    ​Walking in NYU's commencement ceremony today is a guy with a particularly moving story: He's 35, and was imprisoned for 9 years for a crime he didn't commit, which his brother finally confessed to, allowing for his release three years ago. At 22, Kian Khatibi had been at a bar in Pleasantvill ... More >>

  • Film

    January 5, 2011

    Americatown: Where National Monuments Go to Mingle

    ​Walking in NYU's commencement ceremony today is a guy with a particularly moving story: He's 35, and was imprisoned for 9 years for a crime he didn't commit, which his brother finally confessed to, allowing for his release three years ago. At 22, Kian Khatibi had been at a bar in Pleasantvill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Captain Lawrence's Golden Delicious Brandy Barrel-Aged American Trippel Beer: Oh, Mama

    beeraroundtown/FlickrGolden Delicious​OK, so you might have to haul yourself all the way to Pleasantville to find a bottle, but Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.'s Golden Delicious American Trippel beer, aged in apple brandy barrels, is worth it.

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    What's Happening This Week: Wine Dinner, Beer Dinner

    As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Opus One Wine Dinner David Burke Fromagerie Monday, October 6 Enjoy a five-course meal paired with wines from the renowned Opus One winery for $135 per person. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Pete Hamill on the Death of Newsweek The Saturday Evening Post

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 16, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 14 More Irrelevant Than Irreverent by Pete Hamill The tv cameras had departed, the reporters were gone, and in the fourth-floor offices of the Saturday Evening Post at 541 Lexington Avenue, there wasn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Our 10 Best Beers

    ​ When we got the idea to do Our 10 Best Beers, little did we realize what a shark tank we were jumping into. While wine drinkers, cocktail swillers, and those that drink their spirits neat are a very vocal and cantankerous bunch, the vast majority of beer fanciers just sit back, foamy quaff i ... More >>

  • Screens

    April 8, 2008

    New House of the Dead: Undead on Arrival

    Returning for the Wii, stiff as ever

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    June 5, 2007

    Fido

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  • Specials

    May 24, 2005

    Letters

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  • Columns

    December 7, 2004

    NY Mirror

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  • Music

    May 28, 2002

    Friendly Ghost of a Mullet

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  • Long Island Voice

    October 19, 1999

    Back in time to Williston Park

    Returning for the Wii, stiff as ever

  • Long Island Voice

    October 5, 1999

    Use Your Illusion

    Returning for the Wii, stiff as ever

  • Film

    September 28, 1999

    Use Your Illusion

    Returning for the Wii, stiff as ever

  • News

    August 24, 1999

    The Last Picture Show

    The optimist's guide to the Millennium's final fall-movie crop

  • Film

    March 23, 1999

    Show Time

    The optimist's guide to the Millennium's final fall-movie crop

  • Specials

    January 19, 1999

    Letters

    The optimist's guide to the Millennium's final fall-movie crop

  • News

    January 12, 1999

    Garden Variety

    The optimist's guide to the Millennium's final fall-movie crop

  • Film

    December 15, 1998

    Taking Another Stab

    The optimist's guide to the Millennium's final fall-movie crop

  • Film

    November 17, 1998

    The Jig Is Up

    The optimist's guide to the Millennium's final fall-movie crop

  • Columns

    November 10, 1998

    NY Mirror

    ''Most high-minded of all was Madonna, a spiritual lady who wears her heart on her jewel-encrusted sari sleeve.''

  • Film

    September 29, 1998

    Northern Lights

    Taking On Toronto's Film Festival

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