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Rube Goldberg

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Americans to Electoral College: Drop Dead

    ​A new Gallup poll shows a majority of Americans want to get rid of the Electoral College. 62% of respondents say they would support a Constitutional amendment that would replace the president-making Rube Goldberg machine with a popular vote. For the first time since George W. Bush won the 200 ... More >>

  • Art

    December 29, 2010

    The Best Art of 2010

    Village Voice art critics pick their favorite shows of the year

  • Film

    October 27, 2010

    Saw 3D: The Same Old Putrid Corpse

    Village Voice art critics pick their favorite shows of the year

  • Art

    July 20, 2010

    Tim Hawkinson's 'One Man Band'; Michael Alan's 'Harmonious Opposites'

    Plus Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don't Make Work About Being Asian at Arario Gallery

  • Film

    June 22, 2010

    Seven of the Best from the NY Asian Film Fest

    Plus Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don't Make Work About Being Asian at Arario Gallery

  • Film

    September 1, 2009

    Mike Judge Sides with Management in Extract

    Plus Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don't Make Work About Being Asian at Arario Gallery

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Cafe des Artistes Has Also Breathed Its Last

    Marcysmemoir​The John Dory was not the only restaurant to close this weekend: The New York Times brought the news that the Cafe des Artistes had shuttered. If the Dory's closure was unexpected, then the obituary for the 92-year-old Upper West Side mainstay read more like the death announcement ... More >>

  • Theater

    June 17, 2009

    machines machines machines machines machines machines machines

    Whatever it means, some sloppy fun at Here

  • Art

    May 20, 2009

    Conrad Shawcross Sails the Gowanus!

    Brave brit will not be deterred by PCBs or anti-terror squad

  • Theater

    May 13, 2009

    Summer Guide: B.A.M.'s Muslim Richard III

    Brave brit will not be deterred by PCBs or anti-terror squad

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Flash! Albany Working on MTA Plan

    Albany lawmakers are behind closed doors, working on an MTA plan. A taxi surcharge and payroll taxes are among the remedies they're considering. Paterson's calling for "action." His new wrinkle is to offer constituents reimbursement of the payroll tax to their school districts -- a typical Albany Ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Tolls Coming Back to MTA Rescue?

    Back in February it looked like bridge tolls were going to save us from the MTA Doomsday budget. But in March the tolls were tabled, and the MTA started lining up a crappier subway with $2.50 fares. But hark! What do we hear from Albany? They're talking about tolls again. Some modifications are bei ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 3, 2008

    Holiday Storefronts: A Window Shopper's Guide

    The season's big-store displays include the artful and artless, plus Mike the Snowflake

  • Art

    March 11, 2008
  • Film

    January 15, 2008

    Beyond Polanski

    Polish cinema, rare and robust, at Anthology

  • Art

    July 17, 2007

    Your Face or Mine?

    Recommendations by R.C. Baker

  • Music

    July 17, 2007

    Stravinsky Meets Scrooge McDuck

    On the classical excellence, heaving cellos, and cartoonish zeal of Nico Muhly

  • Art

    May 29, 2007

    Numbers by Painting

    Recommendations

  • Film

    February 13, 2007

    The Ultimate Chain Reaction

    Fischli and Weiss night at Anthology

  • Art

    October 10, 2006

    States of Flux

    Fischli and Weiss night at Anthology

  • Film

    September 12, 2006

    Playtime

    Throwaway gags and mad obsessions in Michel Gondry's wondrous concoction

  • Art

    August 29, 2006

    Playing It Straight

    Alas, the Whitney now looks almost as conservative and canonical as the Modern

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2006

    West Side Stories, cont'd

    Alas, the Whitney now looks almost as conservative and canonical as the Modern

  • Art

    May 23, 2006

    The Crying Game

    Alas, the Whitney now looks almost as conservative and canonical as the Modern

  • Music

    April 11, 2006

    Monkey Island

    A master of puppets recruits lost souls then gets forlorn

  • Dance

    April 4, 2006

    Brave Bodies

    Visiting choreographer shows us dancers we know in a new and loving light

  • Art

    January 3, 2006

    Design for Living

    A theoretical physicist weighs in on a hot-button topic

  • Art

    November 29, 2005

    Clusterfuck Aesthetics

    A manic-depressive panic attack in the face of profound information overload

  • Film

    September 27, 2005

    Bunny Business

    Blessed are the cheesemakers: Whimsical animated feature shows inventive minds at clay

  • Theater

    April 12, 2005

    Impermanent Wave

    Steel Magnolias gives women what they want, but not the quality they deserve.

  • Film

    March 8, 2005

    The Machinists: Autopilot Plot Needs New Parts

    Steel Magnolias gives women what they want, but not the quality they deserve.

  • Film

    December 14, 2004

    The Fable Guy

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Music

    January 13, 2004

    Music

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • NYC Life

    December 30, 2003

    Listings

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Music

    April 1, 2003

    Music

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Film

    January 28, 2003

    Film

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Film

    December 10, 2002

    Game Theory

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Music

    October 22, 2002

    Mouse Trap Replica

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Film

    October 30, 2001

    Where the Mild Things Are

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Film

    October 2, 2001

    Points of No Return

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Film

    July 3, 2001

    Conspirators of Pleasure

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • Film

    June 19, 2001

    Robot Speaks: Warning Warning

    Sprite of the hunter: Jim Carrey journeys through a postmodern 'tween-gothic neverland

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    Picture This

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

  • Music

    August 10, 1999

    Beat and Variation

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

  • Dance

    May 18, 1999

    Beyond Normal

    Exploring New Mother Tounges

  • Art

    March 9, 1999

    Mr. Wizard

    Exploring New Mother Tounges

  • Music

    January 19, 1999

    Doing It Live

    Drum'n'Bass—With Drums and Basses

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