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St. Petersburg

  • Voice Choices

    April 11, 2012

    SIBLING 

THEATRICALITY

    See Three Sisters in its mother tongue

  • Columns

    November 2, 2011

    Why Do Americans Call Mexicans "Illegal"?

    See Three Sisters in its mother tongue

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    BEST OF NYC®
    Globe-trotting on a MetroCard

    Shop till you drop? No, you won’t drop. It’s all right here.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2011

    Banksy Bails Out Russian Artists, Is Becoming Modern-Day Folk Hero

    ​Mysterious British street artist Banksy just bailed out of jail two members of a Russian art collective called Voina, which means "war." Leonid Nikolayev and Oleg Vorotnikov awaited trial in a bed bug-infested St. Petersburg prison for four months until Banksy swooped in and paid their bail. ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2011

    The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna

    ​Mysterious British street artist Banksy just bailed out of jail two members of a Russian art collective called Voina, which means "war." Leonid Nikolayev and Oleg Vorotnikov awaited trial in a bed bug-infested St. Petersburg prison for four months until Banksy swooped in and paid their bail. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    n 1 Writer Punched in Face

    via n 1.​In Soviet Russia, face punch you. In the 2010 Russia rabble-rousing Harvard-bred NYC literary journal n 1 visits? It's definitely not your face doing the punching. Quite the opposite, in fact.

  • Dance

    May 25, 2010

    Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Neumann, and Steve Paxton Voyage Together With Different Compasses

    via n 1.​In Soviet Russia, face punch you. In the 2010 Russia rabble-rousing Harvard-bred NYC literary journal n 1 visits? It's definitely not your face doing the punching. Quite the opposite, in fact.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Allergy Season "Wicked Bad" This Year

    If you're planning on a frolic in a field of flowers, bring along some Kleenex.​If your eyes are all red and swollen and scratchy and you're feeling generally like you got hit by a truck, or maybe a large, blooming plant of some sort, it's not because you drank too many glasses of the good stu ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 24, 2010

    BRUSH UP ON YOUR RUSSIAN

    Uncle Vanya speaks his mother-tongue

  • Film

    January 19, 2010

    A Room and a Half, An Ecstatically Fanciful Film By Andrey Khrzhanovsky

    Uncle Vanya speaks his mother-tongue

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Town Brawl! Rightbloggers Applaud Aggro Outbreaks at Health Care Meetings

    As you may have heard, some of the town hall meetings held by public officials for debate on Obama's health care plans have become brawls. In St. Petersburg, protesters bellowed until Representative Kathy Castor left the meeting; in St. Louis, a health care reform proponent, Brian Matthews, said h ... More >>

  • Film

    July 22, 2009

    For All Its Fucking/Boozing/Fighting, Loren Cass Is a Radical Film

    As you may have heard, some of the town hall meetings held by public officials for debate on Obama's health care plans have become brawls. In St. Petersburg, protesters bellowed until Representative Kathy Castor left the meeting; in St. Louis, a health care reform proponent, Brian Matthews, said h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 13, 2009

    Brother

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Film

    January 14, 2009

    Ballerina Follows Russia's Masters of the Form

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Dance

    April 15, 2008

    Kirov Ballet & Feld Ballet Tech: Tutu and Ordeal

    Frisking on pointe, hanging by the heels

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2008

    No Context: The Teenagers Live at Mercury Lounge

    Frisking on pointe, hanging by the heels

  • Dance

    July 17, 2007

    Rock and Roll Circus

    Pilobolus somersaults into its 36th year

  • Film

    March 6, 2007

    Life During Wartime

    Doc captures the everyday rituals of a city under siege

  • Film

    January 2, 2007

    Matters of Life, Death, and Art

    From shivah to Shoah, the 16th annual Jewish film fest doesn't shy away from the big questions

  • Film

    May 2, 2006

    'Russian Dolls'

    From shivah to Shoah, the 16th annual Jewish film fest doesn't shy away from the big questions

  • Film

    December 27, 2005

    Dance on Camera Festival 2006

    From shivah to Shoah, the 16th annual Jewish film fest doesn't shy away from the big questions

  • Screens

    December 27, 2005

    A Subversive Soviet Treasure

    From shivah to Shoah, the 16th annual Jewish film fest doesn't shy away from the big questions

  • Dance

    July 26, 2005

    Opening the Tomb

    Two choreographers awaken sleeping ballets, one by adjusting history, one by starting over

  • Dance

    July 5, 2005

    Dance

    Two choreographers awaken sleeping ballets, one by adjusting history, one by starting over

  • Dance

    June 21, 2005

    Another op’nin’, another show: Dances without story don’t cut it

    Two choreographers awaken sleeping ballets, one by adjusting history, one by starting over

  • Books

    January 11, 2005

    Bloc Heads

    Ugly natives and uglier Americans in Tom Bissell's fiction

  • Film

    December 28, 2004

    Film

    Ugly natives and uglier Americans in Tom Bissell's fiction

  • Music

    December 21, 2004

    Bobo's In Paradise

    Canadian synth-punks weird out in the cardboard forest

  • NYC Life

    December 21, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Canadian synth-punks weird out in the cardboard forest

  • Dance

    September 7, 2004

    Boston in New England

    Young dancing jewels and a rewarding exhibit bring a summer festival to a close

  • Dance

    May 25, 2004

    Does Plot Matter?

    Christians battle Muslims in Russian ballet! (Anybody notice?); Eliot in drag downtown!

  • NYC Life

    February 24, 2004

    Moscow on the West Side: Going from Cold War to hot jazz

    Christians battle Muslims in Russian ballet! (Anybody notice?); Eliot in drag downtown!

  • Dance

    November 25, 2003

    Moving Words

    Christians battle Muslims in Russian ballet! (Anybody notice?); Eliot in drag downtown!

  • Film

    November 4, 2003

    Chips Off the Old Bloc

    A still-kicking Soviet-era film studio produces a Russian ark's worth of iconoclastic style

  • Dance

    September 23, 2003

    Upcoming

    A still-kicking Soviet-era film studio produces a Russian ark's worth of iconoclastic style

  • Music

    August 26, 2003

    Golden Shower of Hits

    Queer Eyes for the Great White North Sip That Yellow Snow

  • Dance

    December 24, 2002

    Crack That Nut, Girl

    Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

  • Dance

    July 23, 2002

    'Jewels' in the Crown

    Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

  • News

    March 19, 2002

    Vision Quest

    Searching for the Diamonds in the Rough

  • Books

    January 22, 2002

    Rescue Me

    Searching for the Diamonds in the Rough

  • NYC Life

    January 1, 2002

    Studio in 1940s Co-Op Building

    Searching for the Diamonds in the Rough

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    Global Terror

    Russian Paper Cites Fear of "Uncontrollable Escalation"

  • Dance

    August 14, 2001

    Ballet Is (Dead) Woman

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    Nation

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • Theater

    July 18, 2000

    Reap It and Weep

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • Dance

    April 4, 2000

    Kill Mama

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • News

    November 30, 1999

    Russian Cons and New York Banks

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • Dance

    July 6, 1999

    It Takes Time

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • Dance

    January 5, 1999

    Read All About It!

    Dancers on the Page

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