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Le Midi Bistro: Adieu, Karaoke!

Now it's Bergman and Bordeaux in the East Village

"The Scream" Sells For Almost $120 Million! But Here Are Way Better Paintings

I've long thought of Edvard Munch's harrowing "The Scream" as his Home Alone painting. But Munch apparently liked it--so much that he made four of them! And someone else adores it too. One of the four "Screams" just sold for practically $120 million, which is way more than I've ever spent on art ... More >>

In Honor of MLK: Lunch Counter Sit-Ins of the 1960s

Martin Luther King and associates at the Durham, North Carolina, Woolworth's lunch counter after it had been closed by the company, February 16, 1960 Sometimes restaurants are good for more than just eating. In honor of Martin Luther King's birthday, Fork in the Road presents this collection of hi ... More >>

NYC's Five Best Bargain-Basement Chain Stores

​Shopping is even more fun when it's dirt-cheap, and when you're sure no one you know will be there to catch you hunting for bargains. Here are the five best department chains that appeal to my budgetary needs and kitsch taste.

Dylan's Voice Archive: Nobody Likes Him In His Hometown

​We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's arrival in New York City with videos, artist tributes, and old Voice stories. Already we've seen a stage-crashing, fruit-throwing Mods vs. Rockers brawl at one of Dylan's early electric shows and a glowing review of the kinder, gentler Blo ... More >>

Name a NYC Landmark You Miss

​I'll start. Big Enchilada. First, the branch on 28th Street shuttered, and I recently noticed that the one on 12th Street has said adios as well, tragically enough.

Best Of NYC: How a Chock Full o' Nuts Opening Means the City's Back

Clip Job: First Of Million-Plus Alt-Weekly Stripper Stories

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 5, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 37Interview with a StripperBy John WilcockWhile working on a magazine piece recently I encountered Libby Jones, a statuesque blonde with a college degree (B.A. in English lit., University of Washington) who makes a liv ... More >>

Hugs and Kisses #47: Amy Winehouse, Australia, Rehab, Etc

Belmont Park's Backstretch Plays Home To a Most Unusual Day-Care Center

Is there a stranger location for a day-care in New York? Don't bet on it

Bring Hip House Back

Weeping With the Enemy

Phyllis Rodriguez lost her son at the World Trade Center. And then she found the mother of Zacarias Moussaoui.

Crazy Beautiful

Mayhem was their antidote to a world gone mad

Top of the Pops is Getting Canceled

Northern Exposures:

Clinton Does the Democratic Primaries

Shopping With Edna St. Vincent Millay, or, the End of the Village

Letter to the Editor

From Courtney to Karen O

Thrift Shopping in Williamsburg

Bohemia on Toast

Dawn Powell's Village

Kmart Katastrophe

Kmart Recently Filed for Bankruptcy Protection. Upset?

NY Mirror

NY Mirror

Gift Rap

Treasure Hunting on 14th Street

Mrs. Swing

How Mildred Bailey Helped Define Jazz Singing

Out of the Vinyl Deeps

Out of the Vinyl Deeps

Attention Noel Cowards