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Threats, and Other Mysterious Notes

Amelia Gray's viscerally rendered debut novel takes place in an alternate reality, where cryptic notes from a dead woman appear without explanation.
- by Catherine Lacey
- Tags: Books, Books, Threats, Amelia Gray

Art Fag City

Defining a Cagean Aesthetic

A new show on John Cage's influence explores presence and absence.

by Paddy Johnson

Ask A Cabbie

What Is the  Meaning of Life?

Altruism? Alcoholism?

by Ryan Vlastelica

Sex With the Natural Redhead

Forbidden Passion (for Tickling)

Word to the wise: consensual tickling is still 100 percent legal in the US.

by Audrey Ference

General

Hi, I’m Brooklyn,  and I’m a Locaholic

The Search for Local Booze Gets Easier  in Kings County

by Cielo Lutino
Tags: General, Slideshow

Local

The North Brooklyn Garbage Wars

by Sydney Brownstone

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The activist group that once chained itself to the VIP balcony of the New York Stock Exchange more than two decades ago is back for a mass protest on Wall Street.

First: It was SO great.

A cardboard cathedral to be constructed in Christchurch.

With almost 600 new properties protected, it now has more landmarked buildings than the Village.

"They may take our brunch, but they'll never take our FREEDOM!"

Plus, the career of Guy Pearce, considered.

Head's up! Five-oh!

Everything is going to be okay.

So, can we keep it?

Two attacks occurred hours apart in Bed-Stuy and Brownsville.

This show continues making the world a much, much worse place to live.

It used to be beautiful and important.

The internet has been sort of a bummer lately, but now one very gentle superhero has come to save the day.

The tense standoff among protesters, the NYPD and U.S. Parks Police has a new development.

And you won't even have to leave your apartment for them--convenient, given the logistical difficulty of having sex in a restaurant.

Songs from last year's stellar debut took on a playful nature with the queen of cool-without-trying-to-be-cool.

Of red wine and cheap carbs.

Quick, get thee to a boozy poetry reading!

Taking recommendations from friends is still a really, really good way to do things, it turns out.

On new music from St. Vincent, Laurel Halo, Beach House, and more. Post-Record Store Day longing edition.

Hey, Spider-Man: you don't need $60 million to be the funnest thing on Broadway.

A new study finds that children of New York City women exposed to higher concentrations of air pollution are more than twice as likely to be obese by age 7 than children of women who are not.

These are the coolest middle schoolers ever.

Paul McCartney directed the stars to sign the lyrics for "My Valentine" off the album Kisses On The Bottom. Oy.

As with same-sex marriage, a few Republicans need to get on board.

Organizers are also shooting for a 1,000 person "guitarmy."

Or, fastest "hurry up and wait for the effing F train."

Oh, so this is where all the smart, cool, attractive and well-dressed people were last night, we guess.

Hey, wait a minute, you're telling me this Liars video is super creepy?

Legitimate? Or a position that belongs on Christwire?

Front Room Gallery fills up in praise of euphoria.

And of course lots of people dressed up in super crazy costumes.

One couple brought it home and filmed the whole experience. Dawww.

The Brooklyn Philharmonic will perform it in June.

Yeah, let's definitely encourage sex workers not to use condoms.

Donate more than $3,000 to the San Francisco Rock Project's lending library, and Merrill Garbus will write you a song.

RIP, Dick Clark.

The things you definitely won't be able to afford tomorrow, today!

Supplementary things to check out before or after English Kills.

Remember that teensy tiny thing Obama mentioned in his State of the Union?

The city-sidewalk landscape is changing.

New York City doesn't like being told that it needs to solve its sewage overflow problem.

A Brooklyn high school program offers meditation sessions as an alternative to traditional disciplinary measures.

The one time Josh Kurp isn't on Twitter, he misses a secret show with the reunited Swedish punk band. #twitterfail

Oh yeah, also, Northside now lasts for eight days, which will be great for your soul and considerably less great for your liver.

At least one politician thinks so.

Actor Alex Karpovsky's anti-thriller explores the banality of psychopathy.

Or, you know, the Census fucked up in 2010 and won't admit it.

Chekhov's quintessential portrait of Russianness, performed by Russians.

A group of 18 Jewish Springsteen fans used it in a specially themed Seder above Madison Square Garden on the night of his show.

Or, what to expect when the always high-energy, engaged choreographer graces the closest thing Brooklyn has to a salon.

They vere the robots...boop boop boop boop.

And an apparent bike accident in Williamsburg.

The formerly lo-fi Los Angeles pop act plays the Bowery Ballroom tonight, stops in to chat first.

Being loaded isn't as easy as it looks.

The legendary record store says it will open a Brooklyn location that's even larger than its 5,000 square foot UK flagship.

Hang out with a large bird of prey!

Mark your calendars!

One in five, the highest level since 2005.

On record labels, record sleeves, records and the production of records.

The primary authors of your weekend's entertainment: Nicholas Sparks, Steve Harvey, Lawrence Kasdan and Mary Harron. Plus: chimps!

Several reasons why you should soon seize the season to see these shows at Norte Maar and Studio 10.

Win a Pulitzer, however, and you can live where you want.

Roosevelt Island Shmoosevelt Island.

Is it a sink hole, or a hellmouth?

This whole Mexico thing might spoil the megachain's chances of opening up here.