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Shockingly, it was just a bunch of people being racists!
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The author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank tells us about Brooklyn donuts, renting videos, and living poor in Jerusalem.
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Tyler Perry is the new Morgan Freeman; Paranormal Activity is the new Saw .
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Obsessive documentation is the real villain in this horror sequel.
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Before diving into the chaos, let's take a look at a few of the festival's iconic moments from recent memory. Treat it as a reminder of what the next five days could hold.
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$100 million may be a tad high, it turns out.
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Talking to Marty Golden's opponent about bike lanes, hipsters, reality TV, the Greek community, and the Ridge's best bar, burger, and slice.
by Henry Stewart
Tags: Politics , bay ridge , andrew gounardes , marty golden , new york state senate , district 22 , bike lanes , hipsters , asian immigrants , the greek community , brooklyn 11223 , longbow , kettle black , bagel boy , h&l bagels , vesuvio's , bagel schmagel , dyker heights , bensonhurst , gerritsen beach , marine park
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Halloween tradition dictates that they must be dressed up as something other than just scantily clad women, yes?
by Lauren Beck
Tags: Fashion , Sex , Hipster Halloween , American Apparel , costume contest , Lady Gaga , Park Slop mom , mermaid , Brooklynette , Lana Del Rey , Malibu Barbie , Stevie Nicks , Etsy projects gone wrong
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Museum of the Moving Image kicks off its Martin series tonight. Find out what you've been missing.
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They tell us so on Twitter.
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Get out of that crowded hell hole and come eat some fish and chips!
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Epic dirtbag-love video smackdown: Who will skeeve supreme???
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Squids are spermy creatures.
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We're only three nights in but we're oh so tired.
by Emily McCullar
Tags: Music , music , cmj , brooklyn , music festivals , pulp , the band , the clash , cat power , the fugees , david bowie , spinal tap , peaches , johnny cash , waylon jennings , wilco , Video
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It's fall, which means you need new clothes and stuff. Get them for free with a little help from us.
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In celebration of Local Business ' release, the band played their home turf for almost two hours. We have photos!
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The comic book genius answers a few of our questions about his magnum opus book-in-a-box.
by Jeff Klingman
Tags: Books , Chris Ware , Building Stories , Graphic Novels , Comics , DuChamp , Art Boxes , The Strand , Mind-Boggling Intricacy , Soul-Crushing Sadness , Funny Bee Stories , Interviews
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Remembering one of our greatest cinematographers, who has died.
by Henry Stewart
Tags: Film , harris savides , cinematography , gus van sant , elephant , gerry , birth , david fincher , zodiac , music videos , fiona apple , Video
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This week: a net art show, a bunch of talks, benefits, and a ton of openings in Chelsea and the Lower East Side on Thursday.
by Whitney Kimball
Tags: Art , 319 Scholes , Artists Space , Collect the WWWorld , dOCUMENTA (13) , Travess Smalley , envoy enterprises , Sheila Elias , Mayson Gallery , Filmmakers’ Co-op , Participant Inc , Heap Gives Up , Beginnings , EFA Open Studios , apexart , Cabinet , scavenger hunt
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Talking to some of Fiona Apple's most dedicated fans outside last night's show at Terminal 5.
by Lauren Beck
Tags: Music , Fiona Apple , Terminal 5 , fans , dedication , cult followings , Tidal , Criminal , Extraordinary Machine , The Idler Wheeler , When the Pawn , Nadia Chaudury
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You know you want to go to this.
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Quick tips for Clark Kent: Lists tend to do well.
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"Past the hole in the wall through which someone was selling tacos and PBR, up to a pile of cushions in the front of the room."
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It's their first in seven years, which is longer than most bands are even bands.
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The Hofesh Schecter Company's first full-length dance piece is a journey of radical individualism.
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A new study shows the HPV vaccine doesn't turn kids sexual.
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We interviewed a Guerrilla Girl.
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Don’t keep your GIFs trapped in the dark corners of your desktop. That's not fair. Not fair to the world.
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As the venerable newsweekly prepares to go all-digital, here are some examples of the terrible journalism it does.
by Henry Stewart
Tags: Media , newsweek , tina brown , editorial problem , heaven is real , first gay president , muslim rage , rebecca dana , christopher dickey , katie roiphe , art director , all-digital
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Optical interrogations and spatial displacements feature generously in this suite of selected exhibitions from the 10/10 issue of our winsome review.
by Paul D'Agostino
Tags: Art , Gerhard Richter , Marian Goodman Gallery , Painting 2012 , Stray Light Grey , Jonah Freeman , Justin Lowe , Marlborough Chelsea , Jonas Mekas , James Fuentes , Thomas Hirschhorn , Concordia Concordia , Gladstone Gallery
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In honor of tonight's celebration, we interview director Holly Block about how the Bronx Museum has transformed since 1971.
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With Biz Markie, Action Bronson and much more.
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"This is a bummer, but I'm also excited and optimistic," says Restler.
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You never can tell what is going on behind closed doors.
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Foreigner visits New York, notices popularity of "secular beards" in Brooklyn. Also, a beard video game.
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For how long are we supposed to be impressed by the "I'm so real!" schtick?
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The march toward the new inevitability that he wins an Oscar for directing continues. And much more...
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Publishing books on Bob Dylan and Woodie Guthrie, of course.
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Talking to the Democrat about Marty Golden, mass transit, equal pay, how Republicans hate NYC, and how awesome Joe Biden is.
by Henry Stewart
Tags: Politics , bay ridge , andrew gounardes , marty golden , new york state senate , district 22 , dyker heights , bensonhurst , gravesend , marine park , gerritsen beach , joe biden , fair pay amendment , marriage equality , mta , the r train
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Snapshots from Glasslands and some weird fancy club in Midtown.
by Lauren Beck
Tags: Music , CMJ2012 , Shakey Graves , Andrew Cedermark , Rebel NYC , Levek , Generationals , Force Field PR , BrooklynVegan Austin , Texas Takeover , Glasslands
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Why is weed so difficult to write about in the art world?
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running out to get something from the car, brb in 2 seconds, but leave one if u need me or love me.
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Talking to the West Virginian about the starving artist "crap myth" and meaning what you write.
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What's it like to open up an art gallery in Williamsburg?
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Scott McClanahan totally fucking killed it. With A.M. Holmes, Emma Straub, and more.
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by Audrey Ference
Tags: News
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Night #1 with Roomrunner, METZ and the ear-ringing aftermath.
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Fiona Gardner and Amy Zimmer offer a snapshot of the city back when it looked like "Mad Men."
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This week, an artist who makes large-scale architectural installation talks about architecture, sound art takes Manhattan by storm, and some art critics have hearts.
by Whitney Kimball
Tags: Art , Chelsea Sound , Printed Matter , Monika Sosnowska , Arts and Labor , C24 , Skyler Fein , Norte Maar , Cage on Vinyl on Marley , Sarada Rauch , Novella Gallery
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The director talks about the complicated gender roles in her new movie The Loneliest Planet .
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Dolphins are basically the prehensile-penised bonobos of the sea.
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The Great Northern Catskills of Greene County New York are home to the nation’s first wilderness.
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After watching Brooklyn Castle, we're pretty sure the answer is yes. We spoke with the documentary's director to confirm suspicions.
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F to 7th : "Same neighborhood. Different gay." Won't you contribute?
Features
Are they a good match for each other? Did we make them say the word nookie ?
Features
People are always saying it's a discovery festival, but mostly everyone just goes to see the bands they already know. But not anymore!
Features
Yes, we think you should go discover stuff for yourself, but if you're too lazy for that, well then fine... here you go.
Film Reviews
Leos Carax's first feature in 13 years is a wacky one-man omnibus film.
Film Reviews
Experimental filmmaker Ben Rivers's first narrative feature is a pseudo-doc about a man just doing his thing.
Film Reviews
Girls just wanna have fun in this charmingly aimless portrait of Paris coeds.
Film Reviews
Like the life of a drunk, this sobering-up drama blends melodramatic action with semi-anesthetized emotion.
Film Reviews
James Benning's 1977 classic features dozens of self-contained stories that your mind adds up into a larger one.
Film Reviews
David Lean's beloved 1945 portrait of antisocial romance is open to many interpretations.
Film Reviews
The graphic sex in Leos Carax's 1999 feature heralded a new sexual realism in French film.
Film Reviews
"The girls may have been screaming their heads off, but the boys had heads of their own throbbing down below."
Film Reviews
Martin McDonagh's latest is more personal than usual, an examination of himself and his work.
Film Reviews
Ben Affleck's latest, about an attack on an American embassy in the Middle East, could use more political urgency.
Film Reviews
Lena's fingerprints are all over this LA relationship drama she cowrote with director Ry-Russo Young.
Film Reviews
Campy 1974 sci-fi in which a mankini-clad Sean Connery tries to raze all civilization.
Film Reviews
A used car-parts salesman is taken hostage in Denis Côté's fascinating 2009 hybrid.
Restaurant Reviews
At this folksy-fare Williamsburg spot, expect bold and unusual taste combinations.
Bar Reviews
Just what Park Slope needed: a craft-beer bar! No, seriously!
Alessandro Pessoli’s exhibition is a radiantly staged handiwork of delicacy and mirth, whimsy and fragility.
Theater Reviews
This popular production by a popular Bushwick company doesn't seem to have much of a point.
Theater Reviews
Things don't start or end well for the characters in this Broadway drama.
Brooklynite Emma Straub's debut novel features a starlet's adventures in Tinseltown.
Benjamin Stein's unusual novel features two increasingly unreliable narrators.
In Victor LaValle's mental-hospital horror novel, there's no escape from society's shit.
Sex With the Natural Redhead
Are Kegels really worth it?
Art Fag City
On the failures of a Moscow art conference.
Art Fag City
Capitalizing on the attention to Paris art-fair FIAC, LaFIAC.com is a quick introduction to net art.
Features
At the first Barclays Center show, wondering what it all means.
