See You Annan
The U.N. leader's farewell message
by Nat Hentoff

Take Back the Night—or the Nightlife Columnist
This week's letters

Power Plays
Donate Your Steel!
Hevesi Gift-Wraps Resignation
Sean Bell Marchers Turned Back at Stock Exchange

La Dolce Musto
The Year in Pop Culture Shame!
by Michael Musto

Counter Culture
A Restaurant With Balls
Mofongo comes of age in Inwood
by Robert Sietsema

Liquid City
Bargain Basement
Elizabeth Thompson on Guero

Inside the Guide: music; art; events; activism; video games; free; and more.

FEATURED EVENTS
Butterfly Conservatory
While the temperature may be dropping outside, spring has just arrived at the Butterfly Conservatory, a 1,300-square-foot enclosure designed to resemble a rainforest. . .read more

New Year's Eve Event Guide
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Savage Love
A Seriously Bad Ex
by Dan Savage

Fly Life
What a Year That Was
NYC nightlife luminaries fondly recall what they can still remember from 2006
by Tricia Romano

Pucker Up
Urban Buttgirl Meets Rural Right
And the holidays won't be the same
by Tristan Taormino

Daily Rockie Horoscope
by Rockie

Free Will Astrology
by Rob Brezsny

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VOICE MUSIC BLOGS
Status Ain't Hood
Highlights: Indie Musicians Need Help.
by Tom Breihan

Uncle LD's High Bias
Uncle Stephin Merritt Plays for You
by LD Beghtol

Ornette Coleman Tops Jazz List
Plus: Francis Davis on Coleman's triumphant return
Special year-end critics' poll

We Major (in Sociology)
You've taken this class before, but Professor Jeezy still makes it worthwhile
by Roque Strew

Kool Things Remembered
Touring the frustrating but frequently brilliant Sonic Youth archives
by Kevin O'Donnell

Plus: James Holden and much more.

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Magic Touch
Fantastical meets political in this stunning for-adults-only fairy tale
J. Hoberman reviews Pan's Labyrinth

Scents and Sensibility
Filming what was long deemed unfilmable, Tom Tykwer attempts to turn smell into cinema
Ed Halter reviews Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Predator v. Predator
Everyone's miserable in Patrick Marber's latest, and it feels so good
Robert Wilonsky reviews Notes on a Scandal

Death Becomes Her
Writer-director Karen Moncrieff knows her way around a dead body
Jim Ridley reviews The Dead Girl

Plus: Miss Potter; The Tiger and the Snow; and much more.

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Graf Life
An impromptu museum pops up as street artists seize a building they once illegally tagged
Robert Shuster on 11 Spring Street

Best in Show
Buzz-Worthy
R. C. Baker's gallery picks

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