Grace Under Pressure
Grace Perez built an influential domestic-violence program. Then she was fired.
by Kristen Lombardi
Give Me Liberty
China Up Against the Wall
What can any of us actually do about the Darfur genocide? A new organization knows.
by Nat Hentoff
Runnin' Scared
Diamonds are Forever
More on the Mayor's loot.
Wayne Barrett
Doing Pennants
Steinbrenner can't pay too much for what he really wants.
by Allen Barra
Greenwich Pillage
Before NYU puts up another eyesore, the South Village seeks protection.
by Kristen Lombardi
Family (Terror) Ties
With a brother in prison, Sanya Siraj sells books and hopes to remain in the country.
by Jeneen Interlandi
Keith Olbermann hits NYC!
Michael Shannon flies first-class in a new thriller; Olbermann gets an award named after a former thriller. Plus other gnats and tats.
by Michael Musto
Counter Culture
Robin Hood Rests
Front Street Pizza joint discovers a new region of Italy.
by Robert Sietsema
Frockstar
Haughty Couture
For the man who has everything, Tom Ford's new store offers umbrellas dipped in gold.
by Lynn Yaeger
Lidia Bastianich's Last Meal
. . . will be eaten alongside bees and roosters.
by Nina Lalli
Inside the Guide: music; art; events; activism; video games; free; and more.
FEATURED EVENTS
10th Annual New York City Tattoo Convention
Before you get the name of your latest lover tattooed on your ass, check out the 10th Annual New York City Tattoo Convention for more original concepts. The world's best body artists bring technique, talent, and amazing imagination to this weekend of wild art featuring tattoos, piercings, flash art, and body jewelry. . .read more
First Annual Dance Parade
It's not enough that you can't dance in this city anymore; now you can't even protest the fact that you can't boogie no more. The First Annual Dance Parade was touted as a fuck-off to the city's anal cabaret law, but we hear that officials may pull a return fuck on organizers by denying them a permit unless the event's mission is changed. In the meantime, an estimated 6,000 dissenters from the dance community vow to celebrate the art form. DJs Jellybean Benitez, Danny Tenaglia, Kool Herc, and other turntablists are slated to spread rhythmic love for the masses. . . read more
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Savage Love
Can oral cause cancer?
by Dan Savage
Pucker Up
Coitus Interrupt Us
Couples with mismatched libidos have few resources to address their issues
by Tristan Taormino
Daily Rockie Horoscope
by Rockie
Free Will Astrology
by Rob Brezsny
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Down in Front
The National's Anthems
If Springsteen is right, the glory days for Brooklyn's best rock band may lie just ahead.
by Rob Harvilla
Fly Life
Band of Gypsies
Feast your eyes on the Night of a Thousand Stevies, a riveting cavalcade of gold dust women.
by Tricia Romano
Status Ain't Hood
Live: Mastodon
by Tom Breihan
Interval
Chiri Biri Bim, Chiri Biri Bop
The Israel--New York pipeline yields a fresh crop of serious jazz talent.
by Francis Davis
The Pointiest Sister
A deep-house icon who dabbles in the occasional crossover pop smash.
by Carol Cooper
Singles Going Steady
Cuffed and Whipped
Sensitive souls done wrong by cheating lovers, or maybe the cops.
by Amy Linden
No Fun, More People
A beloved noise fest now draws civilians, too.
by Cortney Harding
Plus: The Sandinista! Project;
Hail Social; Balkan Beat Box; and much more.
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Additional Wilson Brother Found!
Hal Hartley and Luke Wilson offer similarly (and predictably) self-reflexive films. What else might they have in common?
by J. Hoberman
Busker Love
Once upon a time in Ireland, a girl met a guy and they made sweet music.
by Robert Wilonsky
The Office meets Deliverance
Satire and horror make for bad synergy in Severance.
by Scott Foundas
Oh, the Humanité!
Bruno Dumont returns with Flanders, another Cannes award-winning clunker.
Plus: The Changeling; Even Money; and much more.
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art
A Design of the Times
Sculptor Louise Nevelson--a quintessential modernist--gets her first major survey in nearly 30 years.
by Leslie Camhi
Plus: See Ya in 50
Japanese photog Miwa Yanagi on age through the eyes of youth.
Best in Show
To Eire Is Human
R. C. Baker's gallery picks
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books
An Airborne Literary Event?
Don DeLillo sorts through the emotional dust of 9/11 in Falling Man.
by James Ledbetter
Past Food Nation
Molly O'Neill wrangles 250 years of appealing mealing.
by Julia Wallace
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Sports and Past Times
Radio Golf lands a little short; at Deuce, it's fault, McNally.
by Michael Feingold
Mourning Sickness
A drowned child, the tooth fairy, and spirals of words in God's Ear.
by Alexis Soloski
Union Trouble
Three wedding tales get hitched in The Betrothed.
by Alexis Soloski
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One Round Trip to Hades, Please
Dying twice is worth it in the end for Mark Morris's marvelous Orfeo ed Euridice.
by Deborah Jowitt
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This Modern World
If Only Pat Tillman's Family Didn't Believe In Worm Dirt
by Tom Tomorrow
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