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Issue: 0817

Meet the Harlem Artist With Good Promotion, Sales— and Down Syndrome
[Runnin' Scared]
Chloé A. Hilliard
Bad NYPD Cops Only Get Tough Talk from the Civilian Complaint Board
[Runnin' Scared]
Sean Gardiner
Former Scientologist Actor Wants his Confessional Files Back
Jason Beghe accuses church of secretly taping Tom Cruise; writes a letter that Scientology won’t deliver
Tony Ortega
Crashing Studio B's Garden Party
[Dirty Blonde]
A fantastic Greenpoint spot plans a vertical expansion, to its neighbors' chagrin
Annie Fischer
Santogold: A Star Grows in Brooklyn
Santi White's strident debut finally justifies all those magazine spreads
Katie Hintz
Big Dipper, Still Fetching After All These Years
Tracing these forgotten noisemakers' hooky, otherworldly racket
Franklin Bruno
Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid
Sappy Brits are at least a little more realistic about it
Josh Love
Jessica Williams's Songs for a New Century
Overlooked jazz pianist gets a little too sleepy
Brandt Reiter
The Night Marchers: Speedo Reborn
Tireless garage-rock titan John Reis unveils his latest creation
Thompson, C.W.
Robert Forster's Long Goodbye
A Go-Between re-emerges with maybe the best song his dearly departed bandmate ever wrote
Rob Trucks
Morgan Heritage's Mission in Progress
Rasta comfort food that won't bore or lecture you
Elena Oumano
Talking With Winnipeg's Remarkably Well-Adjusted Guy Maddin
[Tribeca 2008]
Aaron Hillis
Stuff and Dough
Stuff and Dough Scott Foundas
Tribeca's MidEast Fixation
From Iran to Pakistan, a region's stories come to downtown fest
Michelle Orange
Standard Operating Procedure, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Standard Operating Procedure, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay J. Hoberman
Without the King
[Tracking Shots]
Without the King Vadim Rizov
Roman de Gare
[Tracking Shots]
Roman de Gare Ella Taylor
Walden
[Tracking Shots]
Walden Nick Pinkerton
Bomb It
[Tracking Shots]
Bomb It Brian Miller
Up the Yangtze
[Tracking Shots]
Up the Yangtze Scott Foundas
Then She Found Me
[Tracking Shots]
Then She Found Me Robert Wilonsky
Amy Poehler Pops
Talking with the Baby Mama star
Julia Wallace
Tribeca '08
[Tribeca 2008]
See these movies
The Village Voice
Tribeca Turkeys: We See Movies So You Don't Have To
Every fest has its misses. This year's Tribeca is no exception.
The Village Voice
An Interview With John Gianvito
[Tribeca 2008]
The Profit Motive director chronicles our progressive political history through an experimental lens
Vadim Rizov
Baby Mama
[Tribeca 2008]
Baby Mama Robert Wilonsky
A Catered Affair's Identity Crisis Management
Fierstein and Bucchino seek intimacy on Broadway; two Off-Broadway plays seek laughs in sorrows
Michael Feingold
The Guardian's Michael Billington: A Man for All Theater Seasons
The Voice chats with the U.K.'s leading critic
Alexis Soloski
A Voice Poetry Roundup
From half-baked utopias to diabetic bitches
Alan Gilbert
Paul Chan: A Light in April
Consensus pick projects his influence at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
Martha Schwendener
Nicola López's Hugely Ominous Transformation City
Brooklyn artist conjures a daunting, deadly cityscape
Noah Sudarsky
Jaime Hernandez's Comic Delivery
[Best in Show]
Love & Rockets cartoonist unveils something bigger than a novel
R.C. Baker
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
FOREVER YOUNG
The next generation hits the stage
Keisha Franklin
THE WRITE STUFF
170 writers from 51 countries in just six days
Angela Ashman
G WHIZ
Genocide takes center stage
Sharyn Jackson
BUST A MOVE
A party for the new LES bohemians
Angela Ashman
THE PLAYBOY SPECIAL
Sex dolls come to life in new exhibit
Angela Ashman
BACK IN BUSINESS
EPMD bring New York back
Zach Baron
THE FINAL CURTAIN
Wham, BAM, thank you, ma’am
Sharyn Jackson
SHORT CIRCUIT
The Bent Festival––where hacking is encouraged
ARACELI CRUZ
Knock ‘em Out
Kate Nash sticks up for her reputation
Zach Baron
PASSAGE TO INDIA
Author Jhumpa Lahiri dazzles again
Angela Ashman
Return of the Hustle
Jon Caramanica
THE LIMIT TO YOUR LOVE
Feist is undaunted
Zach Baron
ISLAND LIFE
Jamaican company shows its roots
Keisha Franklin
CREATIVE JOURNEY
See artists in their natural habitat
EUDIE PAK
Darkness Falls Across the Land
ARACELI CRUZ
PLAYING THE GAME
A digital and musical sensory overload
EUDIE PAK
OUR GIRL
A double dose of ‘America’s Sweetheart’
Angela Ashman
LOST TAPES
That exercise video you tossed is here
ARACELI CRUZ
LOOKING RUFF
Beauty is the beast
EUDIE PAK
The Bad Apples Who Made Torture the Official U.S. Policy
[This Modern World]
The Bad Apples Who Made Torture the Official U.S. Policy Tom Tomorrow
Bush's Gitmo Justice Creates a Legal Black Hole
So will Congress call on Murat Kurnaz to testify?
Nat Hentoff
Christine Quinn's Half-Billion-Dollar Secret
Another hefty chunk of taxpayer-funded projects that council leaders would rather not discuss
Tom Robbins
A Staten Island Trombonist Breaks a 64-Year Silence About a Military Race Riot
A violent tale of justice and injustice from America's uglier racial past
Tony Ortega
Street Art in Alphabet City
For the month of April, CHASHAMA ABC Gallery hosted Super Combo, a collaborative show featuring the work of the Endless Love Crew, Brad Downey, and more.
Sam Horine
Haile King Rubie's Art
Work from the Harlem artist who's got good promotion, sales, and Down syndrome
Morrison Hotel Gallery Opening Party
Bob Gruen returns to the Bowery's hallowed ground with the photo show "Rockers"
John E. Coli Nikolai
Coachella 2008
Three days in the desert with bikinis, Jack White, Portishead, Prince, and more
Timothy Norris
Squeezebox! Premiere: The After-Party
Celebrating the infamous rock-drag sleaze party and the documentary that chronicles it at the Blender Theater at Gramercy
John E. Coli Nikolai
April: The Month in Photos
Free Will Astrology: Week of April 24
[Free Will Astrology]
Rob Brezsny
April 25 to May 1
[Rockie Weekly Horoscope]
Rockie Gardiner
What's With the Emo Riots South of the Border?
[¡Ask a Mexican!]
Gustavo Arellano
The Princess and the Submissive
[Pucker Up]
A new documentary short delves into the world of two bondage models
Tristan Taormino
Letters
Did Meryl Streep Ever Sleep With DeNiro?
At the buffet table with Rachel Dratch, missing Osama, and why Harvey Fierstein is always right
Michael Musto
Very Important Designers You've Never Heard of Slum at Stores You Can't Escape
Plus, Kate Moss. Will anyone buy?
Lynn Yaeger
Regional Chinese Fare Hits Flushing Like a Ton of Bricks
[Counter Culture]
Robert Sietsema
Islero, the New Tapas Spot in Turtle Bay, Needs To Find its Footing
[Fork in the Road]
Despite its earnestness (and talented chef)
Sarah DiGregorio
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
[Game On]
It's a tantalizing — and overpriced — glimpse at the next Gran Turismo.
Gary Hodges
Jenna Jameson: Virtual Sex Machine
[Click Me]
Keeping the now-retired porn star active in an online simulator game
Bonnie Ruberg
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