Beauty in Unexpected Places
By Williams Cole and Meghan McDermottFor some, there may not be much beauty in post-industrial North Brooklyn. But above the rumbling trucks, the rising rents, the tragic hipsters, and the fashions gone awry, there is something truly captivating.
Cop Shop: Where Dot-Com Meets Street Economy
By Heather Rogers and Christian ParentiA crisp wind pushes the smog off to Oakland as evening descends on Valencia Street. Swank SUVs double park awaiting valets, as confident blond girls in Capri pants and their khaki clad men mob the sidewalks, ramping up for another night of wining, dining and loud talk.
Art In Conversation
Interview with Robert Hobbs
By Phong BuiDr. Robert Hobbs is the curator and author of the exhibitions catalogue on Lee Krasner’s work. His books include: Milton Avery, Edward Hopper, and Human Right/Human Wrongs: Art and Social Change.
Lee Krasner at the Brooklyn Museum
By Phong BuiLike Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner painted in the shadow of her more notorious husband. Only recently, in the wake of the Kahlo phenomenon of the 1980s, have artists such as Susan Rothenberg and Nancy Rubin begun to acquire critical status independent of their husbands (the artists Bruce Nauman and Chris Burden, respectively).
Dublin’s Tomorrow
By Alexander SedlmaierFrank McDonald, long-time environmental correspondent and architecture critic for the Irish Times, begins his book with the claim that Dublin currently finds itself “at a very critical turning point in its history,” mainly because Ireland’s booming economy has generated a “maelstrom of activity.”
Hold Me
By Christian Viveros-FauneHe wheeled the car around past the tight corner on which the tables and chairs stood and stepped on the gas, moving quickly past the café and into the thick traffic, copying the rapid feints and slides of the other automobiles.
Brooklyn on Film: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By John Woods and Joe MartinAside from several Italian horror movie directors, most folks might not consider Brooklyn a cinematic city. But fortunately for us, directors like Walter Hill, John Badham, Nick Gomez, Spike Lee have seen fit to represent for the rest of us.
Giusto Shines In Microtonal Fest
By Patrick WalshIt is always refreshing to discover that someone you thought you knew a little bit turns out to be larger, more complex, and infinitely more courageous than you ever imagined: this is especially true when said revelation is delivered through an act of creation.
Editor's Message
Time For Action
By Theodore HammThese are Dickensian times in the arts world. Across the boroughs, grand new art centers are being planned, opened, and expanded, but meanwhile, here in Williamsburg at least, artists are being evicted at an alarming rate.
ArtSeen
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The Local Scene
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How to (Soft) Boil an Egg
– By Cathy Nan Quinlan
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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Time For Action
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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WHAM BAM, Thank You Fort Greene
– By Sophie Fels -
Bushwick is THE NEW SoHo
– By Lori Ortiz -
Harold O. Levy Takes Charge
– By Jonas Salganik -
Beauty in Unexpected Places
– By Williams Cole and Meghan McDermott
Express
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Cop Shop: Where Dot-Com Meets Street Economy
– By Heather Rogers and Christian Parenti -
Touring Detroit
– By Theodore Hamm -
Political Economy $101
– By Ray Nedzel
Art
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Lee Krasner at the Brooklyn Museum
– By Phong Bui -
Interview with Robert Hobbs
– By Phong Bui -
I Shot Fritz Von Bottlebum. And Shot Him. And Shot Him. And Shot Him.
– By David Eustace
ArtSeen
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The Local Scene
– By Rachel Youens -
How to (Soft) Boil an Egg
– By Cathy Nan Quinlan
Books
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Dublin’s Tomorrow
– By Alexander Sedlmaier -
"The Ethics of Selling Books"
– By Jonas Kyle -
Between Two Worlds
– By Maria McLeod -
Meyer Schapiro’s UNITY OF PICASSO
– By Daniel Baird -
Barney, Beckett, and the Beats
– By Alan Lockwood and Patrick Walsh -
Meetings with Beckett
– By Andra Samelson
Music
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Giusto Shines In Microtonal Fest
– By Patrick Walsh
Film
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Afterlife Beckett: Prose in the footlights, plays on the big screen
– By Alan Lockwood -
Pusan Express: The 5th Pusan International Film Festival (Oct. 6-14, 2000)
– By J. Scott Burgeson -
Screening Chelsea Girls
– By Karyn Riegel and Gregory Baird -
Brooklyn on Film: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
– By John Woods and Joe Martin -
No Winners Here: The Flawed Feminism of Girlfight
– By Anju Reejhsinghani
Fiction
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Hold Me
– By Christian Viveros-Faune -
My Cup of Tea
– By Nicola Kraus -
Tobacco Jones
– By Joe Maggio
Poetry
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Blizzard: Brooklyn View
– By Margot Farrington -
Whithorn Manse
– By Alastair Reed -
Tune
– By Laura Mullen -
The Garden of Catherine Blake
– By David Rigsbee -
The Winter Kitchen
– By Larry Trap
