What’s Up With the Giant Spikes Outside of Cooper Union?
…the Suicide” and “House of the Mother of the Suicide.” First constructed in 1990, the sculptures are a memorial to Jan Palach, a young Czech dissident who self-immolated in protest of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in… … (Photo: Anaka Kaundinya) Yesterday, people milled about curiously as three very busy-looking men fixed slabs of black metal onto the base structure.
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The Hard-Fightin’, Hard-Tumblin’ German Gymnasts of 4th Street
(Library of Congress.) Yesterday New York was AS GERMAN AS BERLIN and any one on the Bowery might have fancied himself unter den Linden . … Although mandatory in tenement buildings since 1860 , o ther New York fixtures like row houses often went without them, sometimes with tragic consequences.
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Best of Spring/Break: Trump Comics, Disco Queens, and Alcoholtopia
Hometown Hero (Chink) by Valery Jung Estabrook (Photo courtesy of Open House) True to this year’s theme of “Black Mirror,” there was an abundance of autobiographical pieces, self-referential art, showing/not telling or telling… … But adorned with a variety of femme faces, the masks eschewed that very masculine association (which, yes, I too resent).
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Doc NYC Is Bringing a Dizzying Number of Documentaries to Town
…Yes Men (who'll be attending the US premiere of Laura Nix's The Yes Men) and Banksy (who probably won't be attending the NYC premiere of Chris Moukarbel's Banksy Does New York); journalists Generoso Pope… … Last Days in Vietnam Dir: Rory Kennedy, 2014 In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, with the invasion of Saigon imminent, the White House ordered the evacuation of U.S.
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Shows: Gaze at Synth-Psych Legends and Dance to the Sound of Crack Recovery
Yes, Total Control is playing another show, and yes please be advised it’s also worth attending, depending on your level of fandom, either in lieu of the previous night or in addition to it. … …admittedly, How I Quit Crack is some sensual, witchy hell-bound Enya shit (that first emerged back at the height of Witch House, when Zola Jesus was fresh).
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