Farewell to CBGB's
By Jason Flores-WilliamsThis is where Richard Hell and Joey Ramone took on The Man. The punk rock values that came out of CBGBs made me who I am. And now its gone.
Hurricane Hugo Takes New York By Storm
By Nikolas KozloffA pregnant silence permeated the Great Hall of Cooper Union as the audience anxiously awaited the guest of honor. The auditorium was packed to capacity, filled with people from all walks of life. They had come together for one purpose: to spend an entertaining night with one of the most brash, fiery, charismatic and colorful leaders in recent times.
Art In Conversation
Brice Marden with Jeffrey Weiss
While preparing for his traveling retrospectivewhich will be on view at MoMA (October 29January 15), at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco (February 17May 13), and at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Gegenwart in Berlin (June through September)the painter Brice Marden takes time out to welcome Jeffrey Weiss (an art historian and head curator of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art) at his Tivoli studio in upstate New York, to discuss his life and work.
Art In Conversation
Merrill Wagner with John Yau and Eve Aschheim
On the occasion of her traveling survey, Looking at the Land, which will be on view at the Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson University (October 29December 2006), and the University of Rhode Island (January 15February 28, 2007), Merrill Wagner welcomes the Rails art editor John Yau and painter Eve Aschheim to her studio to talk about her life and work.
A Tribute to Dr. Lillian Milgram Schapiro (1902–2006)
Born August 20, 1902 to Benjamin and Dora Milgram of Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Milgram Schapiro attended P.S. 125, P.S, 156, and Girl’s High School, graduating in 1919. She then worked as a part-time stenographer at the MacMillan Company and took evening courses in economics and poetry at Hunter College.
Dance In Conversation
Boris Charmatz with Maxime Fleuriot
French choreographer Boris Charmatz co-founded the Edna group with Dimitri Chamblas in 1992. During his residence at the Centre Nationale de la Danse, Charmatz developed his BOCAL project, a nomadic and ephemeral school, and is now a visiting professor at the Akademie der Kunste (Berlin), where he is creating a new BA dance curriculum for the 2007 academic year.
Theater In Dialogue
Blue Door: Painting within the lines of history with Tanya Barfield
By Emily DeVotiI am suddenly aware of the difference between my wife and me. Not that this hasnt occurred to me before. But I am suddenly aware, in a very new and unsettling way.
Dimensions in Music: From Mambo to Salsa, Part Six: The Rhythm Sticks
By Alan LockwoodAfro-Cuban musics polyrhythmic structures evolved from ceremonial African hand-drum ensembles; rumba, like Puerto Rican bomba, fused hand-drummers, singers, and dancers, while in a 1930s innovation on Havanas band scene, Arsenio Rodriguez beefed up bongo-driven son with the congas deeper resonance.
Editor's Message
King of New York
By Theodore HammSay what you will about Mike Bloomberg, but this fact is indisputable: he is the most powerful mayor in the history of New York City.
ArtSeen
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Stuart Hawkins
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Matt Freedman and Matt Marello
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Eric Benson
– By Jennifer Riley -
John Walker
– By Dore Ashton -
Graffiti Basics
– By Antonio López -
Dash Snow
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Timothy Marvel Hull
– By Lauren Ross -
Jim Long
– By Ben La Rocco -
Maki Tamura
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
John Brill
– By Matthew L. McAlpin -
C.J. Yeh
– By Shane McAdams -
Nicola Lopez
– By Jennifer Riley -
Denise Green Metonymy in Contemporary Art: A New Paradigm
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Dona Nelson
– By Carrie Moyer -
Annette Messager
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle -
Peter Caine
– By James Kalm -
Ursula von Rydingsvard
– By Susan Harris -
Bill Albertini
– By Shane McAdams -
Report from London
– By Sherman Sam -
Robert Yasuda
– By Michael Brennan
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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King of New York
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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Rail Recs
– By Brooklyn Rail Staff -
Few Shrinking Violets Amongst These Red Roses
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
Fury on the Streets
– By Allison Lirish Dean -
At the OTB
– By Miriam Gross -
Acquiring Soft Skills the Hard Way
– By Sabine Heinlein -
New Skool Journalism Workshop Investigates School: Part II of II
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell
– By Adam Graham-Silverman
Express
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Farewell to CBGB's
– By Jason Flores-Williams -
Punk and 40: A Mid-Life Opportunity
– By Antonio Lopez -
Hardcore Memories
– By Williams Cole -
Hurricane Hugo Takes New York By Storm
– By Nikolas Kozloff -
A Memo from Rummy
– By Marika Josephson -
Where Have You Gone, Harold Reynolds?
– By Sean Manning -
A Tribute to Eros
– By Theodore Hamm
Art
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Brice Marden with Jeffrey Weiss
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Merrill Wagner with John Yau and Eve Aschheim
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A Tribute to Dr. Lillian Milgram Schapiro (1902–2006)
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ArtSeen
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Stuart Hawkins
– By Hrag Vartanian -
Matt Freedman and Matt Marello
– By Chris Howard -
Eric Benson
– By Jennifer Riley -
John Walker
– By Dore Ashton -
Graffiti Basics
– By Antonio López -
Dash Snow
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Timothy Marvel Hull
– By Lauren Ross -
Jim Long
– By Ben La Rocco -
Maki Tamura
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
John Brill
– By Matthew L. McAlpin -
C.J. Yeh
– By Shane McAdams -
Nicola Lopez
– By Jennifer Riley -
Denise Green Metonymy in Contemporary Art: A New Paradigm
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Dona Nelson
– By Carrie Moyer -
Annette Messager
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle -
Peter Caine
– By James Kalm -
Ursula von Rydingsvard
– By Susan Harris -
Bill Albertini
– By Shane McAdams -
Report from London
– By Sherman Sam -
Robert Yasuda
– By Michael Brennan
Books
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Fiction: Supersincero
– By Jody Atkinson -
Fiction: The Land Without A People
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
Poetry: Mourning & The Female Voice
– By Maxwell Heller -
Poetry: Innerture
– By erica kaufman -
Poetry: “A Urinal I Invite You To Hang On Your Wall”
– By Doug Martin -
Film: Losing the Thread
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Politics: Root of All “Isms”
– By Arthur Vaughan -
Culture: Bitching About Gender
– By Erica Wetter
Music
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The Fourth Annual Williamsburg Jazz Festival, September 10–17
– By Fred Cisterna -
Stomp on the Floor and Go: Hootenanny Hijacks the Slope
– By Stacey Cook -
The Rebirth of the Pool
– By Katy Henriksen -
Morton Feldman Says (Hyphen—Princeton Architectural Press)
– By Richard Kostelanetz -
Because We Said So
– By Grant Moser and Scott Damell -
Dimensions in Music: From Mambo to Salsa, Part Six: The Rhythm Sticks
– By Alan Lockwood -
Linz Report: A View into the World of Digital Music at Ars Electronica 2006
– By Sergei Tcherepnin
Dance
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Boris Charmatz with Maxime Fleuriot
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Growing Pains: Dance Stakes Its Claim in Brooklyn
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The New York Dance and Performance Awards: A Recap
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Two Cures for the Doldrums
– By Susan Yung
Film
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Another Dead Broad in the World of Men
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A Thing to Celebrate: 10 Years of Soros/Sundance at Film Forum
– By Williams Cole -
Ode: Bobbie Lee and Billy Joe Are Still Teenagers
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Robert Gardner with Brian L. Frye
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Andy Warhol Silver Screen
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Separated at Birth
– By Sara Mayeux -
Elephants & Ass-Kicking: Tony Jaa & Jet Li
– By David Wilentz
Theater
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Blue Door: Painting within the lines of history with Tanya Barfield
– By Emily DeVoti -
Beckett at 100: Waiting for Godot and other New York Centenary Events
– By Alan Lockwood -
Against Reproduction: Tim Crouchs An Oak Tree
– By Caridad Svich -
THE TEMPORARY LIFE: Thugs and the Law
– By Michael Washburn
Fiction
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The Visitation
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He Named His Son Rumsfeld
– By David H. Montgomery
Poetry
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Vertigo, Heterotopia
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Five Poems
– By Raphael Rubinstein
LastWords
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Epiphany of a Middle-Aged Pilgrim in Tea-Stained Pajamas
– By Peter Wortsman