Love and DebtBeing laid off doesn’t mean
you can’t get, well …
Bohemian BlasphemyAn American flag? In our lobby? The war on Iraq comes home to one West Village building.
Social DiseaseBugbear, the latest computer virus, forwards your e-mails to everyone you know – and for some, it’s scarier than smallpox.
Teen (Not So) ConfidentialIt’s ten o’clock. Do you know where your teenager is posting her innermost thoughts?
Denis Johnson’s Second StageAs the dark poet of drugs, drink, and alienation, Denis Johnson has carefully guarded his reclusive image. But now, with a new play – a comedy, […]
The Name of the GameThe invitation read, without a trace of irony: “Social Network Soirée: Discussion, Champagne, Experiment.” The setting: a sleek West Chelsea gar […]
Death or GloryWhen the stakes are high, British journalist Daniel Jeffreys always gets the story – and he never lets the facts get in the way.
Hit Me, Baby!All across the city, cyberdating addicts are craving a hit or two (or 86) off their personal profiles.
Spy KidsDuring this war, students want the CIA on campus – so long as it offers them a decent salary.
Booster ShotIt costs two bucks to shoot Osama bin Laden in the head. All that’s required is a trip to Westside Rifle and Pistol Range in the Flatiron distri […]
Suffering for the Cause“Oh, please, please!” Karen Colbert urges the police officer. “My husband and I came all the way from Atlanta to help, and it’s our last day, an […]
High AnxietyUntil recently, midtown office workers knew just what to do when a fire alarm sounded: Emit a peeved groan, raise an eyebrow or two, and begin s […]
On the WaterfrontsCity folk fancy themselves intrepid explorers, but when it comes to the shoreline, most New Yorkers are hardly Vasco da Gama. We were no excepti […]
10 Great Places to Party in the City1 Over the past three years, P.S.1’s SUMMER WARM UP, the art world’s natty take on the afternoon barbecue, has gained a cult following of young […]
8 Alfresco Watering Holes1 PIERROT BISTRO (28 Avenue B; 212-673-1999) has a charmingly ragtag outdoor patio tucked into a vacant Alphabet City parking lot. From 3 to 8 p […]
Death, Inc.: Mirror TestOn June 3, HBO debuted its new drama Six Feet Under, about a family that owns a funeral home. We dug up a couple of funeral directors – Steve B […]
Fast Talk: TV-Cop Adviser Mike CharlesThis Wednesday, The Job, Denis Leary’s sitcom about Upper East Side detectives, debuts on ABC. Leary brought in eighteen-year NYPD vet Mi […]
Pro Sports: Hit FactoryGet ready to rumble: XFL-ers Cos and Big Ben play in the snow.The practice bubble next to Giants Stadium is part nimbus cloud, part new-car smel […]
Media: Goings On, and On, About Town“What goes around comes around more annoying,” read the caption of a Bruce Eric Kaplan cartoon in the July 31 New Yorker, under a sketch of a cr […]
NavigatorQ: Although I’ve played tennis for years, I’ve never been sure how often I should take my racquet in to be re-strung.
