Author Archives: Janet Lawrence

The New Museum’s ‘Free’ a New Direction?

Information wants to be free. And the Free exhibit wants to stake a claim. The individual artworks in the New Museum’s show are mildly diverting. More importantly, the show’s theme allows the museum to assert itself as the champion of … Continue reading

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Media Bias at the New Museum’s “The Last Newspaper”

Andrea Bowers’ artwork “Eulogies to One and Another” (2006) at the New Museum’s exhibition, The Last Newspaper is the best piece in the show. Bowers’ drawings emphasize the uneven reporting regarding the deaths of an American and an Iraqi killed … Continue reading

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Lady Rizo and the Assettes combine Burlesque & Halloween!

Scantily clad ladies! Trapeze artists! And bucket-loads of corn syrup! Lady Rizo and the Assettes delivered a stellar performance filled with fun and frivolity at the Hallowed Eve show at the Highline Ballroom on Saturday night. The caburlesque troupe (caberet … Continue reading

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Mayer Hawthorne & the County…& Mazda

The over-obvious pandering to the sponsor left some Mayer Hawthorne & the County concert goers with a dirty sell-out feeling last Monday night. The soul-rock group had two objectives at the Music Hall of Williamsburg: to rock the house and … Continue reading

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Ratatat plays big at Terminal 5

The Brooklyn-based electro-rock duo Ratatat delivered a wall of sound at Terminal 5 last Friday, touring their newest album LP4. The skinny guitarists stood in ego-less silhouette, ceding stardom to sound and electronic visuals. Unlike many electro bands that perform … Continue reading

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Franzen and Tanenhaus not in cahoots

Jonathan Franzen’s newest novel has had more than enough publicity, what with its reviews in the New York Times Book Review and the Times’ daily book review, the backlash by Jodi Picoult, and what New York Magazine called the backlash … Continue reading

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Let the credits roll!

The most enjoyable part of Going the Distance, the new hipster rom-com with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, perhaps sadly, is the opening credits. Set to zippy music, the motion graphic sequence features a collage of shots of road maps … Continue reading

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New Yorkers go to Long Island for Labor Day

Summer for New Yorkers would not be complete without weekend trips onto Long Island. Whether it’s wine tasting on the North Fork, hobnobbing with the glitterati in the Hamptons, or dancing the night away on Fire Island, Long Island promises … Continue reading

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