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Introducing Food for Thought

Introducing Food for Thought

[Ed: This is our newest culture column, devoted to that divine crossroads between art and science: food. Moderated by Katie Mannino. Today, you will find her first...

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Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too Big To Fail

Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too Big To Fail

The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers a clear history of the current financial crisis. A raving review from The Atlantic Monthly on the flap jacket...

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The Weekender: Bowery Remains a Hotspot Three Years After CBGB

The Weekender: Bowery Remains a Hotspot Three Years After CBGB

Although CBGB's is long gone, evidence of its existence are everywhere. On the Bowery in New York City in the 1970s, a crappy little bar would become a monument...

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Review: Paranormal Activity

Review: Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity, a horror film directed by Oren Peli, might at first be thought of as a clone of another well known horror film, The Blair Witch Project. Both...

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The Weekender: A Slice of Bohemia in DUMBO

The Weekender: A Slice of Bohemia in DUMBO

Down under the Manhattan/Brooklyn overpass, there is a pizzeria. Grimaldi’s has been a New York institution for decades, and it attracts scores of New Yorkers,...

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Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds

Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds

Perhaps Quentin Tarantino learned the lesson from Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and edited his title so that it would not be censored in advertisements...

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Conor Oberst and Jenny Lewis Provide July 4th Fireworks

Conor Oberst and Jenny Lewis Provide July 4th Fireworks

America the Beautiful, the Star Spangled Banner and Bruce Springsteen all took a back seat this July 4 in Battery Park in favor of a pair of indie crooners. Fans...

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