Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
Winter has traditionally been a dry period for record releases. But, with the arrival of spring comes a wave of new albums, including some high-profile mainstream releases (N*E*R*D, Janet Jackson) and some long-awaited indie releases (TV on the Radio, Iron and Wine).
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
Tomorrow's Classics
The Dew Breaker, by Edwidge Danticat (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., March); Aloft, by Chang-Rae Lee (Riverhead, March).
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
There comes a moment when the neighborhood bar circuit shorts out. Sure it's fun to meet friends for beer at 1020, but at some point you'll probably find yourself hankering for a change of scenery. What to do?
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
Feb. 2-6 NYC Restaurant Week
Feb. 3 Met opens an exhibit; Chocolate, Coffee and Tea
All of Feb., Hot Chocolate Festival, The City Bakery, 3 W 18th St
Until Feb. 27 Flamenco festival/Iberian food festival, locations all over city
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
The newly unveiled Time Warner building, gracefully overlooking Central Park at Columbus Circle, contains eighty stories of New York's newest adult playground: 195 condominiums, 50 retail stores, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Jazz at Lincoln Center, an Equinox health club, Whole Foods Market, and
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
Feb. 5 Modest Mouse Irving Plaza
Feb. 7 Pretty Girls Make Graves Bowery Ballroom
Feb. 9 Super Furry Animals Webster Hall
Feb. 10 Chris Whitley Knitting Factory
Feb. 12 Howie Day and the Stereophonics Roseland Ballroom
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
Great Voices in Dendur: Frederica von Stade
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Temple of Dendur
1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street
Friday, Feb. 6 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $55; call 212-570-3949
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
You have five days and counting to see how the other half eats.
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 12:00am
It's getting too cold to stand outside 1020 with a pack of cigarettes and a brown-bagged beer your friend bought. Telling Rob, the bouncer at the West End, that you just want to hang out never works. Even SoHa is scanning IDs, and your Lit. Hum.
Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 12:00am
The fine folks at Paramount, attempting to preempt the wit of their reviewers, have fashioned the press book for The Perfect Score as a fake SAT test. "About the Film" is preceded by "You have 20 minutes to complete this section," cast bios are followed by a multiple-choice quiz, and so on.
