News Briefs 2.5.03
Movin’ on up Sure, the economy is faltering. But that hasn’t quelled the demand for high-end downtown housing. The latest big project to be announced is undoubtedly the most elegant yet. The 107,000-square-foot Sagamore on East (130-160 East Avenue) will be ready for occupancy in late summer/fall of 2004. Built by Christa Development Corp. and…
The big picture
Focusing on greatness: Gordon Parks’ “Muhammad Ali”, 1970. Gordon Parks has done a lot. Even before he picked up a camera in 1938, at the age of 25, he had tried his hand at “you name it, you know, just about everything.” He worked in a bar, washed dishes in a restaurant, played piano in…
Big voice, inspiring play
The Big Voice: God Or Merman?,by Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu, is completely original and utterly rewarding. A musical about two totally opposite, deeply religious, gay men falling in love, surviving AIDS, and finding success in showbiz could be camp or cliché. But we are truly indebted to Downstairs Cabaret Theatre for producing the East…
Danger zone
Like its neighbor a block or so down the street (Snuffy MaGee’s — sorry I forgot about your big “G” last column), Elixer is a potentially fatal place to drink. Located at the corner of South Goodman and South Clinton, Elixer occupies a sharply angled space that fills one of five wedges around the…
Something different from Almodóvar
The career of the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has followed a generally upward path, beginning with his first international success, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, back in 1988 (though made in 1986, his Matador appeared in this country only after the positive reception of Women). He has produced a steady flow of…
I’m hooked on you
If somebody told me Kim Ki-Duk’s The Isle was equal parts Takashi Miike (Audition) and Shohei Imamura (Warm Water Under a Red Bridge), I’d probably either drop dead from laughter (because it sounds so improbable), or immediately head down to the Dryden Theatre to be the first in line for the February 15 screening (because…
Porno 101
University of Rochester students learn the power and the pitfalls of pornography
The XX Files
For that special someone
State budget hits parks: fees, fie, foe, fum
Crunched accordion-like under pressing deficits, the state budget process is making a lot of interest groups wheeze. Governor George Pataki insists he won’t raise taxes as the state faces a $12 billion shortfall next fiscal year, and he’s committed to tax cuts already scheduled; the promise or threat will soon constrict things like the public…
Reader Feedback 2.12.03
Gun control stats, School Board division, Israelis and Palestinians
