The Food That Ate Manhattan
Fro no, they didn’t! Gotham’s new culture war
By Kim Velsey
EDITORIALS
U.N. Hypocrites; A Real Cliffhanger; A Senate Coalition
COLUMNS
Shrinking Brain: The Zen Move
By Kevin Baker
Shindigger: Francing With the Stars
By Benjamin-Émile Le Hay
Mothers Superior: Stand and Deliver!
By Una LaMarche
Eats of Eaten: The Gilt Complex
By Joshua David Stein
FEATURES
Hello, Operator
Can Bill de Blasio, a consummate political strategist, outmaneuver mayor apparent Christine Quinn?
By Colin Campbell
How Much is That Daily in the Window?
A howl of lament for Murdoch’s lost iPad pet
By South Dakota’s Richest Dog
The Battle Over Revenge Porn
Can Hunter Moore, the web’s vilest entrepreneur, be stopped?
By Jessica Roy
All the Happy Young Literary Women
Two Princeton grads start a magazine, with some help from their friends
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
THE TRANSOM
Swimming With Sharks
By Drew Grant
Totally Wired
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Location, Location, Location
By Matt Chaban
It’s a Gas
By Kim Velsey
BETABEAT
Real Wantrepreneurs of Silicon Alley
By Kelly Faircloth
Randi, Can You Hear Me?
By Nitasha Tiku
MANHATTAN TRANSFERS
Star Wars, but No Bidding War
By Kim Velsey
Development Coming to East 78th Street?
By Kim Velsey
Gladstone Out of Glassy Tower
By Kim Velsey
The Trump Tower: A Work of Art?
By Kim Velsey
OFF THE RECORD
The Chill Descends
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Cindy Adams Loses Her Cookies
By Colin Campbell
ART & CULTURE
Like a Rolling Stone
How many paintings can one man make before he decides to stick to music?
By Michael H. Miller
Bare Necessities
The award-winning musical about young gay love is finally having its New York moment
By Harry Haun
Some Modern Options
Tere O’Connor’s poem is clever and moving; Lucy Guerin’s Untrained amuses
By Robert Gottlieb
A Wet, Hot American Summer
Fireside chats be damned, it’s warmer weather—and a marvelous Murray—that lets FDR shed his stuffy layers
By Rex Reed
A Very Hairy Christmas
Unlikeable characters cast a gloomy glow on holiday howler
By Rex Reed
It’s Bloody Brilliant
Dynamic direction and scintillating cinematography paint the silver screen red
By Rex Reed
Daddy Issues
Robert Gottlieb profiles the worthless brood of Charles Dickens
By Emily Witt
Life and Death
The Anarchist is dead on arrival, so is Dead Accounts
By Jesse Oxfeld
The Eight-Day Week
By Daniel D’Addario
That’s All, Folks
As the curtain comes down on the legendary haunt, Feinstein’s farewell forgoes the typical holiday fare
By Rex Reed
GALLERISTNY
Critical Theory
By Michael H. Miller and Sarah Douglas
To the Beach!
By Andrew Russeth
ON View
‘The Perfect Show’ at 303, ‘Out of the Blue’ at Bortolami, ‘Problem Play’ at Leo Koenig, Thornton Dial: ‘Viewpoint of the Foundry Man’ at Andrew Edlin
By Andrew Russeth
Amy O’Neill: ‘HLUSA’ at the Swiss Institute
By Michael Wilson
Guillermo Kuitica: ‘Diarios’ at the Drawing Center
By Michael Wilson
