The Tech Insurgents
Meet the rebels, agitators and innovators who are hot-wiring New York
By Betabeat staff
EDITORIALS
Lessons for Both Parties; The Age of Evacuation
COLUMNS
The Bombshell: Her Pen, His Sword
By Nina Burleigh
Shrinking Brain: Whose Sacrifice Is It Anyway?
By Kevin Baker
Shindigger: Hooked on Phoenix
By Benjamin-Émile Le Hay
On and Off the Street: Home Theater of the Absurd
By Duff McDonald
FEATURES
The Elephant Not in the Room
While Dems line up to succeed Bloomberg, GOP wonders
By Colin Campbell
Red Dawn Rising
As political map goes blue, the right-wing’s favorite flick makes a comeback
By Daniel D’Addario
My Stalker Phil
Buy a $13.50 concert ticket and you’ll never hear the end of it
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Barrier Grief
It took 43 years to secure $26 M. in shoreline protections for Sea Gate—How many more before they’re actually built?
By Hunter Walker
THE TRANSOM
Ladies Who Lunch
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
She Sells Infrastructure by the Sea Shore
By Matt Chaban
Burger King
By Drew Grant
Christian Mingle
By Daniel D’Addario
BETABEAT
Must Love IPOs
By Jessica Roy and Nitasha Tiku
A Pheeding Phrenzy on Mulholland Drive
By Jessica Roy
Textual Satisfaction
By Jessica Roy
MANHATTAN TRANSFERS
A Hit at Twice the Price
By Kim Velsey
The Co-op Shopping Network
By Kim Velsey
Smashing Sale
By Kim Velsey
Urban Outfitter Out
By Kim Velsey
OFF THE RECORD
The Day After
By Patrick Clark
It’s News to Them
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Don’t Ask the Ethicist
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
ART & CULTURE
The Hand That Mocked Them and the Heart That Fed
The art of Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz makes a rare New York appearance at Pace Gallery
By Michael H. Miller
Life Sucks, but Maybe That’s a Good Thing?
A new book makes a case for pessimists
By Brian Thomas Gallagher
The Season’s Bounty
‘Andy Warhol: Flowers’ at Eykyn Maclean, ‘Cy Twombly: The Last Paintings’ at Gagosian, ‘Transparencies: Richard Serra Recent Drawings’ at Craig F. Starr Gallery
By Andrew Russeth
Stand-In Ovation
Plummer establishes his legacy—and takes a veritable run at a second Oscar—with a profound performance as one of Hollywood’s tragic legends
By Rex Reed
Corpse Bride
Wright—and muse Knightley—bring beauty into focus, but Stoppard’s long-winded and stale script misses its mark
By Rex Reed
Painting Out of a Corner
Pieter Schoolwerth, ‘After Troy’ at Miguel Abreu; Viktor Kopp at Bureau; ‘klaer, uglee callamari’ at Ramiken Crucible
By Will Heinrich
Playing Politics
FDR-era Annie’s wanly charming, Emotional Creature is affecting but unoriginal, Ivanov exhausts
By Jesse Oxfeld
Alden Drops the Ballo
His milquetoast take on Verdi’s classic fizzles at the Met
By Zachary Woolfe
It’s All in the Family
Durang reintroduces Chekov with a charmingly neurotic take on the Russian playwright’s dysfunctional scripted kin
By Rex Reed
The Eight-Day Week
By Daniel D’Addario
Cosmic Charm
After a 30-year drought, Sue rains down from the sky in a refreshingly smart set
By Rex Reed
GALLERISTNY
The Great Escape
By Dan Duray
Keep on Truckin’
By Andrew Russeth
Regional Thater
By Dan Duray
