Eminent Domain Loses

Ten of the 12 state referenda restricting the government’s right of eminent domain passed Tuesday, according to the Castle Coalition. No Land Grab says the two that failed (Idaho and California) were “anti-regulatory, anti-environment ballot propositions disguised as eminent domain reform.”

-Matthew Schuerman

The Knitting Factory: Music’s New Death Star?


The new Gwen.


Remember the mangy below-stairs bar on Houston Street with all of the smoke-stained sweaters stitched together and slung from the ceiling?

For a long time now it’s been a multi-stage venue on Leonard Street in Tribeca, and even had a Los Angeles arm that was partly responsible Read More

Now That Sodomy Is Legal, Is Gay Marriage Far Behind?

The Lawrence decision has come and gone, and it is now legal in Texas to commit homosexual sodomy-not because the electorate that twice bestowed the governorship on George W. Bush decided this was enlightened social policy, but because the Supreme Court found that the Constitution would have it so. When will gay marriage come to Read More

Eight Day Week

Wednesday 20th

Sprrrring -a-ding-ding! Yep, ’tis the season when New Yorkers take to shivering at outdoor café tables, squeaky basketball starts to be edged out by sleepy baseball, and superannuated actors crawl out of hibernation to do charming local gigs …. Today, former Cybill Shepherd sidekick Christine Baranksi reads from two John Guare plays, Read More