It rested softly in her hands, aged and frail. “Do you want to open it now?” asked Angela. Her brother shook his head and looked toward the black cockatoos brutally pruning the eucalypts by the creek. The land sloped down from the house, overgrown shrubs crowding around what had once been an expanse of lawn. […]
Obligatory Best Of List
Almost as predictable as fruitcakes and latkes this time of year are critics’ "best of" lists. Ranging from humorous to pretentious, they can be a worthwhile reminder of ’06 (that was a rad show!), a welcome tip for last-minute shopping (dude, my mom would totally dig Lady Sov. Done and done!), or merely an aching […]
The Art of the Party
“Chelsea’s become too clean. We need something different.” Solange Umutoni is not talking about the floodlit circus that used to be 27th Street. Nor is she referring to its formerly notorious nightclubs—places like Cain and Bungalow 8—where the most illicit vice is now cigarette-smoking. Ms. Umutoni talking about art. It’s December 4, 2006, and we’re […]