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Two Benefits, PayPal Account Set Up For Jonathan Toubin
DJ Jonathan Toubin, who hosts the much-loved, long-running rock-and-soul dance party New York Night Train, was critically injured in a horrible, freak accident yesterday morning in Portland. Toubin was...
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Playwright David Jenkins on His New Play Post Office
Playwright David Jenkins, whose first play for the theater company Human Animals Presents, Middlemen, was solidly received in 2009, comes back with a three-character piece, Post Office, directed by...
View ArticleThomas Campbell, "Capture and Release," Opens at Half Gallery Tonight. Here's...
The New York Times once described Northern Cali-based Thomas Campbell as an "an Aries, an artist, a film director, a painter, a photographer, a sculptor, a skateboarder, a surfer of twin fins, of...
View ArticleOutfit Ideas For Rick Perry's Next Anti-Gay YouTube Ad
Earlier this week, GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry posted an anti-gay campaign spot on YouTube. Several astute viewers of the ad noted that the jacket Perry was wearing looks exactly like the one...
View ArticleAutumn De Wilde and Beck's Book Signing at L.A.'s Bookmarc
Photographer and frequent PAPER contributor Autumn De Wilde has a new book of photographs featuring one of her longtime subjects, musician Beck Hansen. The book (which you can see several images from...
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Richard Nichols on His and ?uestlove's New Catering Company : The "Immersive...
The Roots released their ambitious concept album undun this week to much acclaim. And as it so happens, drummer ?uestlove's buttermilk fried chicken has been getting great reviews, too. A tough...
View ArticleBonnie & Clyde: An AndrewAndrew Insta-Review
After reading the scathing New York Times review of this new musical based on the story of outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, we were scared for the prospect of the almost two-and-a-half hour...
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Thom Browne Doesn't Know That Much About the History of Fashion, Plus Other...
This past Wednesday, the Friends Of The Costume Institute celebrated designer Thom Browne's accomplishments in menswear with a Q&A conducted by Glenn O'Brien, the spruce, white-haired fashionisto...
View ArticleBy Robert James Opens a Huge New Menswear Shop on the LES
It was all in the Paper family Wednesday night, when our market director Luigi Tadini and designer Robert James (husband d' our own Michele Lindsay) hosted the menswear boutique By Robert James'...
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Yelle's After Party + the Worst Non-Apologies of 2011 = Eight Items or Less
1. Nicky Digital hosts Yelle's "official world-tour after party" tonight, December 9, 10 p.m., at Loreley (64 Frost Street, Williamsburg). Look for DJ sets from Yelle DJs, Housse De Racket and...
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Lady Gaga Is 2011's Top Earner + The 30 Most Important Cats of the Year =...
1. Guess who was the top earning woman in music in 2011? Lady Gaga, of course. She grossed over $90 million according to Forbes magazine's annual tally, while Taylor Swift ($45 million) and Katy Perry...
View ArticlePink Martini's Holiday Show at Town Hall
Town Hall hosted Pink Martini, the sprawling cabaret orchestra from Portland, OR, for two fabulous nights this week. Thomas Lauderdale, the group's founder and pianist led the evening, with a parade of...
View ArticleThe Maccabees' "Pelican" Is Our Music Video of the Day
While we wait for the third album by UK band The Maccabees [how appropriate for Chanukah!], they've released this single and video for "Pelican" featuring lots of things that have been sliced in half....
View ArticleLovecat Magazine's Holiday Party at Pulqueria
Lovecat's founders Prince Chenoa and Jacob Dekat had a holiday party last nigh at Pulqueria in collaboration with Kanon Organic Vodka. Heide Lindgren and Nicole Trunfio hosted the party that also...
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Tips for Today: Jonathan Toubin Benefit With the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Occupy!...
Jonathan Toubin Benefit at Brooklyn BowlMuch-loved New York DJ Jonathan Toubin remains in a Portland hospital after a car drove through the ground-floor hotel room he was sleeping in last week, and...
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The Top Ten Best Off-Off Broadway Plays of 2011 According to Tom Murrin
Here are 10 plays I saw off-off Broadway this past year and enjoyed tremendously:1. Gob Squad's Kitchen (You've Never Had It So Good 2. In the Pony Palace/Football3. The Divine Sister4. Enfrascada5....
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Corman's World: Exploits Of a Hollywood Rebel -- A Great New Doc
Open in selected theaters this week is Alex Stapleton's sensational documentary, Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel. The film chronicles the maverick director and producer Roger Corman, who...
View ArticleThe Trammps' "Disco Inferno" Is Our Music Video of the Day
Burn, Baby, Burn! There are two things that still get us out on the dancefloor: shots of tequila and "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps. Today's oldie-but-goodie is so good that it became a hit twice....
View ArticleTeddy Bear the Talking Porcupine Wishes You a Merry Christmas
Here's a little holiday Friday fluff for you. Surely, by now you've seen the super-adorable Zooniversity videos of Teddy Bear the very bossy, very chatty porcupine refusing to share his corn on the...
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Ricky Powell's "The Rickford Institute All-Star Classic" Photo Exhibit and...
New York creative agency TheGoodLife! hosts "The Rickford Institute All-Star Classic" photography exhibition curated by Ricky Powell. The big group show opens tomorrow night, December 17th, 8 to 11...
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