New York City
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Notable NYC: 2/15–2/21
Saturday 2/15: Luna Miguel, Jacob Steinberg, and Gabby Bess read poetry. Mellow Pages, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 2/16: Stephen Elliott and Julia Fierro join Gina Frangello as she reads from her novel A Life in Men (February 2014). Fierro’s forthcoming…
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Notable NYC: 2/8–2/14
Saturday 2/8: Adelle Waldman reads The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. (2013) with Rob Spillman, editor of Tin House. Brooklyn Public Librarty, 4 p.m., free. Adelle Waldman reads The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. (2013) with Rob Spillman, editor of…
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Notable NYC: 2/1–2/7
Saturday 2/1: Chris Hosea writes customized poetry for visitors of Ugly Duckling Presse’s gallery event. Third Factory at Old American Can Factory, noon, free. Chris Nealon and Catherine Wagner read poetry as part of the Segue Reading Series. Zinc Bar,…
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Notable NYC: 12/28–1/3
Wednesday 1/1: The 40th Annual New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon features more than 140 poets. St. Marks Church, 2 p.m., $20. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club goes swimming. Stillwell Avenue, 1 p.m., $20 suggested. Thursday 1/2: Charles Bernstein, Matthew…
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Notable NYC: 11/23–11/29
Saturday 11/23: Ossian Foley, Krystal Languell and Jamie Townsend read poetry. Foley’s first collection OF: Vol 1 includes experimental styles focused on discord and the relationship of structure. Unnameable Books, 7p.m., free. Sunday 11/24: Jonathan Ames, Jessamyn Hope, Heather Aimee O’Neill,…
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On Loving and Leaving New York: Home
Driving down Second Avenue, we saw the usuals: skater kids and college students, queens and models and junkies. My heart hurt more and more. The landmarks of my most troubled memories now filled my heart with longing. I even missed…
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Dear Sugar Sparks A Tiny Revolution
In the face of rampant negative body image and self-esteem issues, New York City is launching a campaign to help girls declare, “I’m beautiful the way I am.” Samantha Levine, the Bloomberg aide behind the campaign, cites one of Cheryl…
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The Golden Gate Bridge = The George Washington Bridge?
Want to leave NYC but fear too much about abandoning your beloved Red Hook/Boreum Hill/Washington Heights/Harlem/Upper West Side…? Check out The Morning News’s list of counterpart neighborhoods throughout the US and abroad. Rumpus pal Alexander Chee recommends Portland, Maine’s Vinalhaven…
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Notable NYC: 4/15-4/21
We’re a day behind. We hope you made it through Monday without the sublime guidance of Notable NYC. A (user) error occurred yesterday and all was lost. But all is not lost, Notable NYC is here to make sure that…
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Notable NY: 4/8-4/14
Monday 04/08: Monday Night Poetry features award-winning poet Major Jackson and author of the great What Is Amazing, Heather Christle. KGB Bar, 7pm, free. The Franklin Park Reading Series welcomes Heidi Julavits, Fiona Maazel, Teddy Wayne, David Gilbert, and Maris…
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Nabil Nahas is Painting With Starfish
Ranging widely from densely textured works on canvas formed with layers of an acrylic and pumice mixture on top of silicon molds to abstract representations of the native olive and cedar trees of Lebanon, Nahas’s work consistently oscillates between many…
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Vampire Weekend is Doing Odd Things
New York indie band Vampire Weekend somehow have proven that music videos are still culturally relevant. Earning them the response, “Vampire Weekend are a bunch of dicks,” the music video for their song “Diane Young” (which is great) shows an…