East Village (Manhattan)

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

Theater Reviews: The Confusion of My Illusion, The Psychic, Sweet Sue

Also, No-No Boy, The Wake, Lascivious Something and more

What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Carrots and Greens get Sweeter

Wintertime in Southern California requires our farmers to dig a little deeper than usual. While carrots, beets, and other root veggies are available across multiple seasons, they reach their peak flavor when hit by a little colder weather. Carrots and root vegetables are especially sweeter now tha ... More >>

What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Shinkos and Sunchokes

There are still a few tables of stone fruits hanging around (the September Yummy from Tenerelli pictured here is a new favorite of ours), but in general, the usual summer harvest is slowly making way for the big greens and starches of fall. If summer corn means that much to you, go pick some up thi ... More >>

What's in season at the Farmers Market: Persimmons

In a land that benefits from the tinkering of an ambitious UC Davis agricultural program, it's hardly surprising to discover that the varieties of persimmons available to the average consumer has nearly doubled in the past decade. But regardless, persimmons generally fall into two categories - fuyu ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Pickling Cukes, Corn, Concords, and How to Keep Them

The kitchen has become a preservation station these past few weeks, requiring a little bit of especially selective shopping at the farmers market. The first rule of preserving is to use unblemished, unspoiled, and practically perfect produce. Any suggestion of spoilage or bruising could mean a lot ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Prickly Pears, Grapes, and Pluots

Felicia FriesemaHeirloom tomatoes at South Pasadena Farmers Market​As summer begins to wind down (it's mid-August already?), the market tables become a metaphorical sunset of yellows, oranges, pinks, and reds. The most obvious are the piles of corn, peaches, and tomatoes--glut crops that are ... More >>

Hair in the O.C.: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Sassy cast draws sellout crowds in Anaheim

Artist Dash Snow, Remembered

The Sculptor, Graffiti Writer and Photographer's Work Was More Than Just Art

Remembering Dash Snow, 1981-2009

By Daniel Hernandez Peres Projects, Berlin Los AngelesDetail from untitled collage, 2006The artist Dash Snow promised me an interview, over and over. Every time I ran into him during his 2007 stay in L.A., he'd say, "We still gotta talk, man." The last time he said so was at the after-party to ... More >>

Film Reviews: Blood: The Last Vampire, Herb & Dorothy, I Love You Beth Cooper

Also, An Unlikely Weapon and Weather Girl

IRONY CAN MAKE FOR A FULFILLING CAREER

Nite Jewel's 8-Track Hustle

Making lo-fi disco music on an analog tape recorder, creating beat-based fantasias and art-damaged breakdowns

GO LA: Let's Play Fuck, Marry, Kill With Morrissey, Molly Prather and Christoph Eschenbach

And other reasons to not go straight home after work, May 22-28

Movie Reviews: Adoration, Julia, Little Ashes, Revanche

Also, Next Day Air, Our City Dreams and more

Sound Ideas

Stratocaster Collage

Glenn Branca’s Hallucination City for 100 electric guitars

The Butterfly Effect

Islam, cartoons and the ongoing battle

Face in the Hip Crowd

Pumping Sunshine

Aaron Rose’s infinite quest

Ghost Time

Los Angeles with a hard “g”

Winnie the Pooh, Annie . . . and Richard Hell

Basquiat Case

Brooklyn’s artful dodger

The G Spot (Sans the Pleasure)

Arrested Developments

Dude, where's my life?

Tempest From a Teapot

For MoveOn’s Wes Boyd and Joan Blades, politics begins and ends at home

Thirteen Things I Learned Watching 13 Going on 30

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Nirvana

The Story in the Soil

The Omaha rock scene, the world of the flyover people, the future of the music business, and one vicious head wound

Stripping Lessons

New York Marquee

Now playing in the big town

Turn On, Meet God, Get Straight

An African root bark may offer clues to addiction — if only it were legal to study

Upsetting the Record Straight

Seduction of the Degenerate

Rebel Visions and the underground-comics revolution

Father, Grandfather

A short story

Tex Mechs Meet

Zed for conduct

This Ain't No Juilliard!

Life and violins at the school that Flea built

She Breaks Your Heart

Chuck Palahniuk on Amy Hempel

Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

ArcLight Cinemas wants you (at $14 a pop)

Sleepless in New York

Bill Pullman on Broadway

Not Necessarily the Usual Suspects

Smoke Alarm

Like wine, Reefer Madness ages just fine

Manhattan Project

Art & Commerce

At an intersection near you

Cherry Street

A music giant remembered on the anniversary of his death

Making Out

Marc Shaiman’s brilliantly schizoid career

A Whimper From Venus

Hamlet, Inc.

Michael Almereyda’s Great Dane

Declaration of Independence

Patti Smith speaks

Hardboiled Wonderland

Moby's electronic overtures for sentient beings