Subject:

John the Baptist

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/23 - 4/27

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Outside of Mexico, you'd be hard-pressed to find a restaurant serving huazontles capiados -- it's known mostly as a humble peasant's dish eaten during Lent, which might be kind of the point." Bizarra Capital: Beyond the Borde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Food Review or Dorothy Parker?

    Inspired by The Awl's fantastic -- and surprisingly somewhat difficult -- "Edith Wharton? Or Girls Review?" pop quiz last week, we created our own little take-home exam that may or may not shed some light into the state of food criticism today. Quotes from current food and restaurant reviewers are ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 30, 2011

    Oscar Wilde's Salome and a Pair of Plays by J.M. Barrie

    Inspired by The Awl's fantastic -- and surprisingly somewhat difficult -- "Edith Wharton? Or Girls Review?" pop quiz last week, we created our own little take-home exam that may or may not shed some light into the state of food criticism today. Quotes from current food and restaurant reviewers are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Movies This Weekend: Prom, Lin, Turner, Werner, Rosenthal and Ruffalo

    Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor find A Place in the Sun at TCM Festival. ​ A busy weekend around Los Angeles with the TCM Classic Film Festival, Asian Pacific Film Festival, UCLA Film and Television Archive's Patricio Guzmán retrospective and a slew of new theatrical releases, includin ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 28, 2011

    Patricio Guzman Retrospective at UCLA

    Chile's foremost cine-activist refuses to forget the bloody past

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Stage Raw: Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSPUZZLER​Padraic Duffy's noir drama of East German Spies opens this weekend at Sacred Fools Theater Company. Photo by C.M. GonzalezFAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVERJ. Michael Feldman's ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 6, 2011

    Theater Reviews: Salome

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSPUZZLER​Padraic Duffy's noir drama of East German Spies opens this weekend at Sacred Fools Theater Company. Photo by C.M. GonzalezFAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVERJ. Michael Feldman's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pigs' Life (St. Joan of the Slaughterhouses)

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK ST JOAN OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSESPhoto by Vitor MartinsFor a lucid analysis of the malfunctioning global financial markets, one could do worse than Bertolt Brecht. And it's hard to imagine doi ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 25, 2009
  • Calendar

    June 25, 2009

    Godspell

    Also, Godspell, The Wasps and more

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Stage Raw: Coming Home

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor the latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS and an update from the Grotowski Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, press the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section. NEW REVIEW THEATER PICK COMING HOME Photo by Ed KriegerA sequel to his 1995 post apartheid play Valley Song, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Gods and Monsters: Forrest J Ackerman, 1916-2008

    Forrest J Ackerman, who passed away last week from heart failure at the age of 92, may  end up best remembered as the man who coined the term "sci-fi." That's no small legacy in a culture often chronicled in shorthand - Jack Kerouac's "beat generation," comes to mind, or Herb Caen's more reduc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Pellicano on Tape: “I’m Unrelentless!”

    Forrest J Ackerman, who passed away last week from heart failure at the age of 92, may  end up best remembered as the man who coined the term "sci-fi." That's no small legacy in a culture often chronicled in shorthand - Jack Kerouac's "beat generation," comes to mind, or Herb Caen's more reduc ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 11, 2007
  • Stage

    July 19, 2007

    On With Their Heads!

    Unsuk Chins Alice in Wonderland

  • Stage

    March 29, 2007

    Weekend Theater Reviews

    Including Distracted, Sam Shepards Seduced, The Serpent and more

  • News

    March 22, 2007

    Heaven's Gate: The Sequel

    Ten years after the 39 suicides, the sole survivor is back and he has something urgent to tell us.

  • Music

    November 16, 2006

    Laser-Guided Melodies and a Boy Named George

    Ten years after the 39 suicides, the sole survivor is back and he has something urgent to tell us.

  • Art+Books

    November 16, 2006

    A Severed Head Awakes

    Reanimating Marie Antoinette

  • Stage

    May 4, 2006
  • News

    August 12, 2004

    Hell Hath No Fury

    Exorcist: The Beginning, a story of Hollywood possession

  • Film+TV

    January 16, 2003

    Magical History Tour

    Sokurov’s Russian Ark

  • Art+Books

    June 3, 1999

    Art For God's Sake

    The Gospel According to Reverend Ethan Acres

  • Music

    June 4, 1998

    Back to the Country

    Randy Travis comes full circle (almost)

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Trouble In Paradise

    They Say You Write What You Know

  • Stage

    February 19, 1998

    The Little Girl With a Big Head

    David Schweizer directs a new translation of Salome

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!
Browse Voice Nation
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy