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...encyclopedia detailing all the Tolkienesque mythology, invented religions and backstory behind the Dune novels--in fact, someone did--but the script does a good job of illustrating the action for the screen without getting bogged down in background. If you're a newcomer, you're better off ignoring the myriad guilds and secret societies at play and enjoying it more as a juicy religio-political soap opera, in which respect it is as satisfying as its predecessor (which Sci Fi is rerunning on March...
...exhibit confronts queer theory from myriad artistic perspectives. In one work, images of 1950s magazine models are intermixed with depictions of lesbian love under the Clairol logo “Does She, or Doesn’t She?” Another image presents an alternative depiction of Eve, showing the biblical figure as a man holding two apples up as breasts. Other works are confrontational, like a portrait of a naked woman pointing a gun and a “Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” a collection of snapshots...
Bookstores are a luxury, really, that everyone has the right and the ability to enjoy. Browsing the aisles, scanning the myriad titles, running admiring fingers over the colorful glossy covers that conceal treasures of literature and poetry and Romance for Dummies, turning the pages of a crisp New Yorker and lounging in the cafe with a latte and a brand-new copy of The Secret History—these are the essences of a luxury that most of us (sadly, unfortunately, tragically) never take advantage of. There’s something infinitely tempting and tantalizing about a new book?...
Kupel’s Bake and Bagel is a bagelry cum bakery, with both areas having the same amount of emphasis. To the far left corner sit the myriad of cream cheese tubs, lox, vegetable, walnut and many other flavors. Crates filled with bagels stand behind the counter. The glass display case contains colorful pastries galore; stacks of giant M&M cookies sit besides trays of apple strudel and chocolate danishes. And, yes, there are hamantaschen. Almost two shelves are devoted to the treat, with flavors including prune, cherry, strawberry, raspberry, apricot and more ($0.65 for small). The hamantaschen shell...
Titled “InterseXion,” the show seeks to examine the point at which all of these variables overlap. This juxtaposition of social phenomena is also reflected in the very nature of the show, which includes a myriad of performance art forms ranging from Spoken Word to dance to acting...