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Marilyn Minter willfully misfires glamour shots
Marilyn Minter's latest pictures look like high fashion throwing up: Big, glossy close-ups of lipsticked mouths spewing diamonds, pearls and colorful, glittering goo.
Both luminous and grotesque, they are meant to evoke the experience of flipping through...Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Diane Arbus, Culture, Syracuse, Colleges and Universities
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Bill Murray's poetry parade
Jacket CopyOn June 14, the Poets House in New York hosts its annual benefit poetry walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. As participants cross the bridge, they'll be treated to readings by work by Langston Hughes, Marianne Moore, Brooklyn poet Walt Whitman...... -
Shareen Vintage stocks Madewell stores with fun summer finds
All The RageAnyone who used to stop in at Shareen Mitchellâs always-crowded booth at the Melrose Trading Post flea market or frequents her nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of downtown L.A. knows about her well-edited stash of affordable vintage dresses, boots... -
Style Obsession: For the well-heeled, endless closet space is an achievable luxury
All The RageTrying to stay well-dressed is hard work, especially when you open your closet door and out tumbles an avalanche of wire hangers, stilettos and a precariously placed box that clocks you in the head. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have...... -
Up on the roof, where the drinks â and Manhattan views â are fine
Daily DishHeaven may be a little closer in New York these days, especially in Manhattan, where hotels' rooftop bars and restaurants are among the best places to enjoy summer. A few are restricted to guests, such as those at the Surrey,...... -
Nature calls on final elimination of Bravo's 'Work of Art'
Culture MonsterFor its last episode before the big finale, Bravo's "Work of Art" took its remaining contestants out to the scary woods and left them there stranded. Anyone hoping that these precious art-world climbers would be picked off one-by-one, "Blair Witch"-style.... -
Up on the roof, where the drinks — and the Manhattan views — are fine
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHeaven may be a little closer in New York these days, especially in Manhattan, where hotels' rooftop bars are among the best places to enjoy summer. A few are restricted to guests, such as those at the Surrey, the Trump SoHo and the Thompson LES, but...Tags: Disc Jockeys, Hotels and Accommodations, Hudson River, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking
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Monster Mash: Chelsea Art Museum in trouble; Broadway's Hilton Theatre gets new name
Culture Monster-- Endangered: The Chelsea Art Museum in New York could lose its charter after its building declares bankruptcy. (The Wall Street Journal) -- Promotional deal: Broadway's Hilton Theatre is renamed the Foxwoods Theatre as part of a multiyear deal with........ -
Tracy Kidder tries to transcribe human lives
Tracy Kidder's 2003 book, "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World," inspired legions of young people to go out and do something for the poor and disenfranchised. It also lighted a fire under donors --...Tags: University of Iowa, Genocide, Truman Capote, Burundi, Murder
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Tastemakers
Urban gentrificationNew Yorks SoHo is the classic exampletends to follow a pattern: Artists in search of cheap space move into a moribund area, galleries and cognoscenti follow, and soon a once dilapidated district has wide-ranging cachet. This, in a...Tags: Armand Hammer, Ben Stiller, Edward Hopper, Charles Burchfield, University of California, Los Angeles
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In Sunday books: This author's got U-Haul on speed dial
Los Angeles TimesBrooke Berman makes a left off Sunset Boulevard onto Larrabee and begins to recount, warmly, a home she once occupied in West Hollywood. "This was one of the best apartments I've had in L.A.," she says as we approach a place a few blocks from Book Soup,...Tags: Queens (New York City), Apartments, Jane Hamilton, West Village, Rooms and Sublets
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Sex and the City: SoHo with cupcakes and cosmos
Los Angeles Times Travel | Daily Deal BlogWhether you love “Sex and the City” (and its sequel, set to open in May) or simply want a romp through Manhattan, this deal lets you take a bite out of the Big Apple without its biting back. Deal: The Gem Hotel in Soho has a R...
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