Results tagged “timessquare”

• Gothamist found that an explosive set off outside the Times Square army recruiting center may be similar to five past bombings in New York City.
• Seattlest worried when severed right feet and bottles of rat poison started washing up on local beaches.
• Shanghaiist was surprised by Bjork's rooting for Tibetan independence at her concert (see video), and the political fallout has only just begun.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.

Films: Day Night Day Night; The Boss of It All

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We're exhausted just thinking about it.

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you.

Halloween is Tuesday, which means this weekend is really the time for all of the –ists to celebrate. And whether they’re designing super-spooky costumes or talking about the super-spooky upcoming elections, we’d say that they’re doing a fine job of it.

As the summer heats up, regional theatre slows down. But that’s not a reason to stay home – slow doesn’t mean stop, and there are still plenty of local shows going on. Really, who needs Times Square anyway? (We do, apparently. Or at least the movie, , which is where this week’s quote came from. It’s not theatre, but it’s catchy!) Now, on with the listings!

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants it's money back.

You may not know the name Jenny Holzer, but you've probably seen at least one of the products of her enormously influential body of work. For almost thirty years, she has explored the expressive potential of public text. On Wednesday, November 16, the artist offered a retrospective of her work and insight on her creative process to a packed house at the Institute of Contemporary Art on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Part aphoristic philosopher and part conceptual installation artist, Holzer and her contemporary Barbara Kruger, with their emphasis on the word and on the ambiguities of received wisdom, have likely been among the most influential artists of the last quarter-century.