Issue 228

Issue 228
Sep 19, 2017
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“Expanded Visions: 50 Years of Collecting”
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art
leslielohman.org
Through Oct. 29
‘The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness’
by Jill Filipovic
Nation Books, 2017
‘The Mother of All Questions’
by Rebecca Solnit
Haymarket Books, 2017
Good riddance to Confederate generals & other undeserving honorees from the past. Here’s a guide to local monuments that honor heroes we can admire. Google Map included …
September/October Events Calendar
The Ramapough take on the Pilgrim … Esperanza Spalding … Felabration NYC … Oh, the horror! at the Brooklyn Horror Fest.
Recent hurricanes offer a glimpse of what lies ahead in the 2020s & 2030s if we fail to address climate change.
The Life & Death of a Newspaper
After 62 years in print, America’s preeminent alternative weekly is ending its print edition
New York State voters to decide the risks of calling a Constitutional Convention this November.
Review: ‘Brick Body Kids Still Daydream’
By Open Mike Eagle
Mello Music
Dystopian themes abound in popular culture. In a world wracked by climate change, war, mass migration and a growing gulf between the super-rich and everyone else, imagining the worst has become its own industry. But what might it feel like to live and work in a future society that has begun to heal a damaged planet even as people continue to be their messy, imperfect selves?
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