July 10, 2006 Issue
Cover Story
The Summer Issue
Our annual compendium of advice on how to wring maximum
enjoyment from now until Labor Day, including customized itineraries for parents,
jocks, sunbathers, asphaltophiles and
procrastinators, plus the 25 best places to eat under the city sky.
Features
And God Created Scarlett
Woody Allen and his muse.
Have a Fun Summer
Taking the next three months one fabulous day at a time.
Graffiti in Its Own Words
An oral history of the art movement that divided and conquered New York.
No Quiet on the Ocean Front
Should the residents of Long Beach Island be allowed to let their homes wash away?
Grand Old Class War
The bizarre fight of blue blood vs. blue collar in the Republican primary. The prize: Losing to Hillary.
Amy Sedaris Gets Up in Your Grill
A misfit who wants to stay that way.
Intelligencer
Inflate-a-Roach Gets Boulud Très Mad
Chef sues protesters.
The Ex-Green Cuomo Machine
Turncoats abound.
It’s Back to Shul For Gelfand
Hamptons rabbi’s new gig.
You Think She’s In Love With You
No, seriously. You!
We Hear . . . Stern Questions
Coming for boss of “Page Six.”
Goofus and Gallant
Chivalrous behavior during a week in which New York was declared the world’s most polite city.
Thank You, Sir
A Q&A with aficionados at this year’s S&M street fair in Chelsea.
Lots of Luck
New York�s green-card-lottery winners may soon become the last of their kind.
Street News
A random survey of financial-industry professionals we stopped outside their offices to check on how bullish they feel.
The Culture Pages
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s . . . Parker Posey!
The prolific wackiness of Parker Posey, East Village celebrity-slash-mascot.
The Movie Review
Bryan Singer makes a comic-book movie that’s too weighty, while Anne Hathaway is too much of a lightweight for The Devil Wears Prada.
Pinup Goalie: Shep Messing
Q&A with the notorious seventies soccer star.
The Theater Review
A Richard Greenberg play that brilliantly evokes twenties New York.
Supporting Actor: Denis O’Hare
Q&A with the Pig Farm actor.
Process
The watercolors-as-reportage that inspired Saturday Night Fever.
The Art Review
MoMA’s “Dada” exhibit exposes the need for a modern-day Duchamp.
Show and Tell: Coney Island Lore
An archive of plans, drawings, and photographs from the amusement park’s early-twentieth-century heyday.
The Monster in the Room
Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal on bringing the Vietnam allegory Grendel to the stage.
The Approval Matrix
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
Columns
The Power Grid
Jason Calacanis, evidence that the second Internet-entrepreneur boom is as corporate as corporate can be.
The City Politic
You can accuse Hillary of lacking conviction, but she’s been impressively steadfast on Iraq.
The Week
SPF Four
Our picks from this year’s annual Summer Play Festival (SPF) of new shows by emerging writers.
Holiday Hours
July 4 falls on a Tuesday this year, either extending or mucking up your long weekend. Who’s staying open?
Home Sweet Home
Flag-waving isn’t often embraced in the literary world. But we’re a pretty patriotic bunch when it comes to our own city’s history.
Free Society
One of the great perks of summer in the city is lots of free music and dance.
North Stars
Bypass New York’s slow summer theater season at one of these out-of-town fests.
Go Fish
Have a Huck Finn moment in Brooklyn.
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