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By Raj Patel From the January 29, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Film, Reviews Under what rock have you been hiding to miss the storm around James Cameron’s environmental parable, Avatar? Certainly not beneath a hunk of unobtanium: it floats. read more »
By Amy L. Dalton From the January 29, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture On Saturday, Jan. 23, a dozen musicians, comedians and spoken word artists teamed up at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater for a multilingual, transnational explosion of Muslim arts and culture. read more »
By Bennett Baumer From the January 8, 2010 issue | Posted in Books, Culture, Reviews A Review of The Death of Conservatism by Sam Tanenhaus and Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party by Max Blumenthal read more »
By Patrick Bond
From the January 8, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture World-renowned political organizer and one of Africa’s most celebrated poets, Dennis Brutus, died Dec. 26 in Cape Town, in his sleep, aged 85. read more »
By Steven Arnerich From the January 8, 2010 issue | Posted in Books, Culture, Reviews Now that more people are attuned to the ticking clock of climate change, there is no shortage of theories for how the next act will play out. Though scientists, activists and theorists have been wildly off the mark so far, they continue to guess at what will be the solutions — and pitfalls — for getting the planet back on track. read more »
By Danny Valdes
From the January 8, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Danny Valdes Everywhere you turn in New York City, there are advertisements—posters featuring attractive models schilling perfume, pop bands promoting their latest albums and celebrities endorsing soft drinks. The Public Ad Campaign, a collective of street artists, sees the prevalence of these advertisements as an intrusion into public space. Founded by Jordan Seiler in 2000, this group [...] read more »
By Chris Seymour From the January 8, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Music How would you celebrate 30 years of presenting politics with a musical beat? Well, Peoples’ Voice Café has the answer — host a concert with the New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC) featuring multicultural lesbian and gay gospel choir Lavender Light and roots-rock duo emma’s revolution. read more »
By Judith Mahoney Pasternak
From the December 31, 1969 issue | Posted in Culture, IndyBlog, Not an Article, Theater Finian’s Rainbow
Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
Music by Burton Lane, Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Zero Hour
Written and Performed by Jim Brochu
They’re singing “When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich” again on Broadway, which is good news for those of us who like our pop culture liberally seasoned with politics. And if Finian’s Rainbow is [...] read more »
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