9/27/2007 at 11:05 AM
Tags: Fall-Culture-Travel-Map, Maps, Coffee Shops (all tags)
Cold, rainy fall days make for the best museum visits. So over the next few weeks we're mapping the latest shows worth seeing--and a nearby spot to nurse your art hangover.
Some of the most interesting exhibits often come to the smallest of places, which is definitely the case with Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan at The Powerhouse Arena in DUMBO, Brooklyn. This exhibit for social justice features heartbreaking and tragic images of the 2.5 million people who have been displaced by violence in Sudan. Powerhouse may not be the nation's premier art venue, but with exhibit backers like Media for Social Justice, Amnesty International, and the Holocaust Museum of Houston, it's definitely worth a look before it closes this weekend.
Since this photographic display will probably leave you and your friends with a lot to ponder, head over to nearby Rebar, at 68 Jay St., which opened its doors late last year. Fans of the coffee house and wine bar say it feels intimate, but never cramped, which makes it perfect for post-Powerhouse chats.
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[Photo: Powerhouse Arena]
by jnaw
3/05/2007 at 9:20 AM
Tags: Celeb Travel, New York City, Foxy Brown, Crime (all tags)
Here's a helpful hint: If you're famous, try not to take a five-finger discount when it comes to your food. People tend to notice.
That's how rapper
Foxy Brown got herself banned from the delicious Brooklyn outpost Junior's Cheesecake after dining and dashing
three times in the last two weeks, according to the
NY Post. On the last occasion, Brown, who is currently in court-ordered anger-management classes for hitting workers at a nail salon, started cursing at waiters and the manager after spilling her ice cream soda all over herself.
Honestly, the threat of being denied Junior's famous cheesecake is enough to keep us in line. Foxy likes the strawberry cheesecake, but we're partial to the
Brownie Marble Swirl. Should she have a hankering for one, she could always order it online... but at $39.95 plus shipping and handling, it may be cheaper to send her assistant to the Times Square or Grand Central Station locations to pick her up a piece.
If you're going to try to pull this stunt yourself, just make sure you're on the A-list. Owner Alan Rosen told the Post he wouldn't be dragging out the welcome mat no matter what because "One, she tries to skip out on checks and, two, she's not polite." Ooh, burn!
[Photo:
wallyg]
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by egw
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