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Tim Burton to Showcase Art at MoMA

By Gage Henry on 10:45 AM on November 12, 2009

While everyone twiddles their thumbs waiting for Alice in Wonderland March debut, Tim Burton plans to showcase his craft for macabre imagery through a different medium this month. On Nov. 22, the Museum of Modern Art in New York will show 700 pieces of Burton’s bizarre art, an accumulation of paintings and Polaroid prints from throughout his prolific career.... read more

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Documenting the Dylanologist: The Ballad of AJ Weberman Streaming Until Tomorrow

By Caroline Klibanoff on 1:45 PM on June 29, 2009

Bob Dylan fans may tend towards the passionate, but none come close to the level of superfan AJ Weberman, self-proclaimed Dylanologist and devoted Dylan stalker/trash-digger. Now, James Bluemel and Oliver Ralfe's 2006 documentary, The Ballad of AJ Weberman, is streaming on DailyMotion.com until tomorrow, offering a fascinating peek into the life of a man who has made the pursuit of Bob Dylan his life's work.... read more

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Still Your Man: Leonard Cohen Takes Back Manhattan

By Henry Freedland on 2:15 PM on February 20, 2009

Click here for more photos from Leonard Cohen's performance.--On his first U.S. stage in 15 years, Leonard Cohen smiled in a gangster suit. He removed his fedora and bowed deeply—to the 2,800 fans who paid premium to pack into Manhattan's gilded Beacon Theatre, then to the admiring musicians around him who answered by launching into "Dance Me to the End of Love." Cohen fell to a crouch. At 74, was he finally too feeble to perform standing? Or was his body channeling the song's supplication—"lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove"?... read more

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Leonard Cohen - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre - 2/19/09

By Austin L. Ray on 1:24 PM on February 20, 2009

Click here for a written account of Leonard Cohen's show.--Photos taken by Ricky Chapman at the Beacon Theatre... read more

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Zach Galifianakis announces last-minute NYC gig tonight

By Austin L. Ray on 2:02 PM on February 5, 2009

Everybody's favorite absurdist comedian (well, ours anyway), Zach Galifianakis, announced last night via his e-mail newsletter that he'll be playing a short set tonight (Feb. 5) at the UCB theatre in New York City. Known as Variety Shac, the show will also feature, according to the newsletter, "some wonderful ladies that are too fun to describe." Admission is $5 (!) and though advance reservations are sold out, there will be a stand-by line.... read more

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