November 2004
The “November 2004” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on November 3, 2004.
Editor’s Message
Empire of the Senseless
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Ratner Applies Full-Court Press on the Downtown Arena
– By Brian J. CarreiraConfessions of a New Kid on the Block
– By Theresa KimmShowdown over the North Brooklyn Waterfront
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeAfter Pier 57, an Expanded Role for the CCRB?
– By Janelle NanosGraduate Student Workers Vow to Keep Up the Fight
– By Laura McGinley
Express
Agricultural Apocalypse: Eating Our Way to Oblivion
– By Christopher D. CookThe Fire Manifesto
– By Mary Walling BlackburnHenri Lefebvre's Youthfulness of Heart
– By Andy MerrifieldIs there Life after Reality TV?
– By Antonio Lopez
Art
Two Biennials, Two Models:
– By Robert C. MorganJennifer Pastor
– By Daniel BairdBruce Conner with John Yau
Tribute to Annie Herron
– By James Kalm, Shari Mendelson, and Larry WalczakRailing Opinion
– By Claude LioniMarsha Pels
– By Megan HeuerThe Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
– By Ellen Pearlman
ArtSeen
Rita McBride
– By Cynthia CoxFrancesca Woodman
– By Megan HeuerKutluğ Ataman
– By Katie StoneDavid Altmejd
– By Nick StillmanRainer Gross
– By James KalmVincent Katz & Vivien Bittencourt
– By Ben La RoccoCecily Kahn
– By Tomassio LonghiWhat The Book?
– By Sonya ShrierRosson Crow
– By Ben La RoccoCora Cohen
– By Stephanie BuhmannNeue Sachlichkeit: New Objectivity in Weimar Germany
– By Valery OisteanuDesign ≠ Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread
– By Chris Howard
Books
Jonathan Ames
– By James McCloskeyZarathustra Speaks Again
Off the Shelves
– By Book Staff
Music
Hidden in Plain Sight: Garage Rock "Returns"
– By Sharon MesmerCuba and Its Music
– By Ellen PearlmanBrian Wilson Presents Smile
– By Tony Coulter
Dance
WAX On, WAX Off
– By Lynn CrawfordConquering Greek Myth, the Bush-Kerry Debates, and Comas All at Once
– By Jessica WeissDancing on the Rail
– By Vanessa Manko
Film
Into the Darkness
– By David N. MeyerWhen History Proves Too Provocative, Insert Emotional Waterfall
– By Elena ManciniThe Whisper of the Whistling Water: Portrait of Louise Bourgeois
– By Phong H. BuiDon't Believe the Hype
The Right-Wing Docs
– By Williams Cole and Williams Cole
Theater
Same Difference: On Caryl Churchill's A Number
– By David KilpatrickFractured Language: Ann Marie Healy
– By Jason GroteHow to Build a Better Mousetrap: On Creating an Audience For New Work
– By Jeffrey M. JonesShards of Beckett: Théâtre Trouvé's Broken Window
– By Pamela Newton
Fiction
from Wonder Wheel (a novel in progress)
– By Marie Carter RobinVerdia
– By Elizabeth ReddinF Train
– By David Hollander
Poetry
Self-Help
– By Charles Bernstein3 Sections from TRUE TUNES
– By Hugh Seidmanfrom Fantasies in Permeable Structures
– By Laura Elrick