February 2005
The “February 2005” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on February 2, 2005.
Local
The Atlantic Yards Project: No Longer "Inevitable"?
– By Brian J. CarreiraNYC School System Makes Teachers Pay
– By Marjory GarrisonWilliamsburg Rises Up
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeA View from Prospect Heights
– By Patricia Spears JonesJack Newfield's Memorial
– By Williams Cole and Williams Cole
Express
So Much for Fahrenheit 9/11 and the Last Six Months, On with Four More Years
– By Gregory ZuckerShirley Chisholm's Legacy
– By Aimee MolloyChisholm's Legacy: Shola Lynch with Theodore Hamm
Rewriting the American Revolution
Fur Coats, Cowboy Hats, and Pepper Spray: An account of the second inauguration of George W. Bush
– By Christian RoselandA Call to Secession
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsLetter from Pakistan
– By Mridu ChandraAn Extremely Political Life: Thai Jones with Shaina Fineberg
Art
The Spiritual in Art
– By Daniel BairdMoMA: How to Look at Modern Art-Abramovic
– By Marina AbramovicMoMA: How to Look at Modern Art-Brillembourg
– By Carlos BrillembourgMoMA: How to Look at Modern Art-Bartelik
– By Marek BartelikMoMA: How to Look at Modern Art-Dunham
– By Carroll DunhamMoMA: How to Look at Modern Art-Wei
– By Lilly WeiMoMA: How to Look at Modern Art-Danieli
– By Eyal DanieliVillage of the Damned
– By James KalmCatherine Murphy
– By John YauRemembering Agnes Martin (1912-2004)
– By Marcia HafifOn Susan Sontag (1933-2004)
– By Katy Siegel
ArtSeen
Peter Acheson
– By John YauQueens International 2004
– By Chris HowardOuverture: Young contemporary artists from Emilia Romagna in New York
– By Antony HudekTamara Gonzales
– By Katie StoneKlara Liden
– By Nick StillmanThomas Lendvai
– By William PowhidaKatherine Bradford
– By James KalmCharles Garabedian
– By Ben LaRoccoJason Cole Mager, Michael Yinger, and Jeffery Kilmer
– By William PowhidaTraces Everywhere
– By Ben LaRoccoJohn Lurie
– By Hrag VartanianThe Book as Object and Performance
– By Thomas MicchelliCalder/Miró
– By Stephanie Buhmann
Books
Off the Shelves
– By Book StaffRon Padgett's Joe, A Memoir of Joe Brainard
– By Phong H. BuiGeorge Braziller with Phong Bui
All The Presidents as Men--Stephen Graubard
– By John ReedThe End to Mishra
– By Hirsh Sawhney
Music
Music to Look In For: Kurtag's "Kafka Fragments"
– By Alan LockwoodThe Sound Your Eyes Can Follow
– By Holly TavelIn Praise of the Segue
– By Dave Mandl
Dance
Landscape Moves
– By M.J. ThompsonThoughts on Savion
– By Jane GoldbergFrom Mania to Melancholy: Tere O'Connor at the Kitchen
– By Claudia La RoccoDancing on the Rail
– By Vanessa Manko
Film
That's Great, That Sucks*
The Best Films of 2004– By David N. Meyerexchange: Hal Hartley & Joe Maggio
– By Hal Hartley and Joe MaggioAfrican Diaspora Festival at BAM
– By Douglas SingletonDocumentary Is Not Fiction!
– By Williams Cole and Williams Cole
Theater
Lumberjack Alchemy: Richard Foreman
– By David KilpatrickThe Gallery Players: Brooklyn Theater Grows a Hybrid
– By Gary WinterThe Sick, Ugly Brilliance of Gina Gionfriddo
– By Rob Handel
Fiction
Family Life
– By Aaron ZimmermanComing of Age
– By Lynda SchorThe Three-Body Problem
– By Therese Cox
Poetry
from ECO QUARRY BELLWETHER
– By Brenda LijimaSpectacular World, No Bossanova; Suiting Up: Rubber; In the Netherlands…
– By Ethan FugateBiography for Amphibians
– By John Yau