May 2006
The “May 2006” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on May 9, 2006.
Editor’s Message
Stranger from Another Planet
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
What’s For Dinner
– By Marjory GarrisonLou Dobbs Ain't No Damn Indian
– By Matthew VazUtopia Has a Web Site: Commune Life on Staten Island
– By Jonah Owen LambOne Saturday in Queens
– By Theodore HammReflections on the Immigrant Rights Movement
– By Gabriel ThompsonP.S. 24: Social and Emotional Learning in Dos Idiomas
– By Eleanor J. BaderAgainst the Giuliani Legacy
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeFarewell to Jane Jacobs (and to Williamsburg, too)
– By Jane Jacobs
Express
Letter From New Orleans
– By Micah Maidenbergexcerpt from Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal
– By Anthony ArnoveBush’s Hopes in the Hands of Gangsters
– By Ryan Grim
Art
Mel Bochner with Phong Bui
Trenton Doyle Hancock & Fred Tomaselli with Dan Nadel
Allan Kaprow (1927–2006)
– By Robert C. Morgan, Wolf Kahn, and Irving SandlerBill Berkson with David Levi Strauss
A Railing Opinion
– By Dore Ashton
ArtSeen
Orrie King and Laurie Sermos
– By Shane McAdamsRob Nadeau
– By Stephanie BuhmannAl Hansen
– By Valery OisteanuInka Essenhigh
– By James KalmYvonne Jacquette
– By James KalmStephen Ellis
– By Michael BrennanRobert Rauschenberg
– By Jim LongEric Heist
– By William PowhidaMarci MacGuffie
– By Stephanie BuhmannDon Voisine and Richard Bottwin
– By Michael BrennanCai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleModernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939
– By Hrag VartanianJules Olitski
– By Robert C. MorganIrving Petlin
– By Carrie MoyerFlorence Pierce
– By Jennifer RileyTomas Vu
– By Gandalf GavanMiyoko Ito
– By John YauRobert Lazzarini, Drawings
– By Thomas MicchelliReport from Germany “For Ermyas M.”
– By Barbara WeidleDan Fischer
– By Lauren RossAporia
– By David Marcus
Books
The Perversion of “Wise Use”
– By Stephenie HendricksHats, Staircases, and the Mystery of Fact
– By Katy HenriksenWill the Real T Cooper...
– By David VarnoA Perfect Yarn
– By K.M. FerebeeA Grin to Bear It
– By Michael LindgrenThe Fruits of Risk
– By Sina Queyras
Music
Kink Goes Pink
– By Sharon MesmerAngular Banjos
– By Paul GrimstadThe Last Bandit: Nikki Sudden, 1956–2006
– By Mike LupicaDimensions in Music: From Mambo to Salsa, Part Four
– By Alan Lockwood
Dance
Representing Stravinsky
– By Corey HarrowerTere O’Connor: Bringing up BABY and Bringing Down Dance Criticism
– By Mathew SandovalOf Buds, Blooms and Battments: Stephen Petronio at The Joyce
– By Vanessa MankoAre We There Yet? Meg Stuart Pays a Visit Home
– By Catherine Massey
Film
Kenneth Anger with Pip Chodorov
The Resistant Bettie Page
– By Sarahjane BlumLiving Our Broken Dreamz
– By Tessa DeCarloBlood In The Sun
– By David N. MeyerNoir At the Film Forum
– By David N. Meyer and David Wilentz
Theater
Talking Band’s The Necklace: A serial mystery in eight episodes
– By Roger BabbA Great Man Of Genius: Mike Daisey at Galapagos
– By Miriam Felton-DanskyCatching the Conscience: Lessons Drawn from My Name is Rachel Corrie
– By Rachel's WordsSanctifying The Quotidian: Sheila Callaghan’s Dead City
– By Kristen PalmerOpen the Gate: Gary Winter’s At Said at PS 122
– By Richard FulcoRehearsal Diary of THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE in Space-Saving Haiku Format
– By Colleen WerthmannMay on Track
Fiction
Contents of a Censor’s Outbox
– By Susan DaitchDiggers
– By Susan DaitchThe Ether Ride
– By Doug Nufer