March 2011
The “March 2011” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on March 4, 2011.
Publisher's Message
Note of Thanks
– By Phong H. Bui
Local
Where Did Uptown Go?
– By Rodney RobinsonREPORT CARD: "Who Wants to be a Teacher Now?"
– By Liza FeatherstoneThe Luxury City
– By Julian BrashA Person of Prominence
– By Shulem DeenHome Is Where the Brew Is
– By Dave KimUpsetting Brooklyn
– By Eleanor J. BaderCITY NOTES: Brooklyn Is Everywhere
– By Theodore Hamm
Express
The Book Critics Circle Awards
– By Allyson Polsky McCabeRALLYING THE FREE (but not too Brave)
– By Michael TerryBreach the Contract
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsLOVE + RADIANCE Marie Curie in Lauren Redniss's Radioactive
– By Alan LockwoodTruth and the Documentary Form
Future of the Living Dead
– By Allen WilcoxTHE PARTY'S OVER: Welcome to the "New Normal"
– By David Rosen and David RosenAgainst the Underdogs
– By Michael TerryPet Politics
– By Brendan Carney Byrne
Art
PAT STEIR with Phong Bui
MEL KENDRICK with Ben La Rocco
CAMERON MARTIN with Greg Lindquist
ELLEN PHELAN Landscapes and Still Lifes: A Selection
– By Rex AuchinclossWhat Lies Beneath the Roses
– By Caroline Dumalin
ArtSeen
FOR THE BROOKLYN RAIL FROM DORE ASHTON Krzysztof Wodiczko's ...Out of Here: The Veteran's Project
– By Dore AshtonCHUCK WEBSTER My Small Adventures
– By John YauJUDITH LINHARES Riptide
– By John YauROBIN WILLIAMS Rescue Party
– By Corina LarkinGILLIAN CARNEGIE
– By Jeremy SiglerMARY JUDGE Pop-Oculus: new works in pigment
– By Thomas MicchelliStaging Action: Performance in Photography Since 1960
– By Patricia MilderWinter @ The Kitchen
– By Kara L. RooneyHard-Edgeness in American Abstract Painting
– By Robert C. MorganFound in Translation
– By Cora FisherMICHAEL PATTERSON-CARVER Loose Lips Do Sink Ships
– By Gail Victoria Braddock QuagliataPATRICK JACOBS Familiar Terrain
– By Charles SchultzLetter from LONDON
– By Sherman SamLetter from BERLIN
– By David RhodesLetter from HONGKONG
– By Liz RivièreJOHN MCDEVITT KING: In Pursuit of Alien Perfection
– By Susan YungDark Star: STEPHEN IRWIN, 1959–2010
– By Aimee WallestonESTEBAN VICENTE Concrete Improvisations: Collages and Sculpture
– By Valery OisteanuGEORGE CONDO Mental States
– By David St.-LascauxExit from the Overpass
– By Shane McAdams
Books
Rapid Transit
– By Jeffrey Cyphers WrightThe Bard's Evangelist
– By William S. NiederkornHoley Logic, Batman
– By Jeffrey StanleyEMILY FLAKE with Allegra Frazier
MATVEI YANKELEVICH OF UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE with Jon Curley
Monster Loneliness
– By Paul Charles GriffinMusical Thrills
– By Christopher VolaMakeshift Metropolis
– By Kianoosh HashemzadehAt Risk
– By Maxine CaseA Zero Named One
– By Patrick GaughanHaywire
– By Jim FeastNewport Mirth
– By Gee HenryFilling in the Blanks
– By Dustin CosentinoInterpretations
– By Nicolle ElizabethDynamic Duo
– By Tatiaana L. LaineOf God and Anarchy
– By Randy Rosenthal
Music
Third Stream Symphony: Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica at Barbès
– By David St.-LascauxIn Which Prince at Last Wins the Battle Against Evil, and Yet Y'all Still Make Fun of Him
– By Kurt GottschalkBECAUSE LA NUIT
Patti Smith
Unplugged Dreams
Cité de la Musique, Paris– By Bonny FinbergOuttakes
– By Steve DalachinskyDeserted Cities of the Heart
– By Dave MandlAnarchist Voices
– By Kate SilverWords Without Song
– By Peter Lamborn Wilson
Dance
FLICFest TRIPTYCH
– By Siobhan BurkeAll That Jazz (Again) at the New York City Ballet
– By Evan NamerowdanceFEED
– By Roslyn SulcasCori Olinghouse of Ninja
– By Patricia MilderVoguing Against Tradition
Lost in Space
– By David St.-LascauxBaby, Why You Gotta Treat Me So Bad?
– By Michelle VellucciSelf, Unending
– By Thom Donovan
Film
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
– By Colin BeckettBETTER RED THAN DEAD: Body-Snatched Prisoners of Comanche Mind Control
– By J. HobermanXL IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES: 2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam
– By Aily NashART ON TAPE: Selections from MoMA's Documentary Fortnight 2O11
– By Leo Goldsmith, Rachael Rakes, and Cullen GallagherVarieties of Documentary
– By Fred Camper
Theater
LACING ON THE GLOVES: Beautiful Burnout Hits St. Ann's Warehouse
– By Julie Bleha and Chris LeeMAKING KIN: Bathsheba Doran with Jenny Schwartz
You Are Now The Owner Of This Suitcase!
– By Ben GassmanNo Lame Plays Please. Thank you!
– By Trish HarnetiauxLET IT RAIN
Director Daniel Talbott and Playwright Stephanie Janssen reopen The Umbrella Plays– By Crystal SkillmanAviones de Papel: From One City to Another, a Play Takes Flight
– By Christy Hutchcraft
Fiction
The Unfaithful Dreamer
– By Alain Arias-MissonThree Stories
– By Anatoly Gavrilov, Translated from the Russian by the Chicago Translation WorkshopFÉDER or the Gilded Husband
– By Stendhall , translated from the French by Brian EvensonCharacter and Fitness: Chapters 5 and 6
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsTragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
from Lightbox
– By Stephanie AndersonTrue Discourse on Power
– By Peter GizziFour
– By Prageeta Sharmaman to manifesto with quote
"Change everything except your loves" Voltaire– By Nathaniel A. Siegel
Art Books
Tao de France
– By John GanzMade in China?
– By Eugenie DallandFace to Face
– By Maxwell Heller