Patti Smith News
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It was dark, crowded and loud, strobe- lit by Sex Pistols concert footage. I smelled leather and vinyl. I immediately got a headache.
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Walking through the Costume Institute's new "Punk: Chaos to Couture" show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, visitors are treated to two "facsimiles," one after another. The first is a faithful recreation of the bathroom at the New York punk venue CBGB, or at least faithful to its most gracious moments. The second, past a few dresses, is a recreation of Vivienne Westwood's London boutique, complete with a period cash register and a double rack of T-shirts.
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It was meant to be a lazy evening of thoughtful folk music in a London park.
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With more than 100 galleries on the Lower East Side alone, downtown Manhattan has emerged as a serious alternative to the Chelsea art district. New spaces are also popping up in SoHo and Tribeca. Here are a few of the most interesting:
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Wouldn’t it be nice if the Beach Boys got back together to do it again, singing of fun fun fun in an endless summer of surf, sun and California girls?
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Designers Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada speak to one another across time at the Met in the juxtaposition of their clever fashions and accessories -- from the late 1920s to the present.
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Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) and his wife did not get along.
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Patti Smith , best known as a rock musician, won the National Book Award for nonfiction last night for “Just Kids,” a memoir of her friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe published by Ecco Press.
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Ian Schrager , the developer credited with inventing the boutique-hotel concept, considered buying Manhattan’s landmark Hotel Chelsea and decided against an offer after viewing the 127-year-old property last month.
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Meltdown, one of London’s cooler festivals, raises the stakes with a stellar roster this year: Lou Reed and his other half Laurie Anderson are joined by Diamanda Galas, Marc Almond and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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