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41. Livewire

    Night of the Weirds

    By Sasha Weisfeld

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Inspired by a subculture that has taken years to coalesce into a shared identity, the free monthly Night of the Weirds was first mounted at Churchill's in August 2007. Planned...

42. Cafe

    Greek to Miami

    Ariston angles to break the curse of its Beach location.

    By Lee Klein

    Published: March 27, 2008

    The intersection of 71st Street and Rue Vendome in Miami Beach is what many would call a "cursed location" for restaurants. The list of victims includes a Turkish place, a...

43. Cafe

    Pleasure and Pain

    Sake Room both satisfies and annoys.

    By Bill Citara

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Sake Room Sushi Lounge is a chic little restaurant that tries very hard to please ... when it's not trying almost as hard to annoy. On one hand, you have fitful, graceless...

44. Film

    Apolitical Theater

    Iraq War movie Stop-Loss does its best not to mention the war.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Considering that the war in Iraq has proven to be Washington's shot-by-shot remake of Vietnam, it's only natural that Hollywood has followed suit, giving us a series of...

45. Film

    Counting Sheep

    21 doesn't hit the jackpot. Doesn't even come close.

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Ben Mezrich's 2002 best seller Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions was a smart narrative about ... well, you saw the...

46. Film

    Far from Heaven

    Obviously inspired by Todd Haynes, this competent '50s domestic drama doesn’t quite compare.

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Film noir and melodrama cast a long shadow over Ira Sachs's look back at the rotting heart of the Fifties nuclear family, but his movie rarely breaks a sweat. Slow, deliberate,...

47. Stage

    Sour Milk

    Tennessee Williams gets walloped in the Design District.

    By Brandon K. Thorp

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Plenty of bad things have their partisans. Vegemite, for example. Leonardo DiCaprio, for another. Industrial pork farming. Ralph Reed. American Idol. And so it goes with The...

48. Current Art Shows

    Art Capsules

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Female Nudes: Blake Fisher's fetching silver gelatin prints are reminiscent of the photography of Bill Brandt and Lucien Clergue, and exude a timeless quality. Some of his...

49. Game On

    Online Turnoff

    Who said first-person games need a second person?

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: March 27, 2008

    Developers seem to believe that their first-person games are required to include online modes. Blame it on the few narrow-minded gamers (and critics) who constantly hammer away...