MUSIC: LAURIE ANDERSON’S HOMELAND, HER NEW MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF AMERICAN CULTURE, TO BE PERFORMED AT LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 08, JULY 22—26 www.lincolncenter.org Recommended!
GOSSIP BOOK: Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone has betrayed his sister by writing a book named “Life with my sister Madonna’. In the book there are several intimate things about Madonna, which I am sure she won’t like at all I also suppose the reason of this book is because the brother wants to be famous. And he will be for a while especially when the book is out on the market. Out on Amazon.com
ART: Four drawings and seven oil paintings from the last four years explore the tension between the tactile and the visual NYMAG At Knoedler & Company 19 E. 70th St NY 10021 Thru 8/01 http://knoedlergallery.com
ART: Counterculture critic Steven Hager argues that eighties New York was a place where “underground ideas became marketable commodities, blatant careerism was in fashion, and young painters were rapidly replacing rock stars at the forefront of youth culture.” See if you agree at “Totally Rad,” Paul Kasmin Gallery’s homage to the golden era of excess still fetishized by nostalgic ex–club kids and envious young punks alike. — Miranda Siegel ( NYMAG ) Thru 09/06 at Paul Kasmin Gallery 293 Tenth Ave NYC
LIVE MUSIC: While Beth Orton's fusion of electronic beats and indie folk earned her early accolades, her recently sparser productions have ushered in a new era of delicacy. Continuing to cruise on the momentum of 2006's critically acclaimed Comfort of Strangers, the hoarse-throated folkie hits Brooklyn's Prospect Park tonight 7PM, imbuing the bandshell with the intimacy of a back-room bar.
ART PREVIEW: Neti Neti (not this, not this) A group exhibition curated by Peter Nagy July 8 - August 16, 2008 c/o BOSE PACIA Gallery 508 West 26 Th, 11th FL NYC www.bosepacia.com