Editorial

Now Clinton must finally lead on Iraq
 The voters have spoken. The Democrats have resoundingly regained control of the House. And they have captured the Senate, too, now that George Allen has conceded in Virginia. The midterm elections were ultimately and correctly seen as a referendum on President Bush — and his rubber-stamping Republican majority — and, in particular, on the Iraq war.

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Talking Point
On the ropes, Bush quietly moves toward martial law
By Frank Morales
In a stealth maneuver, President Bush has signed into law a provision that, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), “will actually encourage the president to declare federal martial law.” It does so by revising the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the president’s ability to deploy troops within the United States.


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Police Blotter

Chelsea Now photo by Gary He
Everyone’s a kid on Halloween
At the Greenwich Village Children’s Halloween Parade, local elected officials — well, three out of four, at least — got into the spirit. From left: Councilmember Alan Gerson, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Assemblymember Deborah Glick and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.


In Briefs
The legend grows as pileups continue

Stars align for St. Brigid’s

’Cause baby we were born to run

Making sure Shakira’s safe

Memorial for slain journalist/activist

Stars align for St. Brigid’s

Gold Rush didn’t pan out

Sports

Girls’ soccer has come a long way in a short time
By Judith Stiles
When petite Mina Kobayashi takes on her opponents in a soccer match, her feisty footwork and dogged determination help her win the ball, which inspires her teammates at the Downtown United Soccer Club to play hard alongside her.

Your Weekly Neighborhood Newspaper | Volume One, Issue 7, Nov. 10 - 16, 2006

Waterfront will bloom
A sketch of the garden entry to Chelsea Cove, the new park being built at 23rd St. as part of the 5-mile-long Hudson River Park. [ MORE].


Inclusionary housing project segregates, advocates say
By Lawrence Lerner
The Caledonia promises to be a Zen oasis for the upscale clientele buying into its High Line views and promises of luxe-condo serenity.

Election Day coverup; Poll posters are too political
By Lori Haught
Political art stood out behind the “Vote Here” signs at the Communication Workers of America office at 97 Hudson St.

Chelsea Cove to feature lawn, stone field, carousel
By Albert Amateau
Landscape architects working on the Chelsea segment of the 5-mile-long Hudson River Park made a detailed presentation on Wednesday of plans for the Chelsea Cove section.

NEWS
EMI, Chelsea Market will make sweet music together
By Lori Haught
EMI Music Publishing will be the newest tenant at Chelsea Market come next September.

Board 4 starts talking trash; Mulls use of Pier 76
By Albert Amateau
Community Board 4, whose district includes Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, called on the Bloomberg administration last week to consider the option of combining its proposed recycling and commercial waste marine transfer stations on the Lower West Side into one facility on Pier 76.

Crude politics run amok
By John Ranard
Andrei Molodkin, a Russian expatriate artist living in Paris, has gained acclaim for his “Sweet Crude” oil sculptures — plastic, fabricated body parts filled with what President Bush II calls our “national addiction.”


Arts & Entertainment
What would Paris Do?
By Jennifer DeMeritt
What would happen if reality TV replaced reality? For “Carrie,” the main character in Jessica Lynn Johnson’s one-woman show “Oblivious to Everyone,” it has.

Koch on Film
By Ed Koch
“Marie Antoinette” (+) My first movie choice, “Borat,” was sold out at the two theaters I visited. Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” was playing at the second theater so I decided to see it, although I had read
mixed reviews about the film. I was pleasantly surprised. 
“The Prestige” (-) I can’t tell you too much about this film regarding the rivalry of two magicians since that would ruin whatever pleasure you might derive from seeing it. I can tell you, however, that I found “The Prestige” to be inane, insipid and incoherent.

Team regroups, moves to Soho
By Stephanie Murg
The noodling, D-flat riff of Gun’s N’ Roses’ 1988 hit “Sweet Child O’Mine” greeted visitors to the inaugural exhibition of Team gallery last month, which relocated from Chelsea to Soho in September. Like the return of art to an area that has been colonized by luxury retail, the looped video clip projected on the white wall — “Sweet 16,” by Cory Arcangel — was at once familiar and disorienting.

At Meatpacking club, a comedic coming out party
By Will McKinley
“It’s a wonderful night on the eve of change in our country.” So said drag king Murray Hill on Wednesday night as he kicked off “LOL @ Comix,” an alternative comedy and musical revue at the new Comix club in the Meatpacking District.

Talking shop with Margaret Thatcher Projects
By Shane McAdams
I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the first newbie who stumbled into a certain art gallery on West 25th Street thinking, “That’s strange, the ex-Prime Minister of Great Britain decided to start an art gallery.” My first opening at Margaret Thatcher Projects, for a Markus Linnenbrink exhibition, had me wondering whether the artist’s candy-colored resin paintings matched the sensibility I expected from a conservative world leader. All my speculations and presumptions were set to rest, however, after meeting the gallerist that first night.

ODE TO ANOTHER TIME Olga Antonova portrays intimate objects that become a memorial to another time. View her oil paintings on canvas in the exhibition “Recent Paintings.” Opening reception is Thurs., Nov. 16 from 6-8pm. Continues thru Dec. 9. Gallery Henoch, 555 W. 25th St. 917-305-0003. www.galleryhenoch.com. Pictured above is “Silver Ladle on Green Polka Dots.”


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PLAYFUL, INTELLIGENT PAINTINGS The works of French-born painter Michel Alexis are much like an epigram, a concise poem characterized by a play of the intellect. View a series of paintings entitled “Epigrams,” created by scratching, slicing and carving gesso-soaked paper on canvas, revealing the colors and materials below. Continues thru Dec. 12. Stephen Haller Gallery, 542 W. 26th St., bet 10th & 11th Aves. 212-741-7777. www.stephenhallergallery.com. Pictured above is “Epigram #9,” 2006.


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