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A 21st Century Union Campaign

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Local


At some jobs, employees are asked to give money to charities like the United Way and the Salvation Army. At Greg Butler’s job, the charity was the legal defense fund for indicted union executive Michael Forde.

Why I Hate the South

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Express

I was raised in Tallahassee, Florida, where the University football team the Seminoles and their apotheosized car-dealership pitching, crimson-necked coach, Bobby Bowden, was about as close to Jesus as one can get. And between games, I grew up, alternately beaten up for being a Christ killer, or getting evangelized.

Photo-Architecture: Diurnal/Nocturnal

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Art

As one would expect an eccentrically curatorial effort by Joe Masheck is no less an extension of his impassioned interest in modern photography and architecture. Gathered here is a good synthesis of both— a modest, but nifty exhibit of four younger photographers: Norbert Artner, Johanns Wedgerbauer, Tyko Lewis, Toki Ozaki.

Williamsburg Bridges Vietnam-Vietnam Now

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ArtSeen

Much of the effort to show works of artists from Vietnam has been rare— especially in New York— but then again the idea of big group shows never quite do any justice to a single work by a good artist. Nevertheless, the show at the WAH Center in April 2003, was a worthy effort.

ArtSeen