Hot picks.FILM The Black Dahlia September 15 (Universal) Noir is back: Femme fatale Hitary Swank recounts a sapphic past with Mia Kirshner in Brian De Palma's new thriller about one of Los Angeles's most notorious true crimes. TV Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela September 19 (PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, ) Gay filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris embarks on an American and African journey to understand his stepfather, one of the original members of Nelson Mandela's African National Congress African National Congress (ANC), the oldest black (now multiracial) political organization in South Africa; founded in 1912. Prominent in its opposition to apartheid, the organization began as a nonviolent civil-rights group. . Designing Blind Sundays, 5 P.M. Eastern (A&E) Out Los Angeles designer Eric Brun-Sanglard, who's blind, and out L Word alum Alex Hedison talk nervous homeowners into letting him remodel their homes. The homeowners have to put on blindfolds too, so they can know how it feels to be him. It may sound creepy, but you know you'll be watching. BOOKS James Tiptree, Jr James Tiptree, Jr. (August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was the pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Sheldon, used from 1967 to her death. She also occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Raccoona Sheldon (1974–77). .: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Available now (St. Martin's) Julie Phillips scores with this biography of the supposedly male science fiction writer Tiptree, who was actually a married woman "struggling" with her feelings for other women. In 1987 she shot and killed her husband and then herself. Riveting. The Pratique pra·tique n. Clearance granted to a ship to proceed into port after compliance with health regulations or quarantine. [French, from Old French practique, from Medieval Latin Guide Available now: Soho & Nolita, The Meatpacking meatpacking or meat-processing, wholesale business of buying and slaughtering animals and then processing and distributing their carcasses to retailers. The livestock industry is among the largest in the world. District and West Village Shop New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of like a native with these supersmart sourcebooks, which offer chic retail maps plus hip business directories, all in fun wallet packs that slip into a pocket. |
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