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Coney Island Sideshow Has Guantánamo Theme	Amusement and Theme Parks	8/6/2008 10:25 AM
The artist Steve Powers has opened the new “Waterboard Thrill Ride” in the shadow of the Cyclone and a mere corn dog’s throw from Nathan’s.
Design Notebook: And Now, to Try and Catch the Wind	Starck, Philippe	8/6/2008 10:35 PM
Democratic Ecology, an eco-friendly line of products by the renowned designer Philippe Starck, will include products like windmills and solar panels.
Little Angel Was Here: A Keith Haring Collaborator Makes His Mark	Art	8/5/2008 10:20 PM
A graffiti artist and onetime protégé of Keith Haring has seriously altered a mural of Haring’s on the Lower East Side.
Architecture Review: Olympic Stadium With a Design to Remember	Olympic Games (2008)	8/5/2008 9:42 AM
The National Stadium reaffirms architecture’s civilizing role in a nation that is struggling to forge a new identity out of a maelstrom of inner conflict.
East Village, Before the Gentry	Tompkins Square Park (NYC)	8/6/2008 11:09 AM
A book of photography documents a lost time and place: Tompkins Square Park in the 1980s.
A Textbook Example of Ranking Artworks	Art	8/4/2008 8:52 AM
The economist David Galenson is convinced that the type of economic analysis that explains the $4-plus gas at the pump can also explain the greatest artists of the last 100 or so years.
Art: The Power of Mao, Multiplied	Art	8/3/2008 2:07 PM
In the flashy new China, you can still find that famous face behind velvet ropes, as well as in art, ornaments, collectibles, postcards and flea markets.
Art: Watch Out, Walls, for Eclectic Artist With Staple Gun	Art	8/1/2008 4:36 PM
Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center gives Jonathan Meese the run of the place. Will it ever be the same?
Designing Dictators	Books and Literature	8/1/2008 9:37 AM
How Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin, Stalin and Mao so effectively spread their messages to the masses.
Museum Review: Getting Down With All That Skitters, Buzzes or Crawls	Museums	8/2/2008 12:13 AM
In the new $25 million Audubon Insectarium, which is billed as the first major new institution to open in post-Katrina New Orleans, visitors can engage with the insect world.