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Countdown to Barclays Center Sept. 28 opening BROOKLYN. There are 23 days to
go before the much-anticipated Barclays Center in Fort Greene opens its doors on Friday, Sept. 28. Every day until the opening, Metro will be offering a tidbit of information about how to best
enjoy Barclays. There’s good news for local cyclists: There are more than 400 bike parking spots and 86
CitiBike docks right outside the arena. And when the Big Apple Circus comes to Barclays, circus animals will be walked through the streets in the middle of the night, just like they do at Madison Square Garden, according to Sam Pocker, founder of Concert Ticket Agency. It’s great for Brooklynites looking for a special late-night surprise for the little ones.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Why is stripping not considered a form of art?
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A strip club in Albany is making the case to the state Supreme Court that exotic dancing is a performance art and should be exempt from paying sales taxes. Nite Moves gentleman’s club owes $124,000 in sales tax from its “couch performances,� or lap dances, done by the strippers employed there. The case has been moving up through New York’s court system since last year, but now the club is arguing to the New York Supreme Court that those dances are “live dramatic or musical arts performances� and should be given the same tax breaks that ballet or theater companies receive. The controversial case has caught the attention of those who have personally taken a twirl on the pole in New York City. Bonnie Denn, a former exotic dancer who now produces Le Scandal Cabaret at a theater in Midtown West, said that while a stripper can make her performance artistic, the audience isn’t always going to see it that way. “I’ve seen a lot of artistic things in strip clubs, especially in New York City where a lot of
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Art is in the eye of the beholder But art, however, is not so easily defined — especially when it comes to what goes on in strip clubs, Denn added. “I’ve seen a lot of things that I didn’t really think were art. I thought it was more like exhibitionism,� Denn said. “But who am I to say what’s art?� The New York Supreme Court will likely issue its ruling on Nite Moves’ case next month.
people are doing it on the side to pay for their dance lessons or acting classes,� Denn told Metro. “But the intention of the people that go there is usually not for art,� she added. CASSANDRA GARRISON
cassandra.garrison@metro.us
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They’re rawrrr than ready to go! Three Amur tiger cubs made their public debut at the Bronx Zoo yesterday. The cubs were born to mother Katharina and father Sasha and live in the popular Tiger Mountain exhibit at the zoo, run by the Wildlife Conservation Society. The tigers were bred by recommendation of the Species Survival Plan, which was designed to help continue the existence of the gorgeous creatures. Today, there are fewer than 3,200 tigers remaining in the wild. The three cubs will be on exhibit intermittently for the first few weeks as they get used to their surroundings.