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Word of Mouth
1290544288-2-feng-meng-bo-4.jpg1. Outrage over the censorship of artist David Wojnarowicz's video "A Fire In My Belly" by The National Portrait Gallery continues in New York next Sunday, December 19, with a protest march starting at 1 p.m. at the Metropolitan Museum (1000 Fifth Avenue) and continuing on to the Cooper-Hewitt (2 E. 91st St.).  PUT THE ART BACK!

2. Check out PS1's (22-25 Jackson Avenue, LIC) new toy, "Long March: Restart."  The gigantic video game, created by Chinese artist Feng Mengbo, "samples" well-known games like Super Mario and Street Fighter and it's on view until April 4, 2011.

3. Here's Billboard magazine's Top 20 Tweets of the Week, including this one from @alyankovik: "at a coffee shop in Amsterdam, I swear I'm just here for the free wifi."

4. Mistletoe shortage?  The parasitic plant is losing one of its natural habitats due to the decline in apple orchards.

5. KAWS and LAZZARINI's fantastic DISTORTED COMPANION collab will sell out in seconds when it hits the streets in January.

6. After appearing on SNL this weekend, Paul McCartney is playing the Apollo tonight. Meanwhile, Usher is at Madison Square Garden.  And If you're staying home, Cee-Lo is on Chelsea Lately.


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