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Cher public, please proceed to parterre.com.

It will not be tonight

Even though La Cieca is sure you will agree with her that "Meglio stasera, che domani o mai. Domani chi lo sa, quel che sarà," the fact is the server people are still working on parterre.com with a "go" time set for sometime early tomorrow. Be assured that your doyenne will inform you here at the "Exile" site when we're moving back,

So, while we're waiting, La Cieca invites you to enjoy this video representation of how she imagines herself and you, the cher public, in the swinging virtual ski lodge of cyberspace.

In a Lather

"Mr. Pell said that perhaps in a year or so, when a permanent general director has been found, the whole business with Mr. Steel's brief tenure here may seem like the episode of 'Dallas' when Bobby Ewing stepped out of the shower and 'the entire previous season was revealed to have been a dream'." [NYT]

Sex Takes a Holiday

Now, this, my dears, is how you do PR!

Don Juan: Everyone's Favorite Bad Boy
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00-8:30pm
The Museum of Sex
233 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10016

New York City Opera's own Don Juan (bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch) in its new production of Don Giovanni, director Christopher Alden, and sexlogist Esther Perel (Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence) explore history versus myth, the Don's changing image, how Mozart's Don Juan relates to the composer's own lusty sexuality, City Opera's new interpretation, and Don Juan in the 21st century. Moderator: Cori Ellison, City Opera Dramaturg.

Tickets $10
Museum of Sex Box Office: (212) 689-6337
http://www.museumofsex.com/