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Woman Around Town: Jill Iscol—Her Heart’s on Fire

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
by Esther Cohen on Woman Around Town

Visiting Jill Iscol, in her elegant Fifth Avenue apartment, is an unexpected New York surprise. An educator, activist, foundation director and now author of a new,

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The Door BANG!

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Two men sit at opposite ends of a row of metal folding chairs: Boyd (Tom Cobley)—working class, dressed in jeans, reading a local newspaper and

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Newseum’s Pictures of the Year Exhibit:
Moments Immortalized in the Camera Lens

Monday, October 10th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

You just have to live and life will give you pictures.—Henri Cartier-Bresson Among the many attractions at the Newseum on Pennsylvania and 6th Avenue is

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Enjoy Great Music While Giving Back

Monday, September 19th, 2011
by Veronica Hughes on Playing Around

Two of my favorite past times are music and giving back to the community! In two weeks you and I will have the chance to

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NEWSical’s Fun and Wacky Spin on the Headlines

Thursday, January 13th, 2011
by Lina Zeldovich on Playing Around

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to NEWSical, an award-winning lampooning spectacular where no political figure, celebrity, TV commercial or social phenomena is safe. Rick Crom, the

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Omega Institute—Empowering Women

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

“35 women leaders from across sectors gather at Omega’s 9th annual conference to inspire new models of leadership and power” was a line that was

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The Ladies Talk—Memoirs from Former First Ladies

Saturday, June 12th, 2010
by Robin Weaver on Reading Around

Caroline Kennedy recently announced that her mother’s interviews in 1964 with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur Schlesinger will be released in September 2011 in commemoration of

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Woman Around Town Visits West Point

Monday, May 24th, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

Rising at 5 a.m. on a Saturday is not usually my style, but for the commencement exercises at West Point, with guest speaker President Barack

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