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A Year of Marilyn (Monroe)

Thursday, May 24th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

We seem to be experiencing the resurrection of Marilyn Monroe. With last year’s preface of Michelle Williams in the film “My Week With Marilyn,” the

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Freud’s Last Session—It’s-Yes!-Entertaining

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Psychoanalysis does not profess the arrogance of religion, thank God. Sigmund Freud in the Play Attention thinking theater-goers! If you haven’t caught up with Freud’s Last

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Fun in the Sun Hat

Saturday, May 19th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

Whether you’re wearing one to shade yourself on a beach, a boat, a summer walk, or simply for effect, these oversized wide brimmed hats do

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Cool Beach Bags for Hot Summer Fun

Friday, May 18th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

What IS a beach bag? Anything large enough to carry necessities to the water, really, though everyone’s necessities differ. Some will need a case on

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Noël and Company Presents
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

The Mouse Trap, which began as a short radio piece in 1947, opened formally at  The Theatre Royale in Nottingham in 1952. It’s been running

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Rain, Rain Go Away

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

You have a closet filled with carefully selected clothes and a beige trench coat older than…well, we won’t go there, or a poncho you use

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Woman Around Town Wins Four Awards
From the New York Press Club

Monday, May 14th, 2012
by Woman Around Town on Woman Around Town

For the third year in a row, Woman Around Town has been recognized for excellence in writing with awards from the New York Press Club.

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Nicole Henry “Gets It”

Sunday, May 13th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Nicole Henry “gets” the music of the 70s: the salad of rock, blues, jazz fusion and soul influenced songs performed with rhythm and at-ti-tude we

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