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Closing of the Oak Room: Media Culpability And a Hotel Shooting Itself in the Foot
Monday, February 20th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The closing of the Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel, the oldest, most venerated cabaret supper club in New York, is a sin and a
On A Clear Day You Can Figure Out The Plot
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
Fasten your seatbelts. For everyone who loved the original On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, I’ve got to warn you: there’ve been some
Harper’s Bazaar—A Decade of Style at ICP
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
On September 12, 2001, Glenda Bailey, the new editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar had a meeting with Hearst executives to present her vision for the magazine.
What Do You Love? We’ve Got A Book For That!
Friday, December 17th, 2010
by Michall Jeffers on Shopping Around
Tragic is the person who doesn’t have an absorbing hobby, a favored pastime. This season, there are terrific books to match almost any obsession. Case
Craig Pomranz: A Born Entertainer
Monday, October 11th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“I’m a born entertainer. When I open the frig and the light comes on, I burst into song.” Robbie Williams, British Pop Star Craig Pomranz
Book Expo America 2010—Paradise for Book Lovers
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Reading Around
If you are nuts about books, interested in the future of publishing, get excited about meeting authors — new and established — then Book Expo
Woman Around Town: Brini Maxwell Helps Us Remove the Fuzzballs from the Cashmere of Our Lives!
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
by Carol Toscano on Woman Around Town
When Brini Maxwell burst onto the scene in 2004 for the debut of her Style Network series The Brini Maxwell Show, it was almost as
Fatherless Daughters: A Journey from Loss to Forgiveness
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Reading Around
By Eleanor Foa Dienstag Pamela Thomas, a professional writer whose father died when she was ten years old, took nine years to write Fatherless Daughters:
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