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Stockport to Memphis – Barb Jungr
Friday, March 15th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Insistent piano chords pave the way for Barb Jungr’s pithy “Everybody Knows” (Leonard Cohen). Deadpan and dark, she takes possession of the stage snapping, stepping,
The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus: The Opening Acts under the Big Top
Monday, December 24th, 2012
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around
Some moments in the history of rock and roll defy the imagination, and The Rolling Stones’ Rock & Roll Circus is certainly one of them.
New American Cuisine in a Landmarked Townhouse
Monday, November 19th, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Dining Around
De Santos restaurant is housed in a charming, Landmarked, mid-19th Century West Village townhouse with a rakish history. The building has always been a gathering place
Music Makers In Memoirs and Biographies
Friday, November 16th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
I know there’s someone on your list who really loves music, be it pop, rock, heavy metal, or jazz. How about gifting a great book
Cloud Atlas – A Beautiful and Optimistic Message Told in Six Segments Through Time
Friday, October 26th, 2012
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around
“Look out, kid, it’s something you did, God knows when, but you’re doing it again…” Bob Dylan, “Subterranean Homesick Blues” In what may be the
Andy Warhol’s Film, Chelsea Girls—A Fundraiser to Save the Landmark Hotel
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
by Virginia Choi on Living Around
As part of a larger effort to raise money for the distinguished Chelsea Hotel that constantly faces demolition and evictions, Raymond Foye, an independent curator,
The Man in the Long Black Coat—Insightful and Entertaining Interpretation
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
I’m an old fashioned purist. If interpretation is not in service of lyrics, I don’t care how well a performer sings. I ‘m therefore doubly
Woman Standing on the Moon:Reconciling War and Religion
Friday, September 30th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around
Who is the woman standing on the moon? Is it Belle, the character that graces the cover of the playbill? Or is the play’s protagonist,
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