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Hope Harris’ Cousins Jamboree Brings Music to Children

Thursday, November 24th, 2011
by Veronica Hughes on Playing Around

Hope Harris is passionate about children and music, specifically wholesome music that inspires creativity, positivity, imagination and kindness. Her most recent project, Cousins Jamboree, was

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Shocking Insights

Sunday, August 28th, 2011
by Barbara Kurka on Living Around

Research subjects who received electrical stimulation in the anterior temporal lobes of the brain were three times as likely to come up with the fresh

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Sleeping Under the Stars with the Urban Park Rangers

Monday, August 8th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Living Around

Anyone who’s ever taken an afternoon nap in Central Park knows how peaceful the park can be: with birds chirping in your ear and the

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Woman Around Town: Mechele Flaum—
Making a Case for Boomers

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town

Ever since they burst onto the scene following World War II, the Baby Boomers, that pig in a python generation, have made history. On January

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Woman Around Town: Amanda Foreman—
British View of the Civil War

Monday, July 11th, 2011
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town

This year as we mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, there’s no better place to get a fresh perspective

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Shakespeare in the Park – Measure for Measure

Saturday, July 9th, 2011
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around

Imagine a city where inhabitants are joyfully promiscuous. Outlandish fools get arrested. Women get knocked up. Corrupt politicians are involved in juicy sex scandals with

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I Need New Sneakers…

Monday, June 27th, 2011
by Jennie Sutton on Living Around

I can feel my feet going numb, which seems almost ironic. We’re on the third mile as my feet shuffle along in something between a

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Fun, Fun, Fun in the Summer Sun: Kid Stuff

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

They’re out of school and hopefully out of doors. Hide the electronic devices. It’s time to play. P-L-A-Y. Away from the Wii. With each other.

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