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

Monday, May 20th, 2013
by Woman Around Town on Living Around

For the fourth year in a row, Woman Around Town has been honored for journalism excellence with three awards from the New York Press Club.

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Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s

Friday, May 17th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

The title comes from a New Yorker cartoon by Victoria Roberts. Two women sit having tea, one telling the other, “I want my ashes scattered

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Woman Around Town: Donna Moore –
Bringing Cougar The Musical to The Stage

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town

Years ago, Donna Moore was at a party with a friend when she heard the term “cougar,” being used to describe older women who dated

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Truth or Dare? The Justices Decide

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Coriolanus, aka Caius Martius, was a complex character, a soldier who fought for Rome against neighboring Volsci and was declared a hero. His disdain for

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Jay Gatsby’s Name Could Have Been Mud

Monday, May 13th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

There are two films now in theaters that have a lot in common – The Great Gatsby and Mud. Comparing a movie based on a

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Lisa Scottoline Hits a New High
With Her Latest Thriller, Don’t Go

Saturday, May 11th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around

In the acknowledgments to Don’t Go, Lisa Scottoline thanks her editor at St. Martin’s Press, Jennifer Enderlin, for encouraging her to stretch with each novel.

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