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Woman Around Town: Abigail Aldridge – Manhattan’s Mad Hatter
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
by Abby Cañeda on Woman Around Town
Fall Fashion Week delivered the expected. High-end threads hung on beanpole models as they walked straight lines and maintained serious dispositions. Uptown, there was a
War Horse Jumps from the Page, To the Stage, to the Screen
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
War Horse, written by Michael Morpurgo, has been produced for the stage in Britain and the U.S., and now Steven Spielberg brings the story to
Fireworks on 59th Street
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Presenting…in person…/That 3′ foot 3 bundle of dynamite…Baaabeee…June! [applause] Hello everybody/My name is June (beat) What’s yours? With that speech, ten- year-old Bonnie Langford made
Turner Classic Movies—Where Stars Shine
Friday, August 20th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
By Charlene Giannetti Reality shows make overnight celebrities of normal (or next to normal) people. In a time when Snooki becomes a media sensation without
Stunning Designs from the Past at Brooklyn Museum
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Is there anything more enjoyable than looking at stunning clothes by great designers from the past? I don’t think so. So enjoy this panoply of gowns, suits,
Romantic Reads for Valentine’s Day — And Any Day
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
by Robin Weaver on Reading Around
Rupert Brooke, the World War I poet, once wrote in thinking of his beloved, “Today, I have been happy. I held a memory of you.”
Victoria’s Real Secret—The Victorians Knew Underwear
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
by Debra Toppeta on Living Around
He eased her up and unfastened the back of her dress. She knew she should stop him, but she did not, though the last tatters
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