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Bullet for Adolf: Slight, %#@!? and Entertaining
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The most interesting thing about this minor, but often entertaining piece, is that the salad of broadly drawn, misfit characters tossed throughout actually existed. Written
Tony Denison aka Andy Flynn Talks AboutThe Closer, Major Crimes, and Provenza (G.W. Bailey)
Monday, July 16th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
They are Abbott and Costello, yin and yang, Frick and Frack. They have even inspired a nickname, “Flyvenza.” While Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson played
Ben Tyree: Thoughtform Variations
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around
For all of my love for studio trickery and interesting production techniques, I will always be a champion of music delivered in its simplest, rawest
Harris Diamant—Mythical Visions of a Robotic Future
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Living Around
“My notion is if it isn’t everything, it’s nothing.” Harris Diamant The artist, Harris Diamant, might still be at City College if they hadn’t “pushed
Don’t Even Think of the Olive Garden—Try this Instead
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Dining Around
Your out-of-town visitors have arrived. You have a great day of sightseeing planned—the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the Statue of Liberty, maybe a ride
Man Around Town: Leon Ellis—Embracing Harlem
Monday, June 6th, 2011
by Valerie Albarda on Living Around
Leon Ellis is a man flying under the radar. And for quite some time, that was exactly how he liked it. Until now. Leon is
Lido—Modern Italian Becomes a Neighborhood Favorite
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Dining Around
Everything about Lido, a modern Italian restaurant located in a rapidly gentrifying section of Harlem, is a surprise, from its mixed, though predominantly white clientele
Jo Thompson, Still Swinging
Sunday, November 28th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
In 1947, nineteen year old Jo Thompson sang Slender, Tender and Tall on Amateur Night at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem. She accompanied herself
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