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The National Archives: A Perfect Setting
For Brad Meltzer’s Presidential Thrillers
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
“There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work at the National Archives, I find those stories for
History Comes Vividly Back
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Curators, scholars and historians love nothing more than coming upon a treasure trove of never-before-seen materials by a significant figure in their field. Happily, two
Goodbye, Maurice
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Reading Around
A great light has gone out. Maurice Sendak passed away at the age of 83, reportedly from complications following a stroke at his residence in
Any Given Monday—Humdinger Theater!
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Any Given Monday has next to nothing to do with football. It’s an ingeniously structured, subversively funny, morally off kilter play during which realistic characters
Who Owns Anne Frank?
Friday, September 16th, 2011
by Patricia Norris on Playing Around
This is a question raised in the final moments of After Anne Frank. Without a doubt, Carol Lempert and Janice L. Goldberg are prime contenders. Developed by
Let My People Go, But Where?
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“There were approximately twelve hundred Jews who served in the Confederacy including…officers. In the North, 6,000 Jews served in the Union Army, among them…officers and
Prague—Beauty and Romance on the Vltava River
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
by Stacey Walz on Living Around
When I told people I was moving to Germany, one thing stuck with me: “You have to visit Prague. It is the most beautiful city
Woman Around Town: Kati Marton—Her Own Person
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town
Sitting in the warm, wood-paneled living room of Kati Marton’s apartment overlooking Central Park, it’s hard to imagine the fascinating and, at times, courageous journey
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