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Celebrate the Year of the Dragon

Monday, January 23rd, 2012
by Sally Murphy on Dining Around

Gan Bei! It’s 4710 – the Year of the Dragon! Out with the old, in with the new. Where will you celebrate this year? The

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Bob Dylan: The Asian Series at the Gagosian Gallery

Monday, September 26th, 2011
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around

Bob Dylan, one of the reigning, and enduring, stars in my musical firmament, a true culture hero, is considered not only by me to be

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Contagion: Panic Under the Microscope

Saturday, September 10th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

By curious coincidence I ended up seeing Contagion only hours after receiving a free flu shot at work; when I commented to my co-worker that

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Rental Reboot: Falling for Grace

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
by Nichole Wright on Playing Around

Summer is when some of the best films of the season will be released. Why not check out films you haven’t seen yet and why

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Zentan—Pan Asian Perfection

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Dining Around

Zentan—the very name evokes mystery, adventure, an opportunity to experience the truly unique. Here, lights are low, and expectations are high. After all, this is

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Cuba Avant Garde: Art from the Farber Collection

Monday, August 9th, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

We hear about new art exhibits all the time, whether in our neighborhood, in the next town, or other sites in and around Manhattan. We

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Woman Around Town: Alison Li—Multimedia Tornado

Sunday, May 16th, 2010
by Jan Clarke on Woman Around Town

Alison Li is an amazing up and coming multimedia producer who is taking the film-making scene by storm. Her work includes Safe Guarded, described as

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Prowling the Streets with a Camera

Monday, April 12th, 2010
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Living Around

“I prowled the streets all day, feeling very strung-up and ready to pounce, determined to ‘trap’ life – to preserve life in the act of

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