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Adventures in Wonderland

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
by Patricia Norris on Playing Around

I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir…because I’m not myself, you see. Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll A simple tale of a young man uprooted

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YA Literature – Beyond Harry Potter

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
by Jocelyn Lucas Rosenberg on Reading Around

Young-adult fiction or young adult literature (often abbreviated as YA) is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages

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Pieces—Modern Gothic

Sunday, November 14th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Twins, Beatrice and Jack (Louise Collins and Steven Meo), are ten going on thirty…as conceived by Charles Addams or Roman Polanski (repressed, dark, possessed?) influenced

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John Lennon’s Ten Most Important Beatles Songs

Thursday, October 14th, 2010
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around

With the passing of what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday on October 9th, we are once again reminded of the life of a

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Alice in Wonderland—Timeless as the White Rabbit’s Watch

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

“It’s still new. It’s still fresh. If it were written yesterday and released on shelves today, people would still be as amazed by it as

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Alice’s Adventures in New York

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
by Woman Around Town on Living Around

Among the many statues of stodgy statesman, ancient warriors, poets and even a man talking to a duck (yes, we know it’s Hans Christian Anderson)

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“I’m late! I’m late!” Exercise Lesson from the White Rabbit

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
by Kenley Ferrara on Living Around

By Kenley Ferrara If we could be as on-the-move as the White Rabbit, the time-oriented and hurried character from both Lewis Carroll’s book Alice’s Adventures

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Lewis Carroll’s Alice—A Favorite for Film Makers

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

When Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland opens on Friday, March 5, the film will join many others that have sought to bring Lewis Carroll’s tales

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