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Laura Dave’s The First Husband:
Sometimes Love Gets Messy

Monday, May 21st, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around

Annie Adams loves the film Roman Holiday. “It was my comfort movie,” she says. “It was, quite simply, my comfort.” Unfortunately for Annie, every viewing

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Robert Crais Tackles Human Trafficking in Taken

Sunday, February 26th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around

Human trafficking has been identified as the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. It’s easy to see why. Trading vulnerable human beings for the

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Woman Around Town: Loni Ackerman—
Theater Down to Her Toes

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town

Cabaret Show Next to Abnormal Debuts February 24, 2012 Up a steep and very narrow stairway/To the voice like a metronome…* Loni Ackerman trained with

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Love, Loss, and What I Wore Calls It a Wrap

Friday, February 17th, 2012
by Woman Around Town on Playing Around

One hundred and twenty actresses—from Jenny Allen to Kim Zimmer—have appeared in the Off Broadway hit, Love, Loss and What I Wore, which opened at

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Speak Up New Yorkers and Washingtonians!
We Are Not Rude! And We Love Tourists

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

Travel & Leisure Magazine recently ranked cities for rudeness. New York topped the list, followed by Washington at number three. Los Angeles, usually number one,

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The “New Cuisine” of Mexico:
Part I – Mexico City and Queretero

Monday, October 31st, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Living Around

Forget everything you think you know about Mexican food – it’s heavy, it’s fried, it’s fattening – and come with me to discover new, sophisticated

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Like Crazy—The Pain of First Love

Friday, October 28th, 2011
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around

First love is intense, sometimes foolish. A single spark turns into an insatiable longing that turns into a string of gushy moments that you may

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Strange Days : A Five Star Musical Banquet

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Anticipation in The Metropolitan Room on Sunday night is demonstrably electric. Critics talk shop, singers hug, strangers sharing tables share past experience of the entertainers.

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