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The Paley Center Went Crazy for Mad Men
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
by Marti Sichel on Playing Around
On Tuesday night, April 23rd, fans lined the sidewalk and members of the press wedged themselves into the highly polished marble lobby at New York’s
Woman Around Town: Shelley White – Dressing Stars
From Boardwalk Empire, Motown, Big Fish, and Others
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town
When Shelley White was a high school student in Arlington, Virginia in the 1980s, she liked to shop at Classic Clothing, a popular vintage store
Woman Around Town: Liza Fiorentinos’ Luludi Living Frames – Plants for Everyone
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town
Gardeners run in my family. My grandmother and mother had a way with plants; so do my sister, and daughter. I missed out on that
The Best of Everything Timely But Disappointing
Saturday, October 6th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Rona Jaffe’s controversial, pre-women’s liberation page-turner The Best of Everything was adapted as a 1959 film and a 1970 television soap opera before Julie Kramer’s
Jim Parsons Is Preaching To The Choir
Friday, June 15th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
When Jim Parsons walks on stage for his star turn as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, the audience applauds. There’s nothing unusual about that; luminaries
How to Succeed: Inner Circle’s Media Stars Poke Fun at Newsmakers for Charity
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
by Jennifer Madden on Playing Around
The 90th Annual Inner Circle Show was underway when protesters marched through the New York Hilton’s Grand Ballroom carrying signs criticizing the event’s outrageous $750
Jane Maas: A Real Mad Woman
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Jane Maas’s timing has always been impeccable. During her more than four decade career on Madison Avenue, she helped to create advertising that sold millions
Farenheit 451: Keeping the Flame Alive
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
I was the consummate bookworm as a child. I ate books like the air, and so in my youth, as I plowed through the words
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