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Jacquelyn Mitchard’s Second Nature: A Love Story—
A Young Woman’s Emotional Search for Identity

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Reading Around

Syndicated columnist, Jacquelyn Mitchard became a household name in 1996 when Oprah named her debut novel, The Deep End of the Ocean as her first

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Voca People—Talented Aliens Sing Earthly Songs

Monday, July 4th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

Billed as Blue Man Group meets Glee!, the off-Broadway show Voca People is actually B-52’s meet the Coneheads. Energetic musicians meets wise-guy aliens. Huh, you

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Book Expo 2011—Celebrities Tout Their Stories

Sunday, May 29th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Reading Around

“Hi, I’m MJ Goff a writer from Woman Around Town, winner of five New York Press awards.” “Hi, I’m MJ Goff from the website, womanaroundtown.com,

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The Woods—A Relaxing Hudson Valley Retreat

Thursday, March 31st, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

There are many varieties of retreats. Some involve a lot of movement: going from workshop to workshops all in the name of learning wonderful techniques

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Good Things Come in Small Packages—
Oscar Nominated Live-Action Shorts

Monday, February 14th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

Move aside Black Swan, and you too, The King’s Speech. Later for you Inception, and all the other Oscar-nominated movies up for this year’s Best

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Getting Up Close—But Not Personal—With Robert Redford

Friday, January 14th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

The first time I saw Robert Redford was in the mid-80’s. I was working at CBS Records when it was located on the corner of

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Pet Wisdom in a Book from Tamar Geller

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

Dog training books are all around us. Go to a local book store and you’ll easily count 30, 40, even 50 of all kinds. Every

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Marianne Schnall—Helping Us Find Our Voices

Friday, December 3rd, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

From a lifetime of interviewing diverse women, Marianne Schnall has chosen quotations that address big questions, then clustered them around turning points in life. Daring

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