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Star Trek Into Darkness: A Lesson in Wartime Compassion
Friday, May 17th, 2013
by Rachel Wolin on Playing Around
As the next movie in a rebooted franchise, Star Trek Into Darkness encounters many of the successes and pitfalls of a sequel. The audience is
WAT’s Proust Questionnaire:
Jill Kargman, Best-Selling Author
Friday, April 19th, 2013
by Woman Around Town on Living Around
Best selling author Jill Kargman has a talent for creating believable yet quirky characters and placing them in situations that we can identify with and
Science Fiction Books That Are Out Of This World
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
There was a time when Science Fiction was considered the realm of anti-social twelve-year-old boys. Thank heaven those days are long gone, and young and
Jersey Jen: Space Shuttle Pavilion Is a Wonder for Young and Old
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
by Jennifer Madden on Playing Around
“Wow, Mamma, that’s a biiiiig rocket ship!” My daughter Eva is standing on her tippy toes with her hands up and arms spread wipe. We
What Would “Mohawk Guy” Use? Top 5 Geeky Kitchen Gadgets
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
by Valerie Albarda on Shopping Around
“Mohawk Guy” Bobak Ferdowsi, the uber popular flight director on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity mission, has achieved the status of overnight sensation based solely
The Big Apple Circus Presents Dream Big
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
It would’ve been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant. Samuel West The six
Living on the Fringe of Science Fiction
Monday, May 30th, 2011
by Lena Kim on Playing Around
For some reason, more than any other genre, science fiction seems to win followers whose devotion is somehow deeper and more passionate than that of
Mao’s Last Dancer
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
by Barbara Nonas on Playing Around
By Barbara Nonas Mao’s Last Dancer is based on Li Cunxin’s eponymous best-selling autobiography, which recounts the remarkable true story of a poverty-stricken little boy
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