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I Spy—Photography and the Theater of the Street At Washington’s National Gallery of Art
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Before cell phones and security cameras invaded our privacy, photographers were capturing images of people who, going about their everyday lives, were unaware that their
Cabaret Honors Its Own
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
In a year when the cabaret community has taken some major hits (the passing of Donald Smith, founder of The Mabel Mercer Foundation and its
Ellen Kaye Sings Ice Wine: Songs for Dark Winter Nights
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Ice Wine is purportedly about getting through the long. “tough” winter to hopeful spring. “Sort of from (Woody Allen’s) Love and Death to (Ingmar Bergman’s)
The Obamas—Jodi Kantor’s Book Creates a Firestorm
Monday, January 16th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
In the acknowledgement portion of The Obamas, author Jodi Kantor thanks many of her friends for their support including Shira Stutman, adding: “Shira insisted that
What Parents Can Learn from Beavis and Butt-head
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around
Beavis and Butt-head are back. The cartoon aired on MTV from 1993 to 1997 and had parents up in arms. These were the days before
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
You’re Gonna Love Me: Miranda Sings! at Birdland
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
by Alicia Schaeffer on Playing Around
It’s not easy being perfect, but it’s a bowl of laughs if you only think you’re perfect. So is the case for Miranda, the fictitious
Amy Winehouse—Beautiful Voice Silenced Too Soon
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
by Jordana Landres on Living Around
I remember the day I first heard Amy Winehouse. It was 2006. I was flipping through TV channels with my remote and stopped on VH1.
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