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| Museum Review: Lincoln’s Legacy at Expanded Ford’s Theater Complex |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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In 2009 the first part of a formal Lincoln tribute opened at the renovated Ford’s Theater; now a 10-story Center for Education and Leadership is opening across the street.
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Author: By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN |
Category: Museums |
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| Music: Sinead O’Connor’s ‘How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?’ |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Sinead O’Connor, newly married and offering a new album, “How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?,” is on the rebound.
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Author: By RAVI SOMAIYA |
Category: Music |
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| Theater Review: Sondheim’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ in Encores! Staging |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The first production of this season’s Encores! series, Stephen Sondheim and Gorge Furth’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” comes across as oddly quaint and self-conscious.
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Author: By BEN BRANTLEY |
Category: Theater |
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| Art Review: Renoir’s Full-Length Paintings at the Frick Collection |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The emphasis in this fashion-conscious show is less on the clothes than on the traditional portrait format and the imposing scale that displays them to best advantage.
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Author: By KAREN ROSENBERG |
Category: Art |
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| Frame: Dog Art at Metropolitan Museum and Morgan Library |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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From mutts to purebreds, dogs are immortalized in New York City’s art collections.
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Author: By RANDY KENNEDY |
Category: Dogs |
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| Inside Art: Met Show Focuses on Gertrude Stein’s Family as Art Patrons |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A show about Gertrude Stein’s family as art patrons is coming to the Met. Also: paintings by Walter De Maria at the Menil Collection and Bomb Magazine’s Web site is posting more material by and about artists.
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Author: By CAROL VOGEL |
Category: Art |
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| Art Review: ‘Testimonios,’ Popular Arts at El Museo del Barrio |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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“Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression” at El Museo del Barrio is a kaleidoscopic display of more than 300 works taken almost entirely from the museum’s collection.
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Author: By ROBERTA SMITH |
Category: Art |
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| Movie Review: ‘Safe House,’ With Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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In this story about the bad, bad things that agents sometimes do in the name of country and company, Denzel Washington is put through his action-flick paces.
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Author: By MANOHLA DARGIS |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘The Vow,’ With Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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In a romantic tale, Rachel McAdams plays an artsy young wife happily married until a car accident sends her into a coma from which she emerges with amnesia.
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Author: By A. O. SCOTT |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: Linda Cardellini in Liza Johnson’s Film ‘Return’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Liza Johnson’s sober feature film debut, about a soldier returning from overseas duty, is a study of depression in a depressed environment.
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Author: By STEPHEN HOLDEN |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: Bela Tarr’s Final Film, ‘The Turin Horse’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The Hungarian director Bela Tarr’s black-and-white film “The Turin Horse” (he has said it’s last) is a thorough and systematic statement of intellectual despair.
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Author: By A. O. SCOTT |
Category: Movies |
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| For ‘The Descendants,’ a New Angle in the Oscar Race |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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“The Descendants,” slipping from front-runner to underdog in the Oscar race, tries a new tack.
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Author: By BROOKS BARNES |
Category: Academy Awards (Oscars) |
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| Movie Review: Three Programs in ‘Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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“Oscar Nominated Short Films” programs present documentary, live action and animated movies from around the world.
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Author: By STEPHEN HOLDEN |
Category: Movies |
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| A Word With: Paul Epworth: Paul Epworth, on Producing Adele |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Nominated for a Grammy as producer of the year, Paul Epworth describes what went into Adele’s monster hit “Rolling in the Deep” and other songs he worked on with her.
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Author: By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: ‘The Lighthouse,’ From Boston Lyric Opera |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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“The Lighthouse,” the 1980 opera by Peter Maxwell Davies, is being performed at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
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Author: By ZACHARY WOOLFE |
Category: Classical Music |
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| ArtsBeat: ESPN to Show 'The Announcement,' Film on Magic Johnson's H.I.V. Disclosure |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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On March 11, ESPN will broadcast "The Announcement," a documentary by Nelson George about Magic Johnson's public disclosure that he had been given a diagnosis of H.I.V.
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Author: By DAVE ITZKOFF |
Category: Television |
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| ArtsBeat: 'Stick Fly' to Close at the Cort This Month |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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“Stick Fly,” the Broadway play about an emotionally stormy weekend at the vacation home of an African-American family, will close on Feb. 26.
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Author: By PATRICK HEALY |
Category: Cort Theater |
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| ArtsBeat: American Ballet Theater Thwarts Mikhailovsky's Summer Plans |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, two dancers with the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, also happen to dance with American Ballet Theater.
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Author: By DANIEL J. WAKIN |
Category: American Ballet Theater |
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| Books of The Times: ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank,’ Stories by Nathan Englander |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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There is a dark undertow to many of Nathan Englander’s stories, reminding us of the human capacity for evil and appetite for revenge.
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Author: By MICHIKO KAKUTANI |
Category: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (Book) |
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| The Bay Citizen: Mixing Art and Religion With Anna Deavere Smith as Grace Cathedral’s Artist-in-Residence |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Anna Deavere Smith, an actress and playwright, has been named artist-in-residence at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and is working on a play about the meaning of grace.
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Author: By REYHAN HARMANCI |
Category: Smith, Anna Deavere |
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| Music Review: Bill Callahan Show at Jazz at Lincoln Center |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Bill Callahan brought his bone-dry baritone and the deadpan philosophy of his lyrics to Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series.
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Author: By NATE CHINEN |
Category: Music |
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| Antiques: Antiques: Furniture Dossiers, Naval Flags and Railroad Items |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A collection that flaps in the wind; a paper trail for rare furniture; and everyday items and small luxuries from the glory days of American rail travel.
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Author: By EVE M. KAHN |
Category: Art |
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| Art Review: ‘Spies in the House of Art’ at the Metropolitan Museum |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The 17 contemporary works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film and Video” were inspired by museums.
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Author: By MARTHA SCHWENDENER |
Category: Art |
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| Theater Review: ‘Growing Up Gonzales’ at the Jan Hus Playhouse |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Andres Chulisi Rodriguez portrays two brothers in the one-man show “Growing Up Gonzales” at the Jan Hus Playhouse.
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Author: By CATHERINE RAMPELL |
Category: Theater |
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| Theater Review: Frank Strausser’s ‘Psycho Therapy’ at Cherry Lane |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Couples’ therapy is usually intended for two, but in “Psycho Therapy” the relationship in question is a moving target.
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Author: By DANIEL M. GOLD |
Category: Theater |
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| Movie Review: ‘The Dish & the Spoon,’ From Alison Bagnall |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Alison Bagnall’s film “The Dish & the Spoon” follows the relationship between a woman upset by her husband’s infidelity and a British teenager.
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Author: By STEPHEN HOLDEN |
Category: Movies |
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| Art Review: Henry Ossawa Tanner at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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“Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit,” on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, is a gripping exhibition of an African-American painter in search of a race-blind environment.
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Author: By KEN JOHNSON |
Category: Art |
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| Dance Review: Akram Khan Company’s ‘Vertical Road’ at Montclair State |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The Akram Khan Company performed “Vertical Road,” inspired by Sufi tradition and the Persian poet Rumi, at the Peak Performances series at Montclair State University.
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Author: By GIA KOURLAS |
Category: Dancing |
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| Art In Review: STEVE GIANAKOS: ‘New Paintings’ |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Mr. Gianakos’s disjunctive, cartoon allegories of surrealistic perversity are displayed as part of his “New Paintings” exhibition.
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Author: By KEN JOHNSON |
Category: Art |
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| Art In Review: MARIANNE VITALE |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Marianne Vitale’s first solo show at Alan Feuer Gallery features performance-driven sculptures that suggest a strong presence in search of the right vehicle.
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Author: By KAREN ROSENBERG |
Category: Art |
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| Art In Review: ‘LOOKING BACK/THE 6TH WHITE COLUMNS ANNUAL — SELECTED BY KEN OKIISHI AND NICK MAUSS’ |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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“Looking Back/The 6th White Columns Annual — Selected by Ken Okiishi and Nick Mauss” is an indispensible year-end review of alternative art.
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Author: By ROBERTA SMITH |
Category: Art |
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| Art In Review: KLARA LIDEN: ‘Pretty Vacant’ |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Klara Liden’s “Pretty Vacant” at Reena Spaulings Fine Art creates a quasi-secret space out of 80 used Christmas trees.
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Author: By KEN JOHNSON |
Category: Art |
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| Movie Review: ‘Private Romeo,’ Directed by Alan Brown |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The director Alan Brown redirects the “Romeo and Juliet” narrative from interfamily rivalry to intrainstitutional homophobia.
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Author: By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘Chico & Rita,’ Animated Film About Cuba and Its Music |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The fictional couple in this animated film about Cuba and its music mingle with real-life legends like Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk and Chano Pozo.
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Author: By A. O. SCOTT |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,’ Starring Josh Hutcherson |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Another island goes kablooey in this sequel to the film “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” which again gives a Jules Verne tale a 3-D treatment.
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Author: By NEIL GENZLINGER |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘Bonsai People,’ a Documentary About Muhammad Yunus |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The border between business and philanthropy is a rocky platform in a documentary about the microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus.
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Author: By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS |
Category: Movies |
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| Tasting Bouillabaisse Around Manhattan |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The search for some notable bowls of bouillabaisse in Manhattan.
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Author: By SHIVANI VORA |
Category: Seafood |
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| Hot Chocolate Spots Around New York |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A hot-chocolate lover compares the chocolateries of New York with those of Paris.
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Author: By VICTORIA SHANNON |
Category: Chocolate |
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| Weekend Miser: Simone and Barbès Offer Affordable Whiffs of Paris |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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As Valentine’s Day approaches, the Miser finds affordable, romantic whiffs of Paris.
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Author: By RACHEL LEE HARRIS |
Category: Cocktails |
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| Tuba Thefts Plague California Schools |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The popularity of banda music, in which the tuba plays a dominant role, is seen by some as the cause of a recent rash of thefts.
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Author: By IAN LOVETT |
Category: Tubas |
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| Robert Hecht, Antiquities Dealer, Dies at 92 |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Mr. Hecht, who sold the Euphronius krater to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1972 for $1.3 million, was long suspected of illegal trafficking in looted artifacts.
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Author: By BRUCE WEBER |
Category: Hecht, Robert |
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| Damien Bona, Creator of ‘Inside Oscar,’ Dies at 56 |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Mr. Bona, along with Mason Wiley, wrote an encyclopedic, usually affectionate but sometimes acerbic guide called “Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards.”
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Author: By DENNIS HEVESI |
Category: Bona, Damien |
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(Thu, 09 Sep 2010)
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A free weekday e-mail newsletter featuring the best local offerings from all areas of NYTimes.com — business, arts, sports, dining, style and more.
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| The Scoop: New York City iPhone App |
(Fri, 24 Sep 2010)
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Get a selection of the listings on your iPhone with The Scoop, The Times’s guide to what to eat, see and do in New York.
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| The Week Ahead: Feb. 5 — 11 |
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012)
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A selection of cultural events this week.
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| Spare Times for Feb. 10-16 |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A selected guide to exhibitions, performances, celebrations, walks, talks and other events, including several tied to Valentine’s Day.
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Author: By THOMAS GAFFNEY |
Category: Blacks |
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| Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 10-16 |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Events for, by and about children, teenagers and families in New York.
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Author: By LAUREL GRAEBER |
Category: Dancing |
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