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Ada Louise Huxtable memorial explores architecture critic's legacy
NEW YORK -- On Tuesday afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum in New York the architecture world, or what felt like a pretty substantial cross-section of it, gathered to remember the pioneering New York Times and Wall Street Journal architecture critic...
Tags: Peter Zumthor, Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture, Richard Meier, Awards and Prizes
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COLUMN - Detroit: Selling the family silver ?
ReutersBy Nicholas Wapshott May 29 (Reuters) - Hearing that the official hired to sort out Detroit's financial mess has asked for a valuation of the celebrated collection in the Detroit Institute of Arts, perhaps with a view to selling off its Van Goghs,...Tags: Book, Brooklyn Bridge, MSNBC (tv network), Museums, Auction Service
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HBO sees the light in Liberace biopic 'Behind the Candelabra'
NEW YORK — When the news broke in 1987 that Liberace, the famously flamboyant pianist, was dead at age 67 with what his manager had claimed was anemia brought on by a watermelon diet but was, in fact, AIDS, it made front-page headlines around the...
Tags: Jerry Weintraub, Richard LaGravenese, Cannes Film Festival, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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'Gatsby' no match for 'Iron Man.' Will Bauer be back?
After the coffee. Before eating something other than Sal & Carmine's pizza. The Skinny: My diet has taken a turn for the worse since getting to New York. I'll need an extra long run in Central Park this weekend burn off the grease. Friday's headlines...
Tags: Entertainment Events, NBC (tv network), 24 (tv program), Netflix Inc., Touch (tv program)
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Is it curtains for Central Park Theatre?
In a sea of empty lots in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood sits a faded relic that is one of the most historically significant American movie theaters still standing. When it opened in 1917, the red-brick, three-story Central Park Theatre was...
Tags: Maxwell Street, North Lawndale, Martin Luther King Jr., Arts and Culture, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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What happened when Baz Luhrmann moved 'The Great Gatsby' to Australia
F. Scott Fitzgerald's ambition for "The Great Gatsby" was scarcely modest: "Something new — something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned," the novelist wrote to his editor of his plans for the 1925 novel. Tobey...Tags: Isla Fisher, Kanye West, Celebrities, Joel Edgerton, Entertainment
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Play in New York without peeling off the bills
New York is one of the most expensive cities in the world to visit, but there are ways to cut corners while having fun. Play: The Upright Citizens Brigade offers improv, stand-up and open-mic shows nightly. Even with $5 tickets most nights, it gets some...Tags: Upright Citizens Brigade, Greenwich Village, Times Square, Lincoln Center, The Colbert Report (tv program)
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Ken Burns takes new approach to powerful themes in “The Central Park Five”
Channel Guide MagazineFamed filmmaker Ken Burns may be most known for his documentary productions focused on various historical periods of America, but they often also touch on elements and themes that run throughout our nation’s history, including the present day.... -
L.A. police remain concerned about security in sprawling areas
From Hollywood Boulevard and Staples Center to the Rose Parade and Disneyland, Southern California is full of the kind of cultural and iconic targets that local law enforcement have long feared would make a tempting target for both foreign or domestic...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Staples Center, Crime, Law and Justice, Disneyland Park
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'Central Park Five,' graphically told
WASHINGTON -- From Tom Paine's "Common Sense" to Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," American history is replete with examples of printed words accelerating social justice. Still, from...
Tags: Defendants, PBS (tv network), Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Sara Dimmick to wed David Burya
Richard and Julia Dimmick of Jarrettsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara, to David Burya, son of Ida Stratton of Mohave Valley, Ariz., and Eugene Burya of Spokane, Wash. Dimmick, a graduate of North Harford High School and Florida State...Tags: Manhattan (New York City)
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Catching Up With Holden In NYC
Special to the Hartford CourantNEW YORK CITY — Storybook-themed outings, particularly for young kids, abound in New York. Fans of "Eloise at the Plaza'' by Kay Thompson can book the Plaza Hotel's Eloise Suite, featuring a sparkly padded pink headboard and Eloise's name in neon...Tags: East Village (Manhattan, New York), Coney Island, Times Square, Greenwich Village, Sandwiches
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