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Eddie Huang talks about his memoir, "Fresh Off the Boat"
You must be a specific type of person for the name Eddie Huang to register. Chances increase if you: 1) live in New York, 2) are plugged into the restaurant scene and read food gossip blogs, 3) are active on social media sites like Twitter, and 4) are...
Tags: Mark Twain, Colleges and Universities, Manhattan (New York City), Kanye West, Bobby Womack
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Nacional Records shakes up the Latin music mix
As the hours ticked down to the Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in November, the pheromone level was rising fast at the Eyecandy Lounge. Mexican pop stars cooed and preened for the cameras. Spanish-language TV reporters burbled into their microphones...
Tags: Music Industry, Shakira, MTV (tv network), Entertainment Events, Disc Jockeys
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'Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy' airs Tuesday
As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot, "In any great adventure, if you don't want to lose...you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews." Eric Idle's cheeky lyric, which unfailingly generated knowing...
Tags: Theater, Religion and Belief, Fanny Brice, Nathan Lane, John Kander
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The best of Chicago fringe theater in 2012
Life on the fringe can be precarious, and this year three small Chicago theater companies with a combined 31 seasons among them decided to call it quits: BackStage Theatre and Caffeine Theatre (both on our best-of compilations in the past) and New Leaf...
Tags: Tim Meadows, Frankenstein's Monster (fictional character), Comedy Central (tv network), Literature, Arts and Culture
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The Fugs still riotous after all these years
The Fugs finally return to Chicago on Saturday at the City Winery after a 44-year absence. The reception for the band is bound to be a bit warmer than it was when the counter-culture pioneers last performed here, on Dec. 28, 1968, at the Aragon Ballroom....
Tags: Greenwich Village, Richard M. Daley, Politics, Poetry, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Occupy movement premieres movie on Superstorm Sandy
PIX11.com | @PIX11NarmeenIn just about one month, a documentary film about Super Storm Sandy and climate change was edited and premiered in a pop-up, guerrilla style movie screening in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The production, the secrecy of the location for the...Tags: Conservation, Coney Island, Global Change, Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment
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Urban areas a silver lining
To the plethora of theories about the recent election, allow me to add a highly personal one: Nov. 6, 2012, was payback time for the melting pot, that all-American metaphor. It's invoked by politicians in Fourth of July salutes to America's diversity. "E...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Religion and Belief, Politics, University of Chicago, Judaism
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HELP IF YOU NEED IT: Food and Water Distribution Locations Across City
pix11.com | @wpixThe Salvation Army announced Thursday night that they would deliver food to victims of Hurricane Sandy at 14 locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. until they are no longer necessary. The distribution centers...Tags: The Salvation Army, Coney Island, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Manhattan (New York City), Astoria
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Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Frustration — and in some cases fear — mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at bridges, large crowds waited impatiently for buses into Manhattan, and tempers...
Tags: Amtrak, American Red Cross, Coney Island, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Politics
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Sandy's Wrath: Much of Manhattan is in the Dark and Subway Tunnels Are Filled With Water Amid Historic Flooding. The Big Question: How Bad is the Damage From Epic Storm?
Historic Hurricane Sandy slammed the tri-state area Monday, leaving millions without power in the region, the lower Manhattan skyline darkened, sea water rushing into subway and car tunnels, and Hudson River water spilling deep into Manhattan streets.
It...Tags: Battery Park, Andrew Cuomo, Manhattan (New York City), Politics, Subway Transportation
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Reporter tries to contact friends, family on East Coast
Q13 FOX News reporterQ13 FOX News reporter Kate Burgess grew up in New Jersey, where most of her family and friends still live. As the images of storm devastation continued to pour in, she was trying to reach loved ones all day. Here is her first-person account: It's...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Telecommunication Service, Chris Christie
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