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A Year After Her Death, Yale Crash Victim Marina Keegan's Play Opens
The Hartford CourantOn the night before the first anniversary of the death of Marina Keegan, the 22-year-old writer who was killed in a car crash on Cape Cod days after graduating magna cum from Yale, her play "Utility Monster," will have its world premiere at the...Tags: Accidental Death, Human Interest, Manhattan (New York City), Wethersfield, New York City
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Dania Beach auto restorer crafts horseless carriage for NYC
More than a century ago, the rumbling, sputtering automobile put the horse and buggy out of business. Now, Jason Wenig wants to help history repeat itself. The owner of a Dania Beach car restoration company, Wenig is on a unique mission: harness today's...
Tags: Dania Beach, Manufacturing and Engineering, Manhattan (New York City), Central Park, Financial Planning
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Green Wheels: Start Your (Electric) Motors
If electric cars are to succeed, they need to be more visible. Only approximately 50,000 were sold nationwide last year, and that means that, everywhere but California, they're still pretty much under the radar. I've long believed that car buyers are...
Tags: Nissan, Chevrolet, Ford, Manhattan (New York City), New Canaan
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The grilled cheese grows up
You can say we're having a grilled cheese moment. Our favorite childhood comfort food is suddenly commanding not just a spot on menus, but full-fledged restaurants. Last November, longtime Miami chef Allen Susser opened Daily Melt, a grilled...
Tags: Onions, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Wilton Manors, Coral Springs
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MEA, Chugach Electric Spar over Power Rate Increases
Channel 2 NewsSouthcentral Alaska power companies are disputing rate increases set to hit customers in several parts of the region this month, after they were approved by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska Saturday. The Matanuska Electric Association says the RCA...Tags: Investments, Electricity Production and Distribution, Plant Openings
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Falls makes no half 'Measures'
Director Robert Falls' arresting, audacious, intensely stimulating, mostly nihilistic and highly amusing production of "Measure for Measure" begins and ends with the poet Donna Summer. In the prologue, wherein the Duke hands over the keys to the city to...
Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Entertainment, Manhattan (New York City), Times Square, Goodman Theatre
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Hero Complex the magazine: Spring issue available now
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWant to hear what Marvel Studios guru Kevin Feige has to say about “Iron Man 3″? Or Damon Lindelof's take ...... -
Mogul Ron Burkle partnering in new branded entertainment company
Billionaire mogul Ron Burkle has invested in a new branded entertainment company, broadening his rapidly growing stable of Hollywood-related businesses. Burkle has partnered with publishing executive Richard Beckman and entertainment attorney Joel...Tags: Relativity Media, Conde Nast Publications, Manhattan (New York City), Music Industry, Fashion Trends
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Homework mixing slavery and math for NYC 4th-graders stirs uproar
New York City educators have learned the hard way that there are some things that just don’t mix -- like using slavery to teach math. The principal of P.S. 59, a well-thought-of elementary school that draws students from Midtown and the area...
Tags: Social Issues, Slavery, Television Stations, United Nations, New York City
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'Life of Pi' is a four-time winner at Visual Effects Society Awards
Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" won four VES Awards at the 11th Visual Effects Society Awards on Tuesday evening at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. "Life of Pi" -- which is nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best film and director -- won for visual effects...Tags: Star Wars (movie), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Impossible (movie), Game of Thrones (tv program), Human Interest
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Review: Dysfunctional is just 'A Family Thing'
So you think your family is nuts? The fraternal train wreck of Gary Lennon's "A Family Thing," now having its world premiere in an Echo Theater Company production at Stage 52, will have you feeling Norman Rockwell-y about even those relatives whose loose-...Tags: Martin Scorsese, Bipolar Disorder, Alcohol Addiction, Manhattan (New York City), Brooklyn Bridge
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VES Awards 2013 winners & nominees
Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" | Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood "Prometheus" | Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers "Life of...
Tags: Ian Hunter, Daniel Baldwin, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mark Andrews , Prometheus (movie)
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