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Drew Friedman Chronicles America’s Jewish Comedians
Joe Franklin and Drew Friedman. Drew Friedman is a great American illustrator. Without the benefit of historical perspective, it is perhaps too soon to evaluate, but it's not a stretch to mention him...
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Peddle to the Metal: Panhandling Arrests in Subways Triple
"Go on in, ma'am, you won't be bothered by fruit snack sellers." (NBC) The NYPD is getting a handle on subway crime, which should make panhandlers very nervous. Arrests for peddling and panhandling in...
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Sunny with a Chance of Barbecue: Fort Tilden to Reopen
Ft. Tilden Beach before the hurricane (Photo from Flickr). Will Rockaway rompers frolic on Fort Tilden Beach this summer? The answer is likely yes. An environmental firm jumpstarted formal cleanup...
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Baa-Headed: Why Are There So Many Animal Decapitations in Brooklyn This Week?
Watch your head. Animals are simply losing their heads over Brooklyn's parks. Most recently, a pair of roosters. On Wednesday, Julie Reinken was walking her dog in Dr. Ronald McNair park with her two...
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The ‘Scandal’ Employment Guide: ‘We Do Not Touch First Ladies’
Mo Mellie, Mo problems. (ABC) Do you want to be a go-getter like those ambitiously inspired types on Scandal? They all have hopes! And dreams! And will achieve them, no matter what kind of...
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He Said, She Said: ‘The Open House’ Has a Bullying Dad, ‘Stage Kiss’ Follows...
Lauren Valez and Anthony Chisholm in 'The Happiest Song Plays Last.' In early 2012, Quiara Alegría Hudes won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. A year later, her prize-winning work, Water By the Spoonful, a...
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Cronut Creator Bringing Chocolate Chip Cookie Shot Glasses to New York
Bow before Dominique Ansel's latest dessert creation, New York. The baked goods equivalent of Dr. Frankenstein and creator of the CroNut unveiled his latest creation at Austin's South by Southwest --...
View ArticleDe Blasio Welcomes Parent Bloggers to City Hall
Mayor de Blasio took his pre-K campaign to the blogosphere this afternoon, inviting a group of parent bloggers to City Hall for a discussion on preschool and after-school programs, which he is...
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Work-Life Balance: California Producer Contracts for Flatiron Loft Listed at...
Cast-iron in Flatiron. On one of many recent frigid days, Prime Manhattan broker Robert Danker had more than wet feet and windburn to complain about. Having scheduled a viewing for a full-floor unit...
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Talk to the Hand: ‘Hand to God’ Stars One Scary Sock Puppet
Steven Boyer stars in 'Hand to God.' Hand to God, a regional euphemism for “I swear,” turns out to be the perfect handle for this tall and demented Texas tale of a boy and his sock puppet. What seems...
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A So-So Week for Opera: A Less-Than-‘Enchanted Island’ at One Met
Plácido Domingo stars in'The Enchanted Island.' Broadly speaking, there are two types of New Yorkers: the ones who say “I’m going to the Met” meaning “I’m going to see an opera” and the ones to whom...
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The Last Frontier? Artists Are Running Out of Neighborhoods to Be Priced Out Of
Industry City. (h-bomb, flickr) It's an old dance, and a rather tired one—artists move into new neighborhoods, get priced out, move, get priced out—a seemingly endless repetition of advance and...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Names Meera Joshi to Lead TLC
Mayor Bill de Blasio today named Meera Joshi, the former general counsel at the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), as his pick to lead the agency. Read More
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To Do Saturday: Envision The End with Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky In conjunction with the release of Noah, Darren Aronofsky’s ecclesiastical tentpole starring Russell Crowe, the Brooklyn-born director adds a different kind of spectacle to his...
View ArticleUnwilling Meme Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Not In the Social Media Realm’
Nicolas Cage, the man whose face launched a thousand memes, publicly addressed his Internet fame at a widely attended SXSW panel in the Austin Convention Center this morning. Most of Mr. Cage’s...
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River House Refugee Barbara Taylor Bradford Swept Off her Feet By Park Avenue...
Robert and Barbara Taylor Bradford (barbarataylorbradford.com) Having sold their place at River House in December for a paltry $10 million—about $9 million less than they would have liked—the wildly...
View ArticleConstruction Fatalities Drop, Injuries and Accidents Rise
Last year, the number of construction-related deaths dropped in New York City, but the number of related accidents and injuries rose, Department of Buildings Acting Commissioner Thomas Fariello...
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Every Day, A Chance to Reflect
Teju Cole's debut work of fiction, published in Nigeria in 2007, is coming to an American audience. (Photo via Getty Images) There’s a moment in Open City, Teju Cole’s beautifully rendered 2011 novel,...
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Five Essay Prompts for ‘GIRLS’ 3×10: ‘Role-Play’
Hannah as a bored housewife. (HBO) These questions regard last night’s episodes of HBO’s GIRLS. Please answer the prompts with specific examples from LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE, though supplementary material...
View ArticleConey’s Thunderbolt Roller Coaster Breaks Ground
Move over Brooklyn Cyclone, Coney Island’s newest roller coaster, the Thunderbolt, has broken ground today. The Thunderbolt, to be built on city-owned property adjacent to the boardwalk in Luna Park,...
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