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Salander Art Fraud Case Ends With Guilty Plea

Keith GirardMarch 20, 2010

One of the biggest art frauds in recent memory that drew in celebrities like tennis star John McEnroe, hot shot financiers and even art world denizens came to an uncerimonial close this week when the perpetrator, Lawrence B. Salander, 60, pleaded guilty....

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Lady Gaga: Love, Success, Greed, Now a $35M Lawsuit

Keith GirardMarch 18, 2010

First comes fame, then greed, then betrayal and finally lawsuits. Lady Gaga traversed the full arc of rock stardom yesterday (Mar. 17) when she was sued by former business partner and lover, Rob Fusari....

Music

Recycled Rock: Wendy Kay Keeps Classic Music Alive

WinchesterMarch 15, 2010

If you’re a classic rock star from the '50s through the '70s, who is your best friend? Well, if you are Mark Lindsay, Micky Dolenz, Flo & Eddie, or Peter Noone, chances are it's a powerhouse booking agent Wendy Kay....

Music

Chicago: Booze, Broads… And Murder

Keith GirardMarch 14, 2010

For a couple of Jazz Age entertainers, it's all about fame, fortune - and murder. The longest running revival on Broadway, this razzle-dazzle musical, has a sensational murder trial acted out in vaudeville specialties. The classic score includes "Razzle Dazzle", "All That Jazz" and "Mister Cellophane."...

Theater

Fela! The Rise of the Afrobeat Revolution

Keith GirardMarch 14, 2010

In FELA!, audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti....

Theater

American Idiot: Green Day’s Angst in Time of War

Keith GirardMarch 14, 2010

The exhilarating journey of young Americans as they search for themselves in a time of change and war, borne along by Green Day's electrifying songs. ...

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A Little Night Music: Boundless Love & Passions

Keith GirardMarch 14, 2010

Based on Ingmar Bergman's film "Smiles of a Summer Night", this musical version is set in a weekend country house in turn of the century Sweden, bringing together surprising liaisons, long simmering passions and a taste of love's endless possibilities. ...

Theater

A Behanding in Spokane: Low Life Highjinks

Keith GirardMarch 14, 2010

The title is just the staring point; take a man searching for his missing hand, two con artists out to make a few hundred bucks and an overly curious hotel clerk, and the rest is up for grabs. ...

Theater

Train’s Jimmy Stafford Gets Back to San Fran Vibe

Iris WienerMarch 14, 2010

It’s difficult to turn on the radio these days without hearing one of Train’s hit songs, especially now that the remarkably melodic single “Hey, Soul Sister” has sold one million copies, and hit No. 2 on the overall iTunes chart....

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Hamptons Restaurant Week Kicks Off Eighth Year

Keith GirardMarch 12, 2010

The Eighth Annual “Hamptons Restaurant Week ” kicks off Mar. 21 and participating restaurants will offer unique three-course prix fixe menus all night and on Saturday until 7 p.m. ...

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Erika deVries Solo Exhibition at My Art Prospects

Keith GirardMarch 12, 2010

Erika deVries' solo exhibition, "An Enlarged Heart," at at my art prospects takes language and light as central forms and metaphor with new works in neon, lenticular, photo etching, and embroidery....

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NY Songwriters Circle Showcases Top Teen Talent

Keith GirardMarch 11, 2010

Promising teen artists (ages 15 to 18) from around the country will be in New York, Monday, Mar 15, to perform at the New York Songwriters Circle's first ever "Young Artist Showcase." Headlining the show will be hottest teen artist on the Internet, Ali Brustofski....

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Met Museum to Exhibit Oberlin College Collection

Keith GirardMarch 10, 2010

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be displaying 19 paintings and one sculpture from the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College in a rare exhibit that includes the great Ter Brugghen painting "Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene."...

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Met Museum Reopens Fabled Gallery of Musical Instruments

Keith GirardMarch 10, 2010

The famed "Batta-Piatigorsky" 'cello made by legendary Antonio Stradivari is one of the highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's newly reopened André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments....

MUSEUMS

Hard Rock's Randy Kwasniewski Dead of a Suicide

Keith GirardMarch 9, 2010

Andrew "Randy" Kwasniewski, the president and chief operating officer of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is dead, He appears to have taken his own life, March 9, in an apparent suicide....

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