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    Susan Boyle Fairy Tale Extends to Sales Success

    Keith Girard
    Susan Boyle's fairy tale rise from obscurity to international pop music sensation now extends to commercial success as well. Her album has become the fastest-selling debut ever in Great Britain and is also expected to top the charts in the United States....
    POP
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    Little Flower Children’s Services Toy Drive

    Keith Girard
    Suburban Exterminating Co, Inc. is sponsoring a Christmas toy drive for Little Flower Children’s Services of New York in Wading River, NY. The orphanage houses children (infants to young adults) who have lost their families. The drive will run from 7 a.m. on Monday, November 30 through noon on Saturday, December 12 and donation hours will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday....
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    Delaroche’s ‘Cromwell’ Found After 70 Years

    Keith Girard
    When the Germans rained bombs on London during the Blitz in World War II, one of its victims was thought to be French painter Paul Delaroche’s stunning "Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers." But the painting has been rediscovered after 70 years....
    MUSEUMS

    Miracle on Madison Avenue, Shopping for Charity

    Keith Girard
    The 23rd Annual Miracle on Madison Avenue will be held on Sunday, Dec. 6th. Miracle 2009 will be a day of shopping and entertainment for guests of all ages. More than 75 participating retailers along New York City’s famed Madison Avenue between 57th and 86th Streets will donate 20 percent of the day’s sales to The Children’s Aid Society’s health services....
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    Queens Theatre Presents Paul Taylor Dance

    Keith Girard
    Queens Theatre in the Park presents the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Saturday, Dec. 19 at 2pm and 8pm and Sunday, December 20 at 3pm in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are $41-44 and are available at www.queenstheatre.org or by phone at 718-760-0064. This Season the Company celebrates Paul Taylor's 80th birthday....
    ARTSQUICK CALENDAR

    Joseph Burwell Appears in First NY Solo Exhibit

    Keith Girard
    Miyako Yoshinaga art prospects presents Joseph Burwell's drawing, painting and sculpture in an installation that mimics the appearance of a "future-day" museum archeological exhibit. For his first New York solo exhibition, Burwell reconstructs an environment based on his former studio, a converted garage in Brooklyn, New York....
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    East Winds Ensemble Presents Shakuhachi, Koto Music

    Keith Girard
    East Winds Ensemble will present a concert of Shakuhachi and Koto music, new compositions and traditional compositions, on Dec. 3rd, 2009 at 8 PM at Symphony Space’s Thalia. Masayo Ishigure and Marco Lienhard have performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden and Hammerstein Ballroom and appeared on numerous TV programs (Regis and Kathie Lee, ESPN, History Channel)....
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    Soulfarm, Moshav Band at BB King

    Keith Girard
    Soulfarm consists of four New Yorkers who are forging an exciting new sound by combining the musical roots of their heritage with a shared passion for melodic song writing and modern, progressive arrangements. Their unique sound offers the rare combination of a multigenerational and cross-cultural appeal. Live, the band's riveting world-beat energy turns heads and makes every audience take notice. BB King Blues Bar and Grill....
    ENTERTAINMENT