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Alicia Keys Tackles Depression With Fourth Album

Keith GirardDecember 2, 2009

Songstress Alicia Keys says she almost quit the music industry when her grandmother passed away in 2006, but channeled her emotions instead to create a “new sound” for her latest LP The Element of Freedom....

R & B

Susan Boyle Fairy Tale Extends to Sales Success

Keith GirardNovember 30, 2009

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....

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Little Flower Children’s Services Toy Drive

Keith GirardNovember 26, 2009

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 GirardNovember 26, 2009

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

Daryl Hall, John Oates New CD Set Highlights Genius

WinchesterNovember 25, 2009

Daryl Hall and John Oates’ four-CD set, “Do What You Want; Be What You Are,” is nothing short of staggeringly magnificent. The short read is that it reminds you once again what a compelling team of writers and performers Hall & Oates were and still are....

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Miracle on Madison Avenue, Shopping for Charity

Keith GirardNovember 23, 2009

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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The Glaucoma Foundation; 23rd Annual Black & White Ball

Keith GirardNovember 23, 2009

The Glaucoma Foundation will honor John Patrick Shanley, award-winning playwright (Doubt) and screenwriter (Moonstruck) at its 23rd Annual Black & White Ball on Wed., Dec. 2, 2009....

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Monkee Micky Dolenz in West End Musical ‘Hairspray’

Keith GirardNovember 23, 2009

Micky Dolenz, child television actor and star of a 1960s sit-com about a fictional band, "The Monkees," is heading to London's West End, where he will appear in the hit musical Hairspray, TheImproper has learned....

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Transport Group Honors McNally, Mantello at ‘Gimme a Break ’09’

Keith GirardNovember 22, 2009

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, has announced that its 2009 Gimme A Break! benefit will honor playwright Terrence McNally and director Joe Mantello Monday, Dec. 7 at 6:30pm , at Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street....

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Queens Theatre Presents Paul Taylor Dance

Keith GirardNovember 22, 2009

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....

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James Bagwell Leads The Collegiate Chorale

Keith GirardNovember 22, 2009

The Collegiate Chorale, led by Maestro James Bagwell in his inaugural concert as The Chorale's newly appointed Music Director, presents "A Jubilant Song," a ce...

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Joseph Burwell Appears in First NY Solo Exhibit

Keith GirardNovember 22, 2009

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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Behind the Scenes With Doctors Without Borders

Keith GirardNovember 22, 2009

New York audiences will get a rare, inside look into the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a new special one-t...

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Life of Agony’s Angst-Filled Heavy Metal

Keith GirardNovember 22, 2009

Brooklyn, New York's Life of Agony formed in 1989. Singer Keith Caputo, guitarist Joey Z., and bassist Alan Robert played the New York underground scene with se...

ENTERTAINMENT

East Winds Ensemble Presents Shakuhachi, Koto Music

Keith GirardNovember 22, 2009

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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