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A lesson in music, history
caryneve.murray@newsday.comGrowing up on Harding Street in North Bellmore, Edward Hines was clear, early on in childhood, about a number of things: that by age 5 he was enraptured by music of the Classical and Romantic eras and would spend hours spinning old 78s his mother, Rita,...Tags: New York, Eddie Cantor, Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter, Music Industry
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Song and dance friends
Of The Morning CallJoel Grey and Marvin Hamlisch have been good friends for a good 35 years, almost as long as they've been marquee names. Both helped create Broadway and Hollywood legends. Both won Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. Both are elegant vaudevillians and...Tags: New York, Dance, Irving Berlin, Scott Joplin, Judy Garland
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Joan R. Kaltenbach, secretary and Orioles fan
Joan R. Kaltenbach, a former secretary and homemaker who was an avid Orioles fan, died Saturday of kidney failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 87. Joan Rita Anderson was born and raised in Texas, Baltimore County. She was a 1938 graduate of...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Schools, Christianity, James Cagney, Roman Catholic
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What 50 cents got you in 1908
1Fifty cents could get you a cheap seat at the Colonial Theatre, where in August 1908 George M. Cohan's comedy "The Talk of New York" was playing. The hit song? "When a Fellow's on the Level With a Girl That's on the Square." Victor Moore starred; he went...Tags: New York, Theme Park Vacations, Theater, Tourism and Leisure, August
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Stay away from 'Flamingo Court'
amNewYork theater criticNot only is "Flamingo Court" the equivalent of very bad community theater, it literally comes to us courtesy of the Boca Raton Community Theater. To enjoy this, you'd have to do more than merely turn your thinking cap off. You'd have to smash it apart...Tags: Jamie Farr, Theater, Diseases, The Golden Girls, Justice System
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Lost art of vaudeville back with 'Pazzazz!'
We were lunching at Musso & Frank's, which is a glorious old restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard once filled with luminaries from the worlds of literature and cinema, but almost empty on this particular day. The place was opened in 1919 by John Musso and...Tags: New York, F Scott Fitzgerald, Manhattan (New York City), Glendora, Music Theater
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Physical, emotional and spiritual support pumps up kids for FCAT
Sentinel Staff WriterWhen Evans High School students bend their heads to take the 2008 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, dozens of community members will bow their heads, too -- in prayer. A group of about 40 churchgoers hopes that God's power will do what studying...Tags: Florida, Family, Defense, Health and Personal Care, Schools
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Is He Dead?
The current Broadway production of Mark Twain's 1898 farce "Is He Dead?" is not exactly a revival. In spite of the fact that Twain died in 1910, "Is He Dead?" is being billed as a new comedy. How exactly did this "new" play suddenly spring forth from...Tags: Broadway, Music Theater, Mark Twain, Theater
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City Living: Midtown South
engo@am-ny.comThe area the city defines as Midtown South is many things, but it's definitely not this: slow. People bustle to their jobs in the towering office buildings. Tourists flock to the ample shopping and historical sites. And now more than ever, people are...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Midtown, Crimes, Michael Jackson, Tourism and Leisure
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Fall Arts: Events calendar
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Evening of Stars. Amateur salsa dancers compete for prizes at 4 p.m., winner makes a return appearance at 7:30 p.m. with champion professional salsa dancers, part of the River to River Festival, rivertoriver nyc.com, Battery Park, Main...Tags: Cinema Industry, Minority Groups, Festive Event, Arts, ING Group
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Roll call for homegrown icons
STAFF WRITER; Kevin AmorimThere are two types of Long Islanders: Those who are proud of where they live and those who aren't. "There is an inherent inferiority complex that Long Islanders have, which I actually find kind of charming," explains Hicksville native and Oyster Bay...Tags: Billy Joel, Mariah Carey, Astoria, Manhattan (New York City), Hicksville
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That's Entertainment
Celebrities -- both human and nonhuman -- in the 75th anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Giant Character Balloons Arthur Barney Big Bird* Blue Buzzbee Cheesasaurus Rex* Clifford the Big Red Dog Curious George* ...Tags: Missouri, Mississippi, Ronald McDonald, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), George Gershwin
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