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Amorous 'Desir' goes stale
amNY theater criticHere we go again. So, what exactly is a spiegeltent? Explaining this has become an end of the summer ritual for us. Flemish for "hall of mirrors," it is an ornate, intimate performance pavilion covered in stained glass and velvet. A mainstay of 1920s...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Congress Theatre wrestles with film set
Tribune staff reporterThe lights are hot, the days are long and Patrick Gleason's bright blue pleather pants are ripped near his crotch. Call it a wardrobe malfunction -- this is not on purpose."Just wait until I start wrestling," jokes Gleason, the star of "Fancypants," an...Tags: John Dillinger, Music, Popular Music, Epidemics and Plagues, Michael Mann
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A Beautiful Summer In Store
Courant Staff WriterWhen people think summer, they tend to think outdoors. But visiting a local museum is a great way to get out of the global warming for a few hours. More than cooling down, you'll enrich your brain and your soul. Not every week has something new (August...Tags: The Children's Museum, Global Change, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Gertrude Stein, Eric Sloane
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Harlem fights for Victoria Theater
dfreedlander@am-ny.comToday, the Victoria Theater is the hulking ghost of Harlem. Dwarfed by its more famous neighbor, the Apollo, audiences haven't seen a show at the Victoria in 10 years and today it is like a movie theater kept in distressed amber. Piles of junk are...Tags: Henry Adams, Theater, New York
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Macy's Pays Tribute To The Legendary Josephine Baker
VANESSA TYLER REPORTINGJosephine Baker, one of the 20th century's greatest entertainers, was able to transcend not only poverty, but racism, to become a legend on both sides of the Atlantic. During Black History month, Baker is being celebrated in the most public of tributes....Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Macy's, History, Minority Groups
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Molly Ivins -- 'a truth-seeking missile'
KINKY FRIEDMAN is an author, musician and former candidate for governor of Texas.Atrue maverick died in Texas last week, and they don't make 'em extra. There'll always be plenty of George Bushes and John Kerrys to go around; the Crips and the Bloods will trot them out every four years whether we like it or not. But a voice in the...Tags: Herman Melville, New York Times, Kentucky, Heart Disease, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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THE BEST OF 2005 MUSIC
STAFF WRITER; Rafer Guzman; Gene SeymourFrom Mariah Carey (sizzling again) to 50 Cent (cooling off), it's a what've-you-done-lately pop world. Few things are more fickle than the here-today, gone-by-lunch life cycles of the music industry's seasonal pop and hip-hop stars. Yet, in 2005, the...Tags: Ray Charles, Keith Jarrett, American Idol, Folk Music, Billie Holiday
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Nightlife
Duke's Canoe Club Waikiki 2335 Kalakaua Ave at the Outrigger Waikiki tel: 808 922 2268 Waikiki has lots of Hawaiian-style entertainment and Polynesian shows. Many of the beachfront hotels have events that people strolling along the shore can enjoy... -
Shopping
Shopping in Sydney is fun if you pick and choose. The CBD tends to the generic, but if you venture out into the inner-city areas such as Paddington, Glebe and Newtown, you'll find a variety of eclectic boutiques, home-grown designers, darling knick-...Tags: Lana Turner, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Louise Brooks, Dundee
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Patagonia, Cape Town, Greenland guides
"Moon Handbooks: Patagonia, Including the Falkland Islands" (Avalon; $21.95) Patagonia is not a country but an area that straddles two countries--Argentina and Chile. Although the guide discusses the big cities (notably, Buenos Aires and Santiago de...Tags: Sidney Bechet, Reviews, Coco Chanel, Jim Morrison, Duke Ellington
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The Triplets Of Belleville
STAFF WRITER(PG-13). An edgy and boldly inventive animated feature from French artist-director Sylvain Chomet, relating the misadventures of a Tour de France racer, the grandmother who supports him and the dog who eats his leftovers. This Cannes Film Festival crowd-...Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Cycling, Pixar, Film Festivals, Fred Astaire
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Madame Satã
STAFF WRITER(U) The rise of a legendary Brazilian cross-dressing artiste, from the hardscrabble slums of Rio to the splashiest floats in Carnival. Karim Aïnouz's debut film captures 1930s bohemian Brazil with a raw authenticity: You could cut the lower- depths...Tags: Fanny Brice, Manhattan (New York City), Lower East Side, Beverly Hills, Movies
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