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Sarah Palin coming to NYC? Get ready for Bronx cheers
dfreedlander@am-ny.comBreak out the lipstick. Sarah is about to take Manhattan. New Yorkers braced Wednesday after learning the news that moose-hunting hockey mom Sarah Palin is coming to the big city for a rally next week in front of the United Nations. "Welcome to New...Tags: Barack Obama, Ed Koch, Government, Sarah Palin, Manhattan (New York City)
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Jerry Wexler dead at 91
Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, says his co-author,...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Otis Redding, Rock and Roll, Florida, Missouri
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Broadway's theater schedule for August
Here's what's playing on Broadway through the end of August. Note that although some of these shows' official opening dates aren't until September or later, preview performances are offered. -- Avital Binshtock "A Chorus Line": This lively exploration...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Al Hirschfeld, Boeing Co., Television, Laurence Fishburne
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Reviews are in: B'Way cast recordings
Curious about the changing sound of the Great White Way? Times Theater Critic Charles McNulty weighs in on five noteworthy cast recordings from the year on Broadway -- four from new shows that couldn't be more wildly disparate and one from a classic that'...Tags: Los Angeles, Manhattan (New York City), Bette Davis, Film Festivals, Television
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Setting the stage for the Tonys
Theater/Music WriterSpectacular production numbers! Hollywood celebrities! Historical salutes! With all that going on during tonight's Tony telecast, will there be enough time to give out awards? More than ever in its 62nd edition, the three-hour Tony Awards on CBS will...Tags: Nathan Lane, Manhattan (New York City), Film Festivals, Boeing Co., Robert Russell Bennett
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Hip-hop hooray for 'In the Heights'
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersNEW YORK -- In the tossup of this year's Tony Awards, a Latino story trumped an unusual African American coming-of-age tale Sunday as Tony voters gave their best new musical prize and three others to "In the Heights," about Caribbean immigrant families...Tags: Film Festivals, Boeing Co., Poetry, Robert Russell Bennett, Celebrity Mothers
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Outkast, the Ramones no problem for senior citizens choir
scott.rosenberg@am-ny.comHey, remember that music documentary that came earlier this year, about the elderly music group getting ready for a performance? No, not the Martin Scorsese-helmed Rolling Stones doc – the other one, "Young@Heart," the film about the elderly choral group...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Martin Scorsese, Clubs and Associations, Medical Conditions, Massachusetts
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UWS fixture forced out of NYC
Special to amNewYorkWhen the going gets tough, the tough sometimes get packing. That's the story of John Mackles, 53, second-generation owner of Academy Hardware on 111th street and Broadway, who, when faced with a costly rental market, decided to close the neighborhood...Tags: Columbia University, Small Businesses, East Harlem, Manhattan (New York City), Henry Hudson
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'In the Heights' a Broadway homage to the Latino community
NEW YORK — Attend "In the Heights," the relentlessly sunny new Broadway musical about life in the mostly Latino neighborhood in northern Manhattan, and you'll likely be seized by a sudden new desire to move for good to Washington Heights. Who...Tags: Minority Groups, Manhattan (New York City), Broadway, Philosophy, Music
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Housing woes hit Hispanics hard
Special to amNewYorkIn an era when traditionally Hispanic neighborhoods like Washington Heights and East Harlem are engulfed in gentrification, many long-time residents worry about whether they can hang on. "It gets worse everyday," said Danilo Almanzar, 50, a Washington...Tags: Minority Groups, Government, East Harlem, Manhattan (New York City), Economic Policy
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Banks branch out in Manhattan
jsilverman@am-ny.comFor more than 50 years, New Yorkers knew the East Village's Second Avenue Deli as the place to score a mean plate of brisket and kugel. But after the landlord raised the iconic eatery's rent last year to $33,000 a month, the deli shut down. It didn't...Tags: Starbucks Corporation, Government, Mike Smith, Manhattan (New York City), Long Island
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