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Saturday, May 31, 2014

From left: Sid Viscous, Bank Street, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and a poster for "Auntie

... the real-life Auntie Mame, John Lennon and Yoko Ono. "Bank Street is the quintessential Jane Jacobs Greenwich Village block, the quintessential urban street," said Roberta Brandes Gratz, the author of "The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow ...

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A Study in Gray

Pretty much everything in this photo is gray... so... One of my favorite places: Washington Square Park is one of the more famous of the city's 1,900 public parks, at a comfortable ten acres.

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Friday, May 30, 2014

A place in history for gay, transgender Americans

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, center, speaks during a press conference outside The Stonewall inn announcing a national initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans on Friday May 30, 2014 in New York.

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A place in history for gay, transgender Americans

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, center, speaks during a press conference outside The Stonewall inn announcing a national initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans on Friday May 30, 2014 in New York.

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Mysterious piano appears in East River

How did it get there? The city is awash with theories: someone tossed it off a boat or someone intentionally put it in the river.

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Where do LGBT Americans fit into nation's history?

... transmitted diseases." Byard attended the news conference in front of the Stonewall, in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood, and praised the park service initiative. Students will now learn about LGBT history on field trips to park service ...

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New Orleans lost its Super Bowl bid. Could it win the James Beard Awards?

... chef and food writer. Beard died in 1985. The foundation bearing his name is headquartered in his former Greenwich Village townhouse. It has only been a few weeks since local chefs took home five Beard medals from this year's ceremony, which is ...

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US announces effort to mark LGBT historical sites

A neon sign fills the window of The Stonewall Inn, in New York's Greenwich Village, Thursday, May 29, 2014.

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39th Annual Hare Krishna Parade and Festival Celebrated on New York's Fifth Avenue

WHAT: Ratha Yatra , one of India's most ancient and most popular festivals, a sacred day for Hindus worldwide, will be celebrated with a parade down New York's Fifth Avenue, from 45th Street to West 8th Street.

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Where do LGBT Americans fit into nation's history?

A neon sign fills the window of The Stonewall Inn, in New York's Greenwich Village, Thursday, May 29, 2014.

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Where do LGBT Americans fit into nation's history?

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will appear Friday at the Stonewall Inn, scene of the riots widely credited with starting the modern gay rights movement, to announce the National Park Service will begin marking places of significance to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.

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Where do LGBT Americans fit into nation's history?

A neon sign fills the window of The Stonewall Inn, in New York's Greenwich Village, Thursday, May 29, 2014.

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Works of 'genius' to be sold

... set whose figures take medieval legends as a model. He expects to attract attention from dealers near his Greenwich Village gallery and through newspaper advertisements, and plans to send an email blast to about 200,000 names on an auctioneer's ...

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Hotels Go Native With Local Design

... be specially made by glass blowers, as will the pendant lights in the corridor. Bathroom amenities are by Greenwich Village chemist C.O. Bigelow. "It is a New York hotel, so that means keeping things in context with a New York attitude," says Mr. ...

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

'300' Thesp Rodrigo Santoro Joins Dylan Thomas Feature 'Dominion'

... up for the role. The tavern, which opened in 1880, became a well-known Bohemian hangout in New York in Greenwich Village in the 1950s and is still a going concern on Hudson and 11th St. The film is being produced by Richard Gladstein, who noted, ...

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Microdwellings: Tiny Foldable Studio Apartment Listed for $469,000

Third-grade teacher Eric Schneider bought this 450-square-foot studio on the Upper West Side in 2005, paying $235,000.

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Uptown Block Party Canceled After Noise Complaints, Police Say

The popular uptown spot Apt 78 Bar and Lounge was planning a block party this August but police said the party last year was too unruly to be held again.

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Plus-Size Models Landing More Ad Campaigns and Magazine Jobs, Insiders Say

... model. Despite dieting and giving up tennis - which added frowned-upon muscle to her frame - the Greenwich Village beauty's healthy weight gain sent her from a size 2 to a size 6, leaving her unmarketable as a conventional model. But after eight ...

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US aims to identify, promote historic LGBT sites

... of the modern gay rights movement. In 1969, a series of riots took place outside when police raided the Greenwich Village bar and arrested patrons and employees, citing morals charges. The riots broke out when the LGBT community fought back. But ...

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Serrano's homeless photos pop up in NYC

Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City's skyrocketing homeless population.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

On Board With Community Activism From the Very Beginning

Even before she was tapped for Greenwich Village's community board almost 40 years ago, Doris Diether was an outspoken member of her neighborhood.

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CD review: 'Dave Van Ronk Live in Monterey'

Van Ronk was a fixture in the Greenwich Village folk music scene in the early 1960s.

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Writing music a habit Carter could not quit a even at 103

... on December 11, 1908 (he was a day younger than Olivier Messiaen) and resident of the same apartment in Greenwich Village from 1945 until his death in 2012. As a child he was bright and inquisitive; he lapped up Joyce and Proust and he devoured new ...

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Reading to Relax

... Cerasini. Together they write a series called The Coffee House Mysteries about a barista who lives in Greenwich Village and has an unfortunate knack for finding dead bodies. You will be able to find some of the print books as ebooks also. There is ...

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Southington native part of New York actor-writer company

... e New York company, The Mad Ones, which is presenting its new show, "The Essential Straight & Narrow," in Greenwich Village through June 14. Photo: Contributed Photo, Connecticut Post

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Serranoa s homeless photos pop up in NYC

New Yorker Andi Porzio looks at Andres Serrano's photographs of homeless people displayed at the West 4th Street subway station in New York on May 21. Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City's skyrocketing homeless population.

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Monday, May 26, 2014

Joan Rivers Talks Glamour, Glitter, and Gays

... "My gay fans have been wonderful from day one," she says. "I remember when I was working at the Duplex in Greenwich Village in New York at the beginning of my career and the only ones who would laugh at my jokes were the gay guys. I think if I had ...

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U.S. life and times of a Japanese portrait artist

In notifying me of Amherst College's Mead Art Museum show that opened in April, "Portraits of American Tragedy," Miyoko Davey speculated that there might have been a "secret love" between portraitist Kyohei Inukai and one of his subjects, Lorna Bowen.

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Andrea K. Scott: Art this summer.

When the Whitney moves to the foot of the High Line next year, it returns to its roots: in 1914, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opened the first version of the museum just a few blocks away, in her studio in Greenwich Village.

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

BWW Reviews: World Premiere Comedy Against the Wall Looks Inside the Lives of Stand-Up Comics

... great comedic skill. Jeff Zelinski (played by Nick McDow), is a frantic, young comic struggling in the Greenwich Village comedy scene. He lives for the 22 minutes each night he's on stage at a club called The Wall. Up there he feels powerful. He ...

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Cornish teenage jazz pianist selected to study in New York

A young jazz pianist from Cornwall has been hand-picked by New York's 'New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music' to continue his music career alongside some of the world's leading jazz musicians.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Synth history: 'Fifty Years Of The Moog'

... Snip: [Compposer and music professor Herb] Deutsch invited Moog to a concert he was giving in the Greenwich Village loft of the artist Jason Seley, a sculptor who would end up as dean of Moog's old alma mater, Cornell. This took place in January ...

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Serrano's homeless photos pop up in New York

Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City's skyrocketing homeless population.

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10 NYC Spots With Old World Glamour

Set inside the iconic St. Regis hotel, the King Cole Bar has been slinging stiff drinks since 1948.

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Unlikely Melbourne star Courtney Barnett's big prank works wonders in US and UK

... the Velvet Underground, driven by her own electric guitar". In April she performed at Electric Lady, the Greenwich Village studios started by Jimi Hendrix. "That was pretty f...kin cool, 'cos he's kind of like my hero, so that was a cool gig," she ...

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Friday, May 23, 2014

LeAnn Rimes unleashes her inner cowgirl in hat and high heeled boots on casual day out

... out in New York on Friday. The 31-year-old musician dined on gourmet Italian at Da Silvano restaurant in Greenwich Village as she took a restful day to herself. Country music star: LeAnn Rimes let out her inner cowgirl as she sported a brown felt ...

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8 Things To Do in New York City This Weekend

Come spring, the Metropolitan Museum 's annual Roof Garden Commission is always worth a visit.

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Summer Evenings in the Garden, Interactive Tours and More Set for...

Merchant's House Museum has announced a full lineup of fun and interesting events to kick off summer in May and June 2014.

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Joan Rivers on Glamour, Glitter, and Gays

... "My gay fans have been wonderful from day one," she says. "I remember when I was working at the Duplex in Greenwich Village in New York at the beginning of my career and the only ones who would laugh at my jokes were the gay guys. I think if I had ...

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Serrano's homeless photos pop up in NYC

Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City's skyrocketing homeless population.

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Serrano's homeless photos pop up in NYC

Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City's skyrocketing homeless population.

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What Happened at Slate This Week?

You like us! You really like us! At least I'm assuming that's why you chose to support the magazine by becoming a member of Slate Plus.

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Serrano's homeless photos pop up in NYC

Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City's skyrocketing homeless population.

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Stanley Woods-Frankel, DDS Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

... 1959. Previously, he had a general dental practice in New Rochelle, New York. Dr. Woods-Frankel lives in Greenwich Village with his wife, singer, Elayna Woods. He enjoys spending weekends in the Berkshires of Massachusetts where he writes novels, ...

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Southington native part of New York actor-writer company

Rejecting the old acting model of waiting for someone else to hire you, Connecticut native Marc Bovino and a group of his friends formed their own New York City company, The Mad Ones, five years ago.

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First Reproductive Justice Walking Tour Steps Off in NYC, June 7,...

... concerns, all in support of complete human rights for women and girls. A Reproductive Justice Fair in Greenwich Village follows the walk with more performances, information and interactive events. Some of the inquiries addressed in the walk: Do you ...

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Time Inc. Saying Goodbye to Iconic New York Building

... to Ripp, Time Inc. also looked at potential sites in New Jersey. (Forbes will be packing up its own Greenwich Village offices this year and moving to Jersey City.) "In the end, we were persuaded that the downtown Manhattan location, Brookfield ...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Artists Protest Carl Andre Retrospective with Blood Outside of Dia:Chelsea

The No Wave Performance Task Force left blood and guts in front of the Dia Art Foundation in honor of the late Ana Mendieta.

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New York heroin seizures mark surging epidemic, new suburban users

... many of these networks, law enforcement officials say, is New York City, where Hoffman overdosed in his Greenwich Village apartment. Like merchants peddling other commodities, legal and not, drug cartels from Mexico truck the drug into the city to ...

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The day my brother became a statistic

... conversations without any mention of depression. The other day, I walked by the Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village where we ate. We parked on the street that night instead of a garage, and the stereo - along with a broken one in the trunk that ...

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Photo Coverage: Obie Award Winners Celebrate Backstage

The 59th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, were given out at a ceremony last night at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village.

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James Beard Awards move to Chicago next year

... areas of the food world, will move to Chicago next year. The New York-based foundation, based in the Greenwich Village house once owned by the late James Beard, one of America's earliest cooking celebrities, has always held its awards events in New ...

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10 of New York City's Most Storied Literary Haunts

... his welcome so many times that someone scrawled "Kerouac, go home!" above the urinal in the bathroom. A Greenwich Village institution, Caffe Reggio supposedly introduced the cappuccino to America. It's been around since 1927, though it feels ...

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Monday, May 19, 2014

10 Reasons The Suburbs Are Better Than The City

By Maggie Lee You hear plenty about the great opportunities available in cities, whether for money, food, or a busy nightlife.

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The People show how little opinion mags have changed in a century

To anyone familiar with the working environment of a small opinion magazine, the scenes from The People , a 1917 play by Susan Glaspell, will resonate.

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Exclusive | New York City: Neighborhoods Part Six

... still, take the subway: The "L" train will speed you right from the major gay hotspots of Chelsea, Greenwich Village and the East Village to Bedford Avenue, the first stop in Brooklyn and the main drag of Williamsburg's trendy north side. It doesn't ...

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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Costa Rica's Presidential Palace Displays Gay Pride Flag

Costa Rica hoisted the gay pride flag at the presidential palace on Friday in a landmark act of solidarity with the gay, lesbian and transgender community in the Americas.

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TV: Damien Love's pick of TV for the week ahead

The opening of A Poet In New York more or less encapsulates the entire film. It is autumn 1953, and Dylan Thomas , resembling a lump of clammy putty with human eyes, has just arrived in the city to begin his third and final American reading tour.

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Friday, May 16, 2014

A Cowboy in New York: C.J. Box

A man walks into a bar. Cowboy boots. Black cowboy hat. It's a scene out of a western novel. Only we're in Greenwich Village at the Cowgirl. And the cowboy is real. A man walks into a bar. Cowboy boots. Black cowboy hat. It's a scene out of a western ...

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Bobcats

You may think that you know Bob Dylan. You may remember him as the Greenwich Village folk hero, the antiwar troubadour in the checked shirt with the harmonica around his neck and Woody Guthrie's sailor's cap on his head.

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The Road to the 38: The Road to the 38: Brunch at Estela in New York City

Throughout the year, Restaurant Editor Bill Addison will travel the country to chronicle what's happening in America's dining scene and to formulate his list of the essential 38 restaurants in America.

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He keeps the (Governor's) Ball rolling

... will drop a seven-figure sum to draw some of the biggest bands out there. Mr. Russell grew up in Greenwich Village and cut his teeth at the concert company that runs Bonnaroo. But he eventually felt he needed to bring the Big Apple a music festival ...

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Legendary recording artist Melissa Manchester coming to Woodland

... She then landed a staff writing job at Chappell Music and performed as a solo singer/pianist in the Greenwich Village club scene. There, she met Barry Manilow, who introduced her to Bette Midler, and Manchester became one of the founding members of ...

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National September 11 Museum offers reminders of chaos, peaceful moments

More than 12 years later, there are spots within the National September 11 Museum where the chaos of that day rushes back - the squawks of emergency radios, the images of burning, falling buildings.

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Green Lights: Studio/Gang's Zany, Angular High Line Tower Is Gonna Happen

... called Solar Carve , ran into some roadblocks : namely, community opposition from groups like the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, which went hand-in-hand with a decision from the city's Board of Standards and Appeals not to ...

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Alec Baldwin rages at N.Y. police over traffic stop

Actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to vent his anger on Tuesday after being detained by police in New York for riding his bicycle the wrong way down a street.

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George Lois: 'Adverts these days are terrible'

... of exaggerating his contribution to certain campaigns. But it's water off a duck's back. Sitting in his Greenwich Village apartment, his stories of New York advertising's golden age are full of mischief, stunts, humour - and lots of detail on the ...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Baldwin slams NYPD after altercation

Actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to vent his anger on Tuesday after being detained by police in New York for riding his bicycle the wrong way down a street.

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Alec Baldwin rages at NY police over traffic stop

Actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to vent his anger on Tuesday after being detained by police in New York for riding his bicycle the wrong way down a street.

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Ariel Quartet performs at SubCulture in Greenwich Village

The Ariel Quartet summed up the "Cincy in NYC" week of the arts in the Big Apple in an intimate underground venue in Greenwich Village.

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Larry Levan Way: The Fight To Get the Pioneering New York House DJ a Street Name

New Yorkers and Newarkers alike thump to the Rhythm of a House party gathering Sunday, on King Street between Varick and Hudson into Larry Levan Way, the the renowned DJ of the Paradise Garage, Larry Levan.

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Actor Alec Baldwin arrested

Actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to vent his anger after being detained by police in New York for riding his bicycle the wrong way down a street.

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'Belligerent' Alec Baldwin Arrested for Riding Bike Wrong Way, Police Say

... of stupidity that is desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once thought benign. The Greenwich Village resident, who recently threatened to leave the city in a cover article in New York magazine , adding that he had tired of ...

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Morning 10: Upstate casinos | Bank settlements | Unpaid internships

... spending big on items such as clothing and tanning-salon visits. [ New York Post ] The New School in Greenwich Village may rename itself Parsons after the most lucrative of the eight colleges that compose the institution of higher learning. The ...

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Dylan's obsessed fans comprise strange subculture

... Weberman, who in the late 1960s and early '70s famously sifted through the garbage bins outside Dylan's Greenwich Village house in search of clues to a secret code allegedly hidden in the singer's lyrics. Weberman went on to comb through the trash ...

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Monday, May 12, 2014

Old Map Thing: Look at the Lost Landmarks of This 1934 Map of the Village

... But in addition to all that, Sarg was a well-known illustrator, and one of his works, a whimsical map of Greenwich Village from 1934 , appears in a new book from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation . Of course, out of the places ...

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Feast by Cincinnati cuisine stars at James Beard HouseFeast by...

Feast by Cincinnati cuisine stars at James Beard House Pressure cooker atmosphere in the countdown to a gourmet dinner, prepared by Cincinnati's top chefs Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1gaZNpg NEW YORK - There was a whirlwind of activity in the tiny kitchen of the James Beard Foundation in Greenwich Village as seven of ... (more)

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Carson Kievman's 'Fairy Tales' for adults only

... dementia, this heroine - the "Dandelion Woman" of the title - is a smart dresser and lives in a spiffy Greenwich Village apartment. She retreats each evening into a private world of notebooks filled with pictures and newspaper clippings. Her family ...

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Dylan's obsessed fans comprise strange subculture

... Weberman, who in the late 1960s and early '70s famously sifted through the garbage bins outside Dylan's Greenwich Village house in search of clues to a secret code allegedly hidden in the singer's lyrics. Weberman went on to comb through the trash ...

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Laurel Canyon music, vibe moves to Grammy Museum

... While the media were documenting the folk music renaissance Bob Dylan helped launch in New York's Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and the psychedelic scene that sprung from San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury District a few years later, Santelli ...

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The golden opportunity our cities are missing

... could you ever find a whole block's worth of such people. You can - and Brayton did, living on a block of Greenwich Village called MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens. Here's how Brayton remembered the block's backyard, writing in the Atlantic in 2000:

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Summer Evenings in the Garden, Interactive Tours and More Set for...

Merchant's House Museum has announced a full lineup of fun and interesting events to kick off summer in May and June 2014.

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The desperate last days of Dylan Thomas: Celebrated script writer...

The desperate last days of Dylan Thomas: Celebrated script writer Andrew Davies tells the full haunting story behind his new TV series It felt like destiny when Griff Rhys Jones approached me with the idea of writing a film about Dylan Thomas for the centenary of his birth.

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Gay-Friendly New York Hotels Celebrate a Season of Fun

... is ideal for guests who'd like to capitalize on the property's easy proximity to Broadway, Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village and all the sights in between. Travelers can book this standout option among luxury Times Square hotel deals by using the ...

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Now on Shelves

As Clark Lohr points out in the material accompanying this new indie-published novel, fiction can be a vehicle for examining society.

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TD Bank commits $50K to Boston Pride

Boston Pride, which operates the annual Boston Pride Parade and a week of related activities, has received a $50,000 commitment from TD Bank , the single largest commitment the organization has received, according to its president, Sylvain Bruni .

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Petography

... So I started doing it as a part-time thing and it took off right away." The restaurant where he worked in Greenwich Village permitted him to put his photos on the walls. When a literary agent admired them, he revealed he had an idea for a book. She ...

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Homes in New York: Gimme shelter

"WE ARE approaching a crisis in the housing situation," a member of a task force set up by New York city's mayor declared.

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Leonardo DiCaprio wants surfer art

Leonardo DiCaprio is so keen on Raymond Pettibon's exhibition of surfer paintings, he has visited the Venus Over Manhattan gallery every day for the last 10 days.

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Taking a bite out of the Big Apple

Keith Levit photo The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is performing tonight at Carnegie Hall and hundreds of Manitobans will be in attendance.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

City Walk

The most I like in NYC is the pleasure of walk and can do many things only walking not needing to take a taxi or subway.

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Coworkers and Friends Offer Help to Family of Boy Who Fell From High-Rise

Sidy Fofana, 9, who died on April 24, 2014, wanted to be a dentist when he grew up, his family said.

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Attorney Elizabeth Shollenberger Receives Marilyn Stagg Award from...

... at New York Law School. Furthermore, she founded and ran a walk-in legal clinic where tenants in Greenwich Village could obtain advice on housing law related matters. In addition to serving as Chair of the White Plains Democratic Committee's Chair, ...

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Usa Today Gives Indie Ari Hest a 'Listen Up Playlist Pick' For Track...

Website: http://www.arihest.com/ USA TODAY Gives Indie Ari Hest a 'Listen Up Playlist Pick' for Track That 'Comforts and Haunts,' as Experimental CD is Praised as 'Easily His Best Album to Date' Currently Opening For Suzanne Vega on U.S. Tour 'A Sterling Effort from a Seasoned Performer' Indie singer-songwriter Ari Hest has earned meaningful ... (more)

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Ask Andrew W.K.: Learning to Love NYC

Need his help? Just ask: AskAWK@villagevoice.com ] I've been living in NYC for a couple years now, and my small-town country-living parents are coming to visit me.

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First Look: Negril Village

"You're going to love this food," a woman sitting next to my table of three announced.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Calls for probe into Worthington case

... star was treated by the DA's Office after his arrest for pummeling freelance photographer Sheng Li in Greenwich Village this year, the New York Post reports. In a civilian crime report, Mr Heller demands a federal investigation of the DA's Office ...

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Seattle Symphony opens NYC trip with nightclub gig

Off the plane just a few hours before, a group of Seattle Symphony musicians and music director Ludovic Morlot - in New York for an appearance in the Spring for Music festival at Carnegie Hall Tuesday night - took the stage at Greenwich Village nightclub Le Poisson Rouge late Monday.

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Want To Meet A Single Millionaire? Try These NYC Neighborhoods

... n by ZIP code, showing which areas had the most millionaire singles. Unsurprisingly, parts of Chelsea and Greenwich Village and the Upper West Side are good places to go to find wealthy bachelors and bachelorettes.

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Iconic hotel now no go for stars Beverly Hills Hilton owned by Sultan of Brunei

The Beverly Hills Hotel has seen innumerable examples of drunken excess, drug debauchery and, of course, fornication by celebrities, not to mention the capers of wealthy Dull Normal guests.

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Doug Camilli: Fundraisers check out of Beverly Hills Hotel

The 102-year-old Beverly Hills Hotel has seen innumerable examples of drunken excess, drug debauchery and, of course, fornication by celebrities, not to mention the capers of wealthy Dull Normal guests.

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NewYorkCoin May Take Bitcoin by Storm in NYC

In 2009, Bitcoin took the financial market by storm by offering a peer-to-peer payment method, an alternative on the current solutions that had far too many negatives.

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Gotham Turns 30: How a New York City Restaurant Has Stayed Packed For Three Decades

Under the formal setting of high ceilings, cultivated art, and dramatic chandeliers, a middle-aged woman in her pajamas walked in.

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Rhys Ifans to star as Dylan Thomas

Actor Rhys Ifans is to play Dylan Thomas in a film about the Welsh poet's last days before his death.

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New York hamlet home to a masterpiece

... 2000, chef Dan Barber, a graduate of the International Culinary Center, opened Blue Hill restaurant in Greenwich Village with two partners, his brother and sister-in-law, David and Laureen Barber. Located below ground in a landmark building that ...

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Louis CK back for season 4 of a Louiea done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Broadway lyricist puts in some good words for London staging

... Rodgers. From a London perspective, it's easy to imagine these writer stars hanging out together in Greenwich Village coffee shops and being generally brilliant, smart and, well, Jewish. Yet it's only a bit like that. "Jason and I are on each ...

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Comic Louis C.K. is back for Season 4

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis C.K. doesn't feel entitled to success

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, 'Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU.' ...

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Louis C.K. doesn't feel entitled to success

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, 'Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU.' ...

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Louis CK back for Season 4 of 'Louie' done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Comic Louis C.K. is back for Season 4

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, 'Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU.' ...

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BWW Reviews: Rep Stage Offers the Fantasticks Full of Sweetness and Whimsy

When I had barely breached my teenage years, my eighth-grade class took a weekend field trip to New York City, and the itinerary included a few hours at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in Greenwich Village to see what even then, I believe, was dubbed the longest-running production in American theatre.

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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Gay 'conversion' therapy bans stall across the nation

A movement to ban the controversial practice of "conversion therapy" that counsels gay children and teens on how to become straight is meeting with unexpected problems after the easy passaged of bills in California and New Jersey.

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The incredible overhaul: New iPhone ap shows the street sets of...

... be challenging to figure out-but also enormously rewarding.' Time warp: MacDougal Street in New York's Greenwich Village looks almost identical to how it did in 1971 during the filming of Shaft The French Connection starring Gene Hackman was filmed ...

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Louis C.K. can only do 'Louie' his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include you." ...

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Louis C.K. can only do 'Louie' his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include you." ...

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Rested and refreshed, Louis C.K. ready to do it his way again

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing comedy in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says: "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include you." ...

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Rested and refreshed, Louis C.K. ready to do it his way again

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing comedy in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says: 'Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include you.' It's ...

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

REVIEW: 'Delicious,' by Ruth Reichl

... essentially is a romance mystery offers us tastes of the Underground Railroad, World War II, drug use, Greenwich Village architecture and Italian food. When Sal, an exuberant deli owner, ladles out servings of pasta con le vongole, the reference ...

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Hugh Jackman has guns on show as he rides through New York

... rode through Greenwich Village. Muscle man: Australian actor Hugh Jackman is spotted riding his bike in Greenwich Village in New York City, his super-sized arms bulging with veins The sighting comes just a day after the X-Men actor revealed his long ...

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El Paso native's music has taken her from Vilas Elementary to Carnegie Hall

New York cellist Analissa Martinez sits in her family's Kern Place home recently.

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Friday, May 2, 2014

MLB's Fan Cave brings out the die-hards

... people in their 20s living in New York. Now at their first real jobs out of school, they head to their Greenwich Village office every day to work, often putting in 12-hour days, seven days a week. But they aren't junior bankers or first-year ...

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Casting: Phoenix, Jones, Ifans, D'Elia

No plot details were immediately available, and it remains unclear if the film is a comedy, a drama or a mixture of both.

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Keira Knightley to Signs on to Everest; Andy Garcia Joins Max Steel;...

With the Cannes Film Festival set to get underway later this month, there's plenty of wheeling and dealing going on, which means there's plenty of casting news.

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Rhys Ifans, John Malkovich to topline Welsh poet Dylan Thomas bio

PanARMENIAN.Net - Rhys Ifans will star as Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in indie drama "Dominion" with John Malkovich and Diego Luna, Variety said.

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Exploring Dylan Thomas's New York

A century on from the birth of Dylan Thomas, one of Wales' literary greats, a festival celebrating his life gets under way in the town which inspired much of his work.

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VIDEO: One of Dylan's NYC drinking haunts

Dylan Thomas's relationship with alcohol may be as well known as his work, taking on a mythic status since his untimely death in New York in 1953. It is perhaps no surprise then he was at his most comfortable in the bars of the city's bohemian Greenwich Village.

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Sam Worthington cleared of paparazzi assault

Sam Worthington has avoided jail after he was cleared of assault on April 8 following a scuffle with a paparazzi on February 23 in New York.

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Louis CK is back and grumpier than ever

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Louis CK is the auteur of his own fortune

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Actor Sam Worthington CLEARED of assault after punching photographer in New York

The Avatar actor has avoided jail after he quietly entered into a conditional dismissal deal on April 8 at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York.

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Louis CK back for Season 4 of a Louiea done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include you ." ...

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Louis C.K. back for new Louie season after lengthy break

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis C.K. back for Season 4 of 'Louie' done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include you ." ...

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'Louie' season 4 premiere date: Louis CK returns to FX comedy to do it his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Worth waiting for: Louis CK back for new 'Louie' season after lengthy break he's glad he took

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis CK back for "Louie" done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis CK back for Season 4 of 'Louie' done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Worth waiting for: Louis CK back for new a Louiea season after lengthy break hea s glad he took

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis CK back for Season 4 of 'Louie' done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis CK back for Season 4 of 'Louie' done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis CK back for Season 4 of 'Louie' done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis CK Back For Season 4 Of 'Louie' Done His Way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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Louis CK back for Season 4 of 'Louie' done his way

... benefit and brief respite in a comics' poker game. There are also glimpses of him doing standup in a Greenwich Village club, where he ponders what happens after you die and says, "Actually, a lot of things happen. Just none of them include YOU." ...

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BWW Reviews: Mark Nadler Is Deliciously Scandalous As His New Show...

... West , bi-sexual torch singer turned acquitted husband murderess Libby Holman , and ahead-of- their-time Greenwich Village drag queen entertainers like Jean Malin and Bert Savoy . No doubt having after-work cocktails with such a group would be ...

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