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Best of Manhattan 2011

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bofm2011 Recently, GQ named Brooklyn the “Coolest City on the Planet” for foodies. While we agree that the borough is first-rate in a number of things—hipster watching, finding a cheap apartment with antique molding—we are inclined to believe that Manhattan is still king. Brooklyn isn’t a cocktail that people in Idaho can order. Woody Allen has
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Best of Manhattan 2011

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Recently, GQ named Brooklyn the “Coolest City on the Planet” for foodies. While we agree that the borough is first-rate in a number of things—hipster watching, finding a cheap apartment with antique molding—we are inclined to believe that Manhattan is still king. Brooklyn isn’t a cocktail that people in Idaho can order. Woody Allen has
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Talking Up Downtown: Rory Albanese

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Writer and executive producer, ‘The Daily Show’ By Mark Peikert For the second time this year, 92YTribeca will play host to the minds behind Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with The Daily Show Live: Stand-up Comedy from The Daily Show’s Staff. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning writer and executive producer Rory Albanese, the night features correspondents,
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The Bloody Apple

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An exhibit of Weegee"s photographs proves that crime does pay By Mark Peikert In the pantheon of New Yorkers's Dorothy Parker, Andy Warhol, the Ramones's photographer Weegee may not be the first to spring to mind, but he may symbolize the contradictions of New York City better than anyone else. Driven, self-mythologizing and morbidly curious
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Singing about Love in an Alley

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A revisal of ‘Porgy and Bess" leaves the songs intact but distracts from the story By Mark Peikert Porgy and Bess has been something like this season"s highbrow Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Both shows came to Broadway trailing a wake of scandal and op-eds's except Porgy and Bess had Stephen Sondheim and the New
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No Time? No Problem!

Written by Mark Peikert on . Posted in Real Estate, Uncategorized

Pret-a-Habiter does all the décor legwork for the design-impaired By Mark Peikert As IKEA and CB2 stores proliferate, design has turned into something both affordable and achievable. Gone are the days of hiring an expensive interior decorator and crossing your fingers; now, you can outfit your entire home in style without breaking the bank. Of
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A Tidy Mess

Written by Mark Peikert on . Posted in Arts & Film, Theater

Roman Polanski’s adaptation of God of Carnage is surprisingly bloodless By Mark Peikert A funny thing happened to God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza’s hit 2009 Broadway comedy, on the road to its streamlined film incarnation as Carnage: Our loyalties to the pair of middle- and upper-middle-class couples have shifted. A stylish (if hollow) comedy about
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Seasonal Offerings

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From steampunk Scrooge to a Christmas-themed Exorcist spoof By Mark Peikert Even with the addition of 3-D technology, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular can only hold your attention for so many holiday seasons. Likewise The Nutcracker and its derivations. This year, break out of your Christmas routine with one of these shows, ranging from new
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