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More Charter Questions

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To the Editor: I found the Q&A, “Charter Crusader: Eva Moskowitz” (April 1) informative, but felt that additional questions should have been asked regarding current and future issues that affect the charter school system, including Ms. Moskowitz’s Success Charter Network. One of the questions would be, do you think the State Legislature will be victorious
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A True Believer Believes Again

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The acquittal earlier this month of Manhattan Surrogate Nora Anderson, of charges stemming from her successful 2008 judicial campaign, was more than just a victory for the accused. It was also a reprieve for Democrats like myself, who have an almost religious belief in the sanctity of Manhattan’s judicial election process. Anderson was accused of
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Gone Gaga

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The children of Tarantino have taken over the asylum in Kick-Ass. It’s the clearest gauge that our culture has sunk to an all-time low since… well, Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” music video. Kick-Ass and “Telephone” equally pay homage to Tarantino’s influence. Both imitate his violence-for-humor. Both feature his over-bright colors that don’t belong to nature but
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Boogie Woogie

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An exposé of the London art world and the corrupt, pretentious people who run it, Boogie Woogie submits some good actors—Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Stellan Skarsgard, Amanda Seyfried—to some outrageous posturing. Open-mouthed laughter. Lots of “Darling!” intonations. All this against a background of Damien Hirst pieces and—unfortunately—Hirst’s grisly sense of the human condition. Hirst himself
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City Week: April 23–April 29

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Friday, April 23 Staff Support—Bank Street College’s staff council presents benefit concert “Friday Night Live,” featuring several stand-up comics, performers and hip-hop artists. Performers include Vladimir Caamano and Damien Lemon, co-producers of Comedy on the Hump at the Laugh Lounge; Julia Ahumada Grob, who has toured internationally with her one-woman show (HER)EVOLUTION; and Younas Melless,
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A Pandora’s Box

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Before tossing an empty cigar box, Patricia Feiwel wants you to remember. Feiwel, an Upper West Side textile artist, recently began creating framed “fabric collages” and free-standing boxes with biographic significance. She said it all started when her sister, who worked at Scholastic at the time, asked her to make a 40th birthday box for
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The Empire Strikes Back

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Bice is nearly 30 years old, yet the restaurant feels as fresh and vibrant as a newcomer. But Bice is an international empire of more than 50 Northern Italian restaurants, started in 1926 by a Milanese matriarch by the name of Beatrice Ruggeri, nicknamed Bice. The restaurants are everywhere from Dubai to Montecarlo to Miami.
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