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Controlling the Strings With Simplicity

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Doe_cast_puppets By Alissa Fleck  For 10 days this August, the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre will perform The White Doe, or The Piteous Trybulations of the Sufferyng Countess Jenovéfa at the Bohemian National Hall on the Upper East Side. Vít Horejš, one of the co-founders and core members of the Theatre, runs rehearsals out of his studio in
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Residents Call Subway Construction Breeding Ground for Crime

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James KelleherIMG_9381 But police statistics show a decrease around Second Avenue   By Amanda Woods Following the recent report of a young woman who was stabbed in broad daylight on East 86th Street near Second Avenue, some Upper East Side residents and business owners are concerned that the ongoing subway construction makes the avenue more dangerous and prone to
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Beat the Heat with These Cool Upper East Side Treats

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Best ice creams of the Upper East Side By Megan Bungeroth, Alissa Fleck, Rebecca Harris, Amy Michelle Smith and Amanda Woods In honor of the scorching heat and National Ice Cream month, we scouted out a half-dozen frozen treat purveyors on the Upper East Side to find out who’s got the best sweet and cold
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The Wild Woman of East 77th Street

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homeless2 By Amanda Woods Nikki Henkin stood in front of her apartment on East 77th Street, between Lexington and Third avenues, holding up a flip camera to capture a video of Susan (not her real name), a neighborhood homeless woman who screams wildly, coughs repeatedly and deliberately spits on passersby. Pedestrians in Susan’s path clear sidewalks,
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