FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 5/23 FROM THE COLLECTION …

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FROM THE COLLECTION Marathon screening feat. Strangers with Candy (ugh) plus unaired pilot; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6800; Sat., Sun. & Tues., call for times & prices [through 5/24].   NICK PARK’S WORLD: THE ECCENTRIC ADVENTURES OF WALLACE & GROMMET Ninety-minutes of Wallace & Grommit
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THEATER In Previews COMPANIA Una absurda comedia que cuestiona la naturaleza …

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COMPANIA Una absurda comedia que cuestiona la naturaleza de las relaciones humanas; Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk St. (Delancey St.), 212-529-1948; Thurs.-Sat. at 8, mat. Sun. at 4, $12, $10 st./s.c. [opens 5/27, through 6/10].   THE CREDEAUX CANVAS Trio of youths take on Lower East Side & idealism; Playwrights Horizons at the
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LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wednesday 5/23 GLOBALIZATION, NEOLIBERALISM & RESISTANCE: THE CASE …

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GLOBALIZATION, NEOLIBERALISM & RESISTANCE: THE CASE IN SOUTH AFRICA Andrew Nash analyzes Margaret Thatcher’s statement "there is no alternative [to capitalism]"; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6.   HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUS Twelve-step group for those living w/a health concern; St. Luke’s Roosevelt Center, 324 W. 108th St.,
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Save Moral Court!; Ames & Sohn at Locus Media Gallery; Goodâeuro;”Make that Really Goodâeuro;”Bands at CBs; Six Goumbas to Help with Sopranos Withdrawal

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For those not in the know, Moral Court is the fake court program that takes two parties with a "moral" dilemma and puts them in front of radio personality Larry Elder. Dressed as a judge, Elder renders a decision on who’s "morally right" and gives as much as $2000 to the victor. Along the way,
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Monica Coghlan, the Tiny Hooker with the Big Trick

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The story broke–as this kind of Peck’s bad boy story invariably seems to break–in the tabloids. A bleary photograph of a man handing an envelope to a woman stared out from the pages of the Oct. 26, 1986, issue of Britain’s News of the World. The man: Michael Stacpoole, spin doctor for then 46-year-old Conservative
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On Tour BEACON THEATER 2124 B’way (74th St.), 212-496-7070. …

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2124 B’way (74th St.), 212-496-7070. Widespread Panic (7/18-7/19).   CARNEGIE HALL 157 W. 57th St. (7th Ave.), 212-247-7800. Spinal Tap’s Back From the Dead Tour (6/4); Live concert of "O Brother Where Art Thou?" feat. Alison Krauss & Union Station, John Hartford, Gillian Welch, Ralph Stanley, Norman Blake, Dan Tyminski, Chris Thomas King, Fairfield Four,
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Spoon and Guided by Voices at Irving

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It’s rare for a band to emulate their records onstage this precisely and still redefine the songs. At their Irving Plaza show, Spoon provided few diversions from their studio roadmaps, but the songs they were highlighting, from the recent Girls Can Tell, were transformed by the very exposure to open air. Listening to the album
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LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wednesday 5/16 ANNUAL ORCHID DAY Learn basics …

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ANNUAL ORCHID DAY Learn basics of beginner, intermediate & advanced orchid care; NY Horticultural Society, 128 W. 58th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), reg. req. 212-757-0915; 10, $65.   BOOK PARTY/FORUM FOR A HUBERT HENRY HARRISON READER Celebrate the "father of Harlem radicalism" w/author Jeff Perry; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th
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