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Domestic art
A craft and ceramic exhibit and fair at Pelham Art Center has something for art lovers and holiday shoppers alike.
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Sept. 11 concerts gave NYPD officer and singer Daniel Rodriguez a world stage
Like many Americans on Sept. 11, 2001, Daniel Rodriguez was driving into Manhattan to go to work. When the World Trade Center towers fell he was two blocks away. An officer in the New York Police Department's South Precinct, he kicked into high gear, ...
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Robot hamster toy has parents going in circles
When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, her kids were jumping up and down, saying ”Please! Please! Can we buy them?“
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Chappaqua Drama Group stages a comeback
The storied Chappaqua Drama Group — once among Westchester's elite community theaters — returns with a Dec. 5 celebration, and a new mission to be a real player in the community.
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The power of music
White Plains music therapist Marlon Sobol performs with his band Wednesday at a benefit concert for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. The show will also feature Candido Camero, David Amram and Bobby Sanabria.
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Viggo Mortensen breaches postapocalyptic frontier in ‘The Road'
Director David Cronenberg, who cast Viggo Mortensen as a Russian mob lieutenant in ”Eastern Promises,“ tells how his star would disappear from the London shoot on weekends, not revealing where he was going, and return ...
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Movie review: The antics in ‘Dogs’ are truly old
Trashing “Old Dogs” is a bit like kicking a puppy. But here goes.
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‘The Road’ strives, but leads nowhere
In Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel “The Road,” no word is repeated so often and with such steady emphasis as “ash.”
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A “Nutcracker,” traditionally
“The Nutcracker” isn’t just a tradition for those who see it. It’s a tradition for those who put it on every year.
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Feinstein, Hyde Pierce, Peekskill
A Jewish kid who knows all of Tin Pan Alley and a classically trained WASP from Saratoga Springs might make for some surprises when Michael Feinstein and David Hyde Pierce play Peekskill’s Paramount Center for the Arts on Nov. 28.
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Some random questions for Alison Brie and Donald Glover of NBC’s ‘Community.’
Donald Glover plays football jock Troy and Alison Brie plays goody-two-shoes Annie on NBC’s new comedy, “Community,” which airs at 8 p.m. Thursdays on NBC.
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With ‘Cliff,’ director John Woo goes old-school
John Woo has set himself a new challenge in “Red Cliff,” and that’s to be as old-fashioned as possible. Returning to his roots after a stint in Hollywood, Woo has made the most expensive film in mainland ...
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Theater review: ‘FELA!’
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti seems an unlikely subject for the star of a Broadway musical: an internationally famed Nigerian musician and combative political activist,
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Q&A: Viggo on ‘The Road’
Intense actor Viggo Mortensen on shooting Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' with newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee.
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'Twilight' fever bites hard
Teen girls have big crushes on "Twilight" stars Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattison.
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Love at first bite
Teen girls have big old crushes on "Twilight" stars Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattison.
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‘Ragtime’ Revisited
The Broadway revival of "Ragtime" opened last week, bringing back E.L. Doctorow’s dizzying mix of Jewish immigrants, black musicians and upper-class WASPs crossing paths in turn-of-the-century New York.
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"Fela" has local champions
When "Fela" opens on Broadway tomorrow night, it’ll mark the realization of a dream for Larchmont’s Steve Hendel, and the Broadway directorial debut for Valley Cottage’s Bill T. Jones.
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'Twilight's' Shining New Star
Taylor Lautner prepares to join the top rank of the films’ stars
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‘Twilights’ Shining New Star
Taylor Lautner prepares to join the top rank of the films’ stars
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Kristen Stewart is trying her best to tune out the ‘Twilight’-obsessed tabloid
Kristen Stewart was a bundle of nerves talking about "Twilight" a year ago. She’s far more confident these days as "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has risen in movie theaters.
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Robert Pattinson learns secrets of success
LOS ANGELES — Maybe it can be dismissed as simply his British background, but Robert Pattinson says he hasn’t really been affected by the mountains of attention he’s garnered since "Twilight."
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Leonardo da Vinci exhibit opens in Times Square
NEW YORK (AP) — An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci’s 500-year-old inventions and machines opens in Times Square today.
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Movie review: Animated ‘Planet 51’ a genial, but generic take on sci-fi films.
How might a kid — OK, a teenager — protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies (including "The Fourth Kind"), the anal probe? If you weren’t thinking ...
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Movie review: ‘The Blind Side’
The redemption-minded sports flick "The Blind Side" serves its inspiration straight-up with no twist.
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Movie Review: "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" is one of the most curious films to arrive in a long time.
It’s post-Katrina New Orleans and there are snakes in the water — none bigger than Terence McDonagh, an exceptionally corrupt detective, who slinks through town snorting coke, smoking heroin, harassing women and ...
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"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has fang appeal
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," also known as "Twilight: The Squeakquel," is actually pretty good — a tick better than the first "Twilight," which wasn’t bad either. ...
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Expect big things from this small show
Rockland Historical Society’s annual Miniature and Dollhouse Show brings together local artists.
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A special holiday calendar to help you plan the next two weeks
Bedford Hills: "A Christmas Carol." Bedford Community Theatre presents the musical staging of "A Christmas Carol" with music by Westchester’s Alan Menken and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. $15. 7:30 p.m. ...
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Chappaqua students take on ‘Evita’
Students at Chappaqua’s Horace Greeley High School are putting on a production of "Evita."
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Tale as old as time ...
Members of Scarsdale High School’s Drama Club hope to put their own spin on "Beauty and the Beast."
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Taking it day by day
Walter Panas High School’s "Godspell" has 53 people in the cast, and three student choreographers.
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Brown Leads Fall Book Charge; Irving, Krakauer, Hornby Follow
Dan Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code," the best-selling adult novel of all time, returns to bookstores today with "The Lost Symbol." The big question for publishers is whether it will kill the competition or ...
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'Ragtime' revival puts emphasis on people
The initial swirling syncopation of sound is impossible to resist.
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‘Ragtime’ revival puts renewed emphasis on people
The initial swirling syncopation of sound is impossible to resist.
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A theatrical cornucopia awaits
With a host of shows opening this weekend, there’s no reason a theater lover shouldn’t be completely satisfied by the time next Monday rolls around.
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Blind Brook, Briarcliff high school take on Helen Keller’s "Miracle"
Two high schools, Blind Brook and Briarcliff, are presenting the challenging play "The Miracle Worker" — about Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan — this weekend.
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Inauguration clarinetist visits philharmonic
The last time most people saw Anthony McGill was Inauguration Day, when he played in an all-star quartet for the president-elect. This month, he works alongside his quartet friend, Itzhak Perlman, in two Purchase College concerts by ...
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Broadway, meet New Rochelle
After a tour of the city, the actors who play a New Rochelle family in "Ragtime" on Broadway can say they’ve seen New Rochelle.
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Inauguration clarinetist visits Westchester Philharmonic
The last time most people saw Anthony McGill was Inauguration Day, when he played in an all-star quartet for the president-elect. This month, he works alongside his quartet friend, Itzhak Perlman, in two Purchase College concerts by ...
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Cheryl Hines of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" directs a new film
Cheryl Hines is best known for getting laughs as Larry David’s now-estranged wife on the wonderfully warped HBO sitcom, "Curb Your Enthusiasm." 
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Comedian Mo’Nique gets serious in ‘Precious’
Mo’Nique likes to laugh. A lot.
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Sly ‘Fox’ is goofy fun for audiences of all ages
It may not merit the adjective in its title, yet the animated yarn "Fantastic Mr. Fox" offers some of the most goofy fun you’ll have at a theater this season.
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‘2012’: An uninspired apocalypse
Nothing like a dandy evening’s apocalypse to take the edge off recession, unemployment, Afghanistan and Glenn Beck. With "2012," Roland "The Day After Tomorrow" Emmerich serves up ...
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Dionne knows the way ... to Peekskill
The legendary Dionne Warwick comes to the Paramount for one night of song.
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Warhol painting fetches $43 million at NYC auction
NEW YORK (AP) — An Andy Warhol painting called "200 One Dollar Bills" has sold at auction for $43.8 million, shooting past its presale estimate of $8 million to $12 million.
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Enlisting pint-sized "Wardrobe" warriors
This weekend’s Yorktown High School production of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" has Father Christmas, a lion king, a unicorn — and more than 100 elementary-school kids serving in the armies of ...
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Happy birthday, Big Bird
At age 40, Big Bird, Elmo, Bert, Ernie, and ‘Sesame Street's' other residents are still teaching and reaching generations of kids on PBS.
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