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Bag It With Color

No matter what you’re wearing, a colored handbag and/or shoes cheers up and stylishly adds to an ensemble. This is the season to play. Herein some options: Red- clockwise Salar Lula Small Handbag– Edgy, stud front Italian leather crossing over from punk to high fashion.It’s unlikely you’ll see this one

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The Gorgeous Weight of ephemera

“This is not normal, and it never will be.” There are three acts in the ephemera trilogy by Kimi Maeda: “The Homecoming,” “The Crane Wife,” and “Bend.” The truth of the matter, however, is that “Bend” alone is worth the price of admission, making the first two visually stunning, strikingly

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Artists Think “Inside the Box” at Islip Art Museum

Still Life I lift my brush to catch the light Which passes quickly from cloud to cloud A purple color melts in April greens Objects wait for colors to describe their shapes. – Marsha Solomon   2015 Marsha Solomon was one of many artists who answered this year’s open call

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The Mint Theater: Visionary Resurrection of Forgotten Plays

This is the story of a unique theater, hospitable to dismissed, abandoned, and ignored plays we might never otherwise see and of the man whose unique inspiration drives it. “I’m interested in giving life to plays that have disappeared and gratified by the experience of doing it, but the original

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The Comeback of the Road Trip and Why You Should Take One for Your Next Vacation

The old-fashioned epic road trip was made popular in the American 1950s, when beatnik authors and poets like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg began to publish now-famous tomes of their adventures across the US. The stories detailed in these books exemplified the low-budget, low-maintenance method of travel, and opening the mind to new experiences. From then on, road trips became a romanticized rite of passage for American youths; with the same effect in Europe and

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The Ride’s Downtown Experience Is Virtually the Best NYC Tourist Attraction

It’s a bus ride, it’s 3-D history, it’s moveable theatre. The Ride is opening up the door to a new world of tourism and historical entertainment, and it’s doing it right.   You may have seen The Ride taking on passengers at its Times Square departure corner. It’s a big bus, seemingly windowless and inside, there’s a lot of good fun going on with trivia, songs, waving at passersby, and silliness. Now, The Ride has

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How to Start Your Own Business Even If You Don’t Know How – Part 8

Chapter 8 – Marketing Your New Small Business You need sales to get your business started. How will you get clients or customers? I’m always a fan of getting someone to help you if you can afford it, but don’t go tossing your money at a marketing agency before you do all you can on your own. Don’t get stumped by waiting until you have a marketing plan to start marketing. Branding? Think of what people

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Bag It With Color

No matter what you’re wearing, a colored handbag and/or shoes cheers up and stylishly adds to an ensemble. This is the season to play. Herein some options: Red- clockwise Salar Lula Small Handbag– Edgy, stud front Italian leather crossing over from punk to high fashion.It’s unlikely you’ll see this one elsewhere.  Interior with two compartments. Removable shoulder strap. 6.8” x 5.5” $406.42 Kenzo Fire Red Gommato Leather Mini Kalifornia Handbag– Sporty leather day bag with

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The Gorgeous Weight of ephemera

“This is not normal, and it never will be.” There are three acts in the ephemera trilogy by Kimi Maeda: “The Homecoming,” “The Crane Wife,” and “Bend.” The truth of the matter, however, is that “Bend” alone is worth the price of admission, making the first two visually stunning, strikingly creative pieces gifts of light and beauty. The recommendation is to make the ephemera trilogy a priority; it is breathtaking, both for the bold and

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Macbeth Performed Entirely by Women at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

An extraordinary production of Macbeth is playing out this summer under the big tent at the Boscobel estate overlooking the Hudson River. Director Lee Sunday Evans has elected to have the entire cast portrayed by three women, in this case, the talented Maria-Christina Oliveras, Nance Williamson, and Stacey Yen. As the three approach center stage, with menace in their eyes, they are the three witches ready to give Macbeth and his comrade Banquo the prediction

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Artists Think “Inside the Box” at Islip Art Museum

Still Life I lift my brush to catch the light Which passes quickly from cloud to cloud A purple color melts in April greens Objects wait for colors to describe their shapes. – Marsha Solomon   2015 Marsha Solomon was one of many artists who answered this year’s open call at the Islip Art Museum to ‘think inside the box’ by creating works in an enclosure of some form that engages only one viewer at

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The Mint Theater: Visionary Resurrection of Forgotten Plays

This is the story of a unique theater, hospitable to dismissed, abandoned, and ignored plays we might never otherwise see and of the man whose unique inspiration drives it. “I’m interested in giving life to plays that have disappeared and gratified by the experience of doing it, but the original impetus was telling stories that people didn’t know how they ended.”  Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director, The Mint Theater Jonathan Bank knew he wanted to go

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