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The New American Dreamer—From Dreams to Reality

You have done a great job at interviewing for a job and now you sit by the phone and wait for it to ring, right? Wrong. After impressing everyone at the interview you came home and sent a thank you note not just to the person interviewing you, but also

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Rio Olympics 2016 – Girls Rule!

Closing ceremonies for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio will be held this evening. Team USA has collected more than 100 medals. While that’s amazing, there’s another statistic we couldn’t help but notice. At the 2012 games in London, American women won 29 gold medals compared to 17 for American

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Naked Brazilian and Others

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique…Martha Graham When boundless energy combines with incredible talent the result is Gustavo Pace and Naked Brazilian. The

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The Hatching – World War Z With Spiders!

She was not afraid of spiders.  There was no reason to be afraid of spiders.   My brother is one of the biggest fans of horror movies and novels I know. He devours stuff that would give most people nightmares, but even though Ezekiel Boone’s debut horror novel The Hatching

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The Whitney – Go Ahead and Take the Tour

After about the 30th painting, my eyes were going cross-eyed, and any comprehension was questionable. Reading the artists’ notes, peering into the artwork, contemplating the exhibits, one gets a bit weary. And, I’d only gone through two of the Whitney’s massive seven floor art collection. What was I to do,

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Opera to DIE For – “Where Opera and Cabaret Collide”

The last show of Opera New York’s Summer Series features one martyred suicide, one death at the hands of a jealous husband, one angry stabbing, one execution by firing squad, and one florid passing from tuberculosis. For those of you unversed in the genre, this evokes Madame Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini),

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Bringing to Light That Which Isn’t 

“Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.” Everything that has a beginning has an end. In today’s terms, when it comes to love and marriage, odds are nearly even that the end will come sooner than later. In Matthew Freeman’s play That

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What You Need to Know About the Job Market Now

The job market is showing promise with the best statistics since 2001, according to the Labor Department. If you are looking for work or even if you have given up looking, now is the time to job search. There were 4.7 million job openings on the last day of June,

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The New American Dreamer—From Dreams to Reality

You have done a great job at interviewing for a job and now you sit by the phone and wait for it to ring, right? Wrong. After impressing everyone at the interview you came home and sent a thank you note not just to the person interviewing you, but also to anyone who attended and sat in on the actual interview. Make sure to spell names correctly; it would be a shame to blow it

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Rio Olympics 2016 – Girls Rule!

Closing ceremonies for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio will be held this evening. Team USA has collected more than 100 medals. While that’s amazing, there’s another statistic we couldn’t help but notice. At the 2012 games in London, American women won 29 gold medals compared to 17 for American men. And, the women are on track to repeat that feat in Rio. On Team USA – girls rule! We are proud of the athletic

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Naked Brazilian and Others

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique…Martha Graham When boundless energy combines with incredible talent the result is Gustavo Pace and Naked Brazilian. The ability to convincingly portray a wide range of characters is rare, and to do it this well is truly remarkable. The show is fast paced

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The Hatching – World War Z With Spiders!

She was not afraid of spiders.  There was no reason to be afraid of spiders.   My brother is one of the biggest fans of horror movies and novels I know. He devours stuff that would give most people nightmares, but even though Ezekiel Boone’s debut horror novel The Hatching is one of the freshest, most engrossing entries to the genre that I’ve come across in years, my brother refuses to read it. Because in

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The Whitney – Go Ahead and Take the Tour

After about the 30th painting, my eyes were going cross-eyed, and any comprehension was questionable. Reading the artists’ notes, peering into the artwork, contemplating the exhibits, one gets a bit weary. And, I’d only gone through two of the Whitney’s massive seven floor art collection. What was I to do, especially since every art piece was just as fascinating as the previous one. The Whitney Museum, located between the High Line and the Hudson River

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Opera to DIE For – “Where Opera and Cabaret Collide”

The last show of Opera New York’s Summer Series features one martyred suicide, one death at the hands of a jealous husband, one angry stabbing, one execution by firing squad, and one florid passing from tuberculosis. For those of you unversed in the genre, this evokes Madame Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini), Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni), Carmen (Georges Bizet), Tosca (Giacomo Puccini) and La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi). Host/Narrator Jason Graae welcomes us to this festival of death

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Bringing to Light That Which Isn’t 

“Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.” Everything that has a beginning has an end. In today’s terms, when it comes to love and marriage, odds are nearly even that the end will come sooner than later. In Matthew Freeman’s play That Which Is, we meet two people who have committed themselves to a relationship that is failing spectacularly. Under a tree in a field far away

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What You Need to Know About the Job Market Now

The job market is showing promise with the best statistics since 2001, according to the Labor Department. If you are looking for work or even if you have given up looking, now is the time to job search. There were 4.7 million job openings on the last day of June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other signs of hope surround the report which was released on August 12. The number of openings

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