Archives - July 2012

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Shooting stirs protest in East Flatbush

July 30, 2012
By Carey Zamarriego

Bishop Orlando Findlayter marches with protesters following the funeral of Shantel Davis, who was shot and killed by an N.Y.P.D. detective

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Brooklyn DJs take what was once pirate radio online

July 30, 2012
By Melissa Howard

Hank Hayes, a former pirate DJ, broadcasts on the Internet-based Hank and Jim Radio Network.

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For one student, Obama's immigration plan offers a future

July 30, 2012
By Clodagh McGowan

Francisco Gutierrez, like 800,000 similar young people nationwide, will be eligible for a work permit and with it legal status in the U.S.

Out in the world: García Lorca in New York

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    Thanks to Lorca in New York (April 5-July 21 2013), a celebration of Lorca’s American sojourn, the Spanish poet is receiving renewed interest in the city he once described as the “vomiting multitude

The living dead are evolving: The Zombie apocalypse takes over media

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    Zombie research experts – yes, they exist -- debate the validity of zombie films based on an expanding definition of the undead.

     

For religious actors, a clash of cultures

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    Mona Shaikh must balance a dedication both to the theater and to religious observance. 

Playing the fool: An interview with Broadway “Cinderella” star Greg Hildreth

  • Cinderella

    Hildreth plays the fool for a living, and wouldn’t have it any other way. 

A prized Italian painting makes its American debut

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    A painting by Diego Velázquez is the lone artwork in a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum.

The second coming: Christian dubstep in the digital age

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    The music known as Christian dubstep is an unlikely pairing of two worlds.