Brigid Bergin

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Art on the Lower East Side

Monday, June 23, 2008

The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently added the Lower East Side to a list of "endangered places." For local artists and arts organizations, there's a sense they feel endangered too – but some have found strategies for survival. Brigid Bergin has this report.

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Age Plays Important Role

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

The age gap showed up in exit poll results for Democrats in New York and New Jersey. In New York, 3 in 5 voters over 60 chose Clinton, while 3 in 5 voters under 30 chose Barack Obama. In New Jersey exit polls, Obama got about 60% of voters ages ...

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Albee Honored at Rainbow Room

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

REPORTER: Tyne Daly and Eartha Kitt - just some of the stars who gathered to toast Edward Albee at the Rainbow Room last night.

The evening was a birthday celebration for the playwright and soon-to-be octogenarian who's written modern classics including "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" ...

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Staten Island Composers Project

Saturday, October 27, 2007

The Staten Island Composers Project is culminating this weekend with a live performance of works by David Johansen of The New York Dolls, Galt MacDermot, the composer of Hair and Vernon Reid, founder of the ’80s funk band Living Colour. All three are Staten Island ...

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The Taxi Strike and the Punjabi Deli

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

The taxi strike is being greeted by many New Yorkers with a shoulder shrug and a "whaddaya gonna do?" attitude. But some are feeling the effects strongly. Drivers who are not on the road say it's worth losing some money to keep GPS technology out ...

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The Borinqueneers

Friday, August 24, 2007

The 65th Infantry was the only all Puerto Rican regiment in the history of the U-S military. The soldiers were known as The Borinqueneers. Tonight in the Bronx, the New York debut of a new film about the fabled regiment will take place at Hostos ...

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