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Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News At an event about the Velvet Underground at the New York Public Library on Tuesday night, founding guitarist and singer Lou Reed perhaps best summed up his feelings about the band. "To this day I don't think there's been much going on that comes close to what the Velvet Underground did," he told the crowd. "Not even close --...
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Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
As the Velvet Underground’s “Heroin” blared through the loudspeakers at the New York Public Library on 42nd Street last night, a spotlight focused on a lone turntable and the band’s Lou Reed, Maureen “Moe” Tucker and Doug Yule took seats alongside Rolling Stone’s David Fricke. The special occasion: a rare discussion of everything from the...
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Kempton - ideas Revolutionary (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
An examiner.com article, “Carol Shields and The Stone Diaries: Insights from New York Public Library“. Posted in audio, book, Canada, CBC, Creative, insightful, people, united states
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Tea at Trianon (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The New York Times reviews a recently released, highly controversial book entitled The Invention of the Jewish People by Israeli historian Shlomo Sand. According to the review : Since Professor Sand’s mission is to discredit Jews’ historical claims to the territory, he is keen to show that their ancestry lines do not lead back to ancient Palestine. He resurrects a theory first...
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Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library | Manhattan, New York | Atlas Obscura They still use pneumatic tubes in the NY Humanities and Social Sciences library. Put into operation in New York in 1897 by the American Pneumatic Service Company the 27 mile system connected 22 post offices in Manhattan, and the the General Post office in Brooklyn. The pipes...
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Poetry Blog of 32 Poems Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Perhaps we mentioned 32 Poems was invited — along with the magazines Salamander and Confrontation — to participate in the New York Public Library’s Periodically Reading Series. I was thrilled to be invited, to have Elizabeth J. Coleman participate as our “emerging” poet, and to be in New York. Watch the video (28:32). Although we did not [...]...
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fullcirclelit (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... Diana, 'tis the season to be jolly! CONFETTI GIRL has been named for the influential New York Public Library’s “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing", see complete listing: http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm'ListID=391 Confetti Girl is included in The Latinidad List for the "Top Latino Books of 2009" in the middle grade category, see complete...
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Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Carlyle Hotel piano bar -- Sunday, 12.6.09, 11:20 am. What they really mean is, "Don't even think of taking out your laptop while you're eating here. This isn't the New York Public Library. Find a Starbucks, fella." Curtain at the Ethel Barrymore theatre last night before the start of David Mamet's Race, a tautly written, at times hilarious, highly absorbing piece about...
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Authors On Line Workshop (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Announcements: BEA to Focus on Spain, and More : " Spain and Spanish publishing will be the focus of BEA's Global Market Forum program in 2010. Programs will include a day of educational sessions, and BEA is 'seeking cooperation with numerous literary and cultural institutions in New York City to provide programming which extends beyond the convention center and will be open to the public.'...