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Music Interviews

Botstein Revives The East German Avant-Garde

January 24, 2009 • On Jan. 25, the American Symphony Orchestra will give the U.S. premieres of composers from the former East Germany. It's music most Americans have never heard. Conductor Leon Botstein says that the music of Eisler, Fessay and Matthus often experiments within the tradition of Bach and Mozart.

Botstein Revives The East German Avant-Garde

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National

Rochester, N.Y., Barbers Energized By Obama

January 21, 2009 • Among the scores of buses that streamed toward Washington this week was a bus chartered by a group of African-American barbers and beauticians from Rochester, N.Y. The group went with high hopes and left feeling inspired by President Barack Obama's call to serve the country.

Rochester, N.Y., Barbers Energized By Obama

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National

On The Road To D.C. From N.Y.

January 20, 2009 • One bus is en route to Washington D.C. from New York — the trip was organized by a barber.

On The Road To D.C. From N.Y.

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Presidential Inauguration Of Barack Obama

Taking Lessons From FDR's First 100 Days

January 19, 2009 • In Hyde Park, N.Y., people are flocking to an exhibit depicting Franklin D. Roosevelt's first 100 days in office during the Great Depression. When the exhibit was planned more than a year ago, no one could have predicted its current relevance as Obama gets ready to move into the White House.

Taking Lessons From FDR's First 100 Days

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National

Paterson Lauds 'Miracle On The Hudson'

January 15, 2009 • New York Gov. David Paterson described as the "miracle on the Hudson" the rescue of more than 150 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549, which went down in the Hudson River. Both he and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the aircraft's pilot.

Paterson Lauds 'Miracle On The Hudson'

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Education

Blue Man Group Creates High-Tech NYC Preschool

January 1, 2009 • The founders of the quirky Blue Man Group trio have opened a preschool in New York's East Village with a padded room, climbing wall and light floor with high-tech games. The Blue School — at up to $27,000 a year — is an experiment to help kids explore "divergent thinking."

Blue Man Group Creates High-Tech NYC Preschool

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National

Belafonte Puts Rev. King's Notes Up For Auction

December 10, 2008 • The documents include the first draft of the civil rights leader's Feb. 25, 1967, anti-war speech, sketched out in Belafonte's New York City apartment, and notes for a speech on the Poor People's Campaign that King planned to deliver in Memphis the day he was killed.

Belafonte Puts Rev. King's Notes Up For Auction

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Your Money

New York's Abercrombie Bucks The Retail Blues

November 28, 2008 • America may be in a recession — but you wouldn't know it from the lines of customers — often more than 200 people deep — around the Abercrombie & Fitch store on New York's Fifth Avenue. People line up every morning before the store open. Who are these people? Why are they there? What are they buying and why?

New York's Abercrombie Bucks The Retail Blues

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Arts & Life

Artist Provides Booths For Prayer

November 22, 2008 • They look just like telephone booths, but they are decorated with hands folded in prayer, and there's a place to kneel. The prayer booths are an art installation designed to spark dialogue on prayer in the public sphere. There are prayer booths in Jackson, Tennessee, in Ceder Rapids Iowa — and now on a bustling Manhattan street in New York City.

Artist Provides Booths For Prayer

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Books

In 'Wonderland', Scenes Of Soviet Dissolution

November 16, 2008 • Growing up during the Reagan era, Jason Eskenazi heard so much about "The Evil Empire" that when the Berlin Wall came down, he had to go visit it. He ended up spending more than a decade photographing life in the former Soviet Union.

In 'Wonderland', Scenes Of Soviet Dissolution

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Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets

Economic Concerns Affect Art Market

November 12, 2008 • Recent art auctions in New York and London have resulted in weak bids and withdrawn pieces. A commodity once thought to be recession-proof is showing signs of vulnerability. But some insiders say that may not be altogether bad.

Economic Concerns Affect Art Market

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Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets

Bloomberg Battles Budget Blues

November 6, 2008 • New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says because of the economic downturn, he will have to cut $1.5 billion from the city's budget. The city is facing declining tax revenues and a deficit of nearly $4 billion.

Bloomberg Battles Budget Blues

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Diversions

'Inverted Jenny' Stamp On Auction Block

October 28, 2008 • The stamp — which features an upside-down biplane — will be sold this week by the Robert Siegel Auction Galleries in New York City. Though a similar stamp sold for nearly $1 million last year, this one is not centered and is not expected to fetch as much.

'Inverted Jenny' Stamp On Auction Block

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Media

Rachel Maddow: Sassy, Acerbic And — Yes — Liberal

October 23, 2008 • The host of MSNBC's nightly political roundup The Rachel Maddow Show offers a combination of perspectives not often seen on cable television — that of a former Rhodes scholar, an AIDS and prison reform activist, a left-leaning radio host and an openly gay woman.

Rachel Maddow: Sassy, Acerbic And — Yes — Liberal

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