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Students, staff defend John Dewey in face of turnaround plans
GothamSchools
Jan 20Students and teachers from John Dewey High School protested outside of the Brooklyn school on Friday, brandishing signs reading: "Fix Schools, Don't Close Them!" and, "Save John Dewey." Anger and uncertainty about the city’s plans to overhaul 33 strugg... »
Jessica Chastain Gets Totally Starstruck by Susan Sarandon, and Vulture Is There to Witness It
nymag.com Vulture
Jan 18She appeared in six movies in 2011 alone — one of which, The Help, has garnered her awards recognition galore (most recently a BAFTA nomination) — but Jessica Chastain still gets starstruck. In a major way. At last night's premiere of Coriolanus, we sa... »
BAFTA Nominations: Brits Have a Soft Spot for Drive
nymag.com Vulture
Jan 17Today's list of awards season nominees comes to you from the U.K., where the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the contenders for its answer to the Oscars. As these are British awards, British films like Tinker Tailor Soldier Sp... »
School bus crashes into Queens house
WABC New York City News
Jan 13Six people, including two children, are recovering after a school bus accident in Queens. It happened near the intersection of Liverpool Street and Glassboro Avenue in South Jamaica Thursday afternoon. Witnesses say a car ran a stop sign, hit the bus, ... »
Elder women: The brick backbone of NYCHA
NYC in Focus
Jan 02By Rin Kelly and Mehrunnisa Wani Hung up in a hospital bed just before Thanksgiving with a newly replaced knee and a wealth of reasons to nap, 77-year-old Marcella Brown took it upon herself to figure out a way to feed 45 families. Holiday season witho... »
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Celebrating Over a Century of the Boy Scouts
Queens Mamas
Jan 30February 8th is Boy Scout Day, marking the day in 1910 when William Dickson Boyce filed incorporation papers in the District of Columbia and created the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts celebrated 100 ... »
Stephen Merchant playing 6 US shows, 2 in NYC (win a pair of tix or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5!)
Brooklyn Vegan
Dec 16by Klaus Kinski To call me an Anglophile would be politest way to appraise my absolute obsession and preference for all things British. My sad, dork-ass life revolves around Downton Abbey, Top Gear, Wheeler Dealers, The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's... »
Failed Thinking Leads to Failed Policies: Who Will Intervene? Who Will Save Us from Ignornant Arrogance?
Ed In The Apple
Dec 14In June, 2010, in a previous blog I quoted Justin Kruger and David Dunning, When people are incompetent in the strategies they adopt to achieve success and satisfaction, they suffer a dual burden: not only do they reach erroneous … Continue reading → »
A.M. Roundup: Election results
Capitol Confidential
Nov 09Good morning! Election day is over, and in most races, clear winners have emerged. There are a few locally and around the state that remain too close to call, and we’ll spend the morning shifting through the effects. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in New York Ci... »
Occupy Wall Street: the missing demographic
The Brooklyn Ink
Oct 25A month after Occupy Wall Street started, our reporter Hannah Olivennes looks at the involvement of the Black community in the protest. Two weeks after the Occupy Wall Street movement started, Malik Rashaan, a 39-year-old [...] »
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