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Theater Review (NYC): Phoebe Legere’s ‘Speed Queen: The Joe Carstairs Story’
Uneven pacing and lengthy diversions derail this loving musical tribute from the multitalented Legere to the cross-dressing lesbian oil heiress and speedboat champion.
Read More »Songwriters Collect Big Time in Rate Dispute with Music Streaming Services
Songwriters come out on top with record-breaking win against streaming services.
Read More »New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show 2018 Features Belgian Floral Artist Daniël Ost
The NYBG presents another spectacular celebration of one of the most alluring, sensual, and mysterious of flower exotics, the orchid.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Good for Otto’ by David Rabe
The play buffets us from patient to patient, crisis to crisis, and dream sequence to real-life therapy. Artifice this skillful glows with a heightened authenticity. The glittering cast including Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Rhea Perlman, Mark Linn-Baker, and F. Murray Abraham.
Read More »Supreme Court Decides 25% of Prisoner Damages Must Go to Lawyers’ Fees
In a recent 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a dispute among lower federal courts about how large a share of damage awards won by inmates in civil rights cases must be paid towards their lawyers’ fees.
Read More »Improving Diversity in the Workplace: Eight Obstacles Millennials Face
As a young professional, one of your biggest personal challenges may be making your voice heard on issues of diversity and inclusion. Volunteering to work on these matters can help you build influence in your organization.
Read More »Visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Discover what the NMAAHC has to offer your family and friends and add it to your travel bucket list.
Read More »The 90th Academy Awards – Time to Make a Long Story Short
It is time for people behind these awards shows to give them an extreme makeover.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Samurai Listener’ by Cash Nickerson
'The Samurai Listener' is a refreshing new business book by executive and martial arts expert Cash Nickerson. To be more effective negotiators takes being better listeners — and no one was better at that than samurai warriors, says Nickerson.
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