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| And another one bites the dust — another independent, privately -owned local resource is closing in NYC. This time, it’s Manhattan Theater Source in the Village, a small theater for emerging playrights and actors. It closes forever at the end of December, and must clear the stacks and storage areas of its extensive collection [...]  Comedian Lewis Black brings his dark humor to Barnes & Noble in Tribeca on Wednesday, November 2nd, for a FREE appearance that is part performance, part promotion of his new book, I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas. He’ll be discussing his take on the dark side of the biggest holiday of the year, and [...] The stories of Sholem Aleichem are touching tales about family, love, life and hope. The Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof is based on a Sholem Aleichem story. His granddaughter, Bel Kaufman, is giving a free lecture on the world famous Yiddish writer at Hunter College on Tuesday, November 1st. It’s part of Hunter’s [...] Kids and teens age eighteen and less are getting amnesty from overdue books, CDs and DVDs — and the late fines that go with them — from the New York Public Library. This special amnesty program is through Halloween, October 31st. No tricks — and a treat for the more than 140,000 NYC school [...] Kids and teens age eighteen and less are getting amnesty from overdue books, CDs and DVDs — and the late fines that go with them — from the New York Public Library. This special amnesty program is through Halloween, October 31st. No tricks — and a treat for the more than 140,000 NYC school [...] We all love to be in the center of things, and see our name in print. Especially kids. You can make that happen with personalized storybooks for kids. These are sweet, age-appropriate stories from I See Me! that encourages reading and reading skills. Even pre-school kids will learn to recognize and spell their [...] Borders’ liquidation sale continues with an additional 10% off on top of all other discounts, through August 10th, including Borders Rewards Plus. Current discounts are up to 40% off books, CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray DVDs, calendars, even e-Readers, and 50% off magazines, stationery and gift items. All Borders and Waldenbooks stores are expected to [...] You’ve probably already heard that Borders has filed for bankruptcy and closing most — if not all — of its stores, including the remaining ones in New York City. The Borders flagship location in the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle reportedly will close before Labor Day. Of course, this is bad news for [...] My son the college student told me about this great deal — Join Amazon Student for free and get the free shipping benefits of Amazon Prime for free. Then I did some checking, and there’s a similar free shipping deal if you join join Amazon Mom for free. These are really good deals [...] It was a full house last night at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan branch for my FREE talk on Peaceful Places in NYC, the title of my most recent travel guidebook. Everybody had a great time, especially me, because I love to share good news about my home town. Lots of you asked great questions about [...] Meet me at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library. I’m giving a FREE lecture on tranquil, peaceful places in NYC — secret gardens, picture postcard vistas, quiet sanctuaries in busy places, hiking trails you can get to by subway, which days of the week and times of [...] Peaceful Places in NYC, by Evelyn Kanter After the sensory overload of Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks and concert, the idea of quiet, tranquil, peaceful places in NYC is a good one. And there are many. I found more than one hundred sanctuaries researching and writing my NYC guidebook, Peaceful Places in NYC [...] |
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