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Trying a out a new feature for tonight — the MyUpperWest Week In Review:
Neighborhood fixture Calle Ocho re-opened at their new location in the Excelsior Hotel
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Summer Restaurant Week was extended to Labor Day
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A taxi crashed into a horse carriage
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The 41st Season Of “Lincoln Center Out Of Doors” kicked-off — 100+ free performances through 8/14
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Grub Street [...]
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If you haven’t seen it yet, tonight is the final evening of David Michalek’s “Portraits in Dramatic Time,” part of the Lincoln Center Festival.
What at first appears to be a still snapshot of an actor on stage unfolds, gesture by barely perceptible gesture, into massively amplified theatrical nuance. David Michalek has photographed actors of all [...]
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Last week MyUpperWest mentioned the Firemen’s Memorial as one of the many under-appreciated features of Riverside Park. Since the previous post mentioned the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument (Riverside & 89th), which plays host to New York City’s official Memorial Day ceremonies each year, it seems like an opportune time to delve into more detail.
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Just because the Public Theater’s “Shakespeare In The Park” season has ended, it doesn’t mean Upper West Siders are left without free theater options. Hudson Warehouse’s 2011 season is still going strong, with performances continuing throughout August.
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NYT Arts Beat reports on an interesting discussion series coming to Lincoln Center this fall (yes, we’re already talking about fall).
Business, not cultural affairs, will be on the breakfast menu at Lincoln Center this fall as the Center begins a morning series where leaders will “discuss significant issues facing American society,” according to Reynold Levy, [...]