Best Things To Do Tonight In NYC, May 26

05/26/11 Celebrate Walt Whitman, get the inside scoop on the toy industry, or dance the night away to the rhythmic styles of Indian inspired dancing tonight in New York City.

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Guide To The Shore: Top Outdoor Dining

05/26/11 Whether gazing out at the beautiful Atlantic Ocean, walking along white sandy beaches or enjoying the landscape around the Jersey Shore, the vast terrain is truly a treasure. Many restaurants along the coast offer outdoor [...]

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Diary of the Dance

05/13/11 Four young step dancers from the Inishfree School of Irish Dance share their diary entries from World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin this past April.

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St. John Fisher College Awards Presidents Medals at 57th Commencement

05/11/11 St. John Fisher College held its 57th Commencement on Saturday, and honored four individuals with Presidents Medals, presented to them during the ceremony by Dr. Donald Bain, President of the College.Recipients of the Presidents Medal for Service to St. John Fisher College and the Rochester Community included: Howard J. Berman, retired President and CEO, Lifetime Healthcare Companies; Edward...

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Lykke Li: Dramatic Show Cancellations Due to Injury, "Jools Holland" Appearance, "Glee" Cover

04/27/11 Lykke Li unfortunately had to cancel a few European tour dates last week, due to what sounds like a pretty painful series of injuries. She explained in a loopy blog post : " I had some kind of complete meltdown on Marks&Spencer in Glasgow on one of those very rare days off while on route....I was standing at an isle contemplating life and death and the struggles of being an artist/soul/woman ...

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Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Sufjan, Cut Copy, Sonic Youth Play Outdoor NYC Summer Shows

04/27/11 For music fans, one of the greatest reasons to continue paying exorbitant New York rents is the city's abundance of outdoor summer concerts, many of them free. Several of New York's annual concert series and festivals have announced their 2011 lineups, and more are on the way. Below, we've got a list of the most prominent series and shows.

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Okkervil River Webcast Tonight

04/27/11 Tonight NPR Music will stream Okkervil River performing their new album, 'I Am Very Far,' live in its entirety ( Read )

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YooStar Meets YouTube

04/21/11 New York, NY - Yoostar's social "movie karaoke" performance video game boosted its worldwide audience today by adding the ability for users to upload their performances directly to YouTube. Now the world can watch anyone act, ad-lib or stand-in for the greatest actors, in their most memorable roles, on the site that defined video sharing...

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ESRB Introduces New Rating Process for Console Downloadable Video Games

04/18/11 NEW YORK, NY The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) today announced it is introducing a new streamlined rating process for games that will only be sold and downloaded through console and handheld storefronts such as Microsoft Xbox LIVE Arcade, Nintendo Wii or DSi Shop and Sony PlayStation S...

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Best Themed Restaurants In New York City

04/18/11 From aliens to ninjas, a glance at some of the best themed restaurants the New York City has to offer.

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Mogwai Postpone U.S. Shows

04/18/11 Photo by Shannon McClean Scottish post-rock firebreathers Mogwai will tour North America this spring, but not quite the way they planned it. As they point out on their website , the members of Mogwai are facing a delay in their visa processing, so they'll have to postpone five dates on the East Coast wing, starting with tomorrow night's show in Washington DC. They plan to reschedule those shows ...

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PSA: Ludacris Joins Campaign to Restock New Orleans Libraries

04/18/11 *Ludacris is supporting a campaign to help libraries in Louisiana re-stock their shelves as they continue to rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Many of the public institutions in the city of New Orleans were destroyed in the 2005 disaster and are still unable to replenish supplies six years later. Ludacris has joined forces [...]

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Lady Gaga, Tyler the Creator nominated for MTV's O Music Awards

04/05/11 Lady Gaga and Tyler the Creator lead MTV's newly inaugurated O Music Awards with three nominations each. Winners will be decided by fan voting in social media, with the results shown in a live hour-long webcast April 28 on MTV websites and mobile apps.

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Tyler, the Creator Reveals Artwork for Deluxe Edition of Goblin

04/05/11 That image you see above is the cover of the deluxe edition of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All head Tyler, the Creator 's forthcoming debut, Goblin . Tyler himself Tweeted the image (hosted on his Flickr ) last night, later commenting , "I Do Two Covers For Every Release Of Mine So, Thats The 2nd One For The Deluxe Edition. The Other One Is Standard." No word on what will be on the Deluxe ...

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Lady Gaga leads MTV's O Music Award nominations

04/05/11 NEW YORK (AP) - Lady Gaga and Tyler the Creator lead MTV's newly inaugurated O Music Awards with three nominations each.

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Lady Gaga, Tyler the Creator lead MTV's O Music Award nominations

04/05/11 NEW YORK - Lady Gaga and Tyler the Creator lead MTV's newly inaugurated O Music Awards with three nominations each. MTV announced Tuesday the categories and nominees for its new Web-based awards show, a celebration of digital music.

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Video: Weta Makes a Mermaid Tail for a Double Amputee

04/05/11 The special effects wizards over at Weta (they're the folks who made the costumes and creatures for the Lord of the Rings movies) recently designed a mermaid tail so Nadya Vessey, a double amputee, can swim. And they did it just to be nice. Apparently, Weta's prosthetics and make-up departments regularly do this kind of pro bono work for people who have been injured or otherwise compromised in ...

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Online arts: Click-fix culture

04/05/11 My father wasn't keen on holidays, though he was a great watcher of holiday programmes. Having enjoyed a sun-dappled tour of a Mediterranean country on the television courtesy of Alan Whicker or Judith Chalmers, he would announce, with immense satisfaction, that he had seen all that there was to see, and there was no need for any of us to go. This was in the Eighties, long before the widespread ...

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2011 NZ International Comedy Festival

04/05/11 Sixteen of the best from the 2011 NZ International Comedy Festival launch the ultimate comedy caper! Arj Barker and the gang are jazzed to be performing at the Opera House in Wellington for Visa First Laughs on Sunday May 1.

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Quick Hits: Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Mumford & Sons, Alice In Chains, MTV O Music Awards, Bruce Springsteen, Kings Of Leon ...

04/05/11 Ke$ha has announced a second leg for her Get $leazy Tour , which will continue this summer. The singer added more than 30 North American dates to the trek, beginning on July 26 in Harrington, Delaware, and wrapping on September 20 in Phoenix.

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