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The N.Y.P.D. Clamps Down on Jazz
By Liliana SeguraAt 8:45 a.m. on a frigid January morning, the protesters are warming up: “Mic Check!” “Mic Check!”
Burlesque, Beer, and PowerPoint
By Mary MannBrooklyn Brainery’s Society for the Advancement of Social Studies hosts a night of sexy history…
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Fear of the First Amendment
By Theodore Hamm
According to Sean Barry of VOCAL-NY, the “fear of police contact is a major problem” for those trying to mobilize the city’s poor to attend political protests.
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The Privatized Mind
By Liza Featherstone
Throughout this fall I was constantly texting. Anytime I had a free moment, I’d whip out my cellphone, never satisfied until I’d made contact.
Music that Picks You Up
By Eleanor J. BaderBoth the outpatient dialysis unit and the inpatient pediatric wing at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Flatbush are packed, and the bleeps and blips of electronic moni
The Brief Histories & Modern Journey of a Vinyl Record
By Sean CooperThe modern vinyl record began its life at a 1920 funeral, with King George V and the procession walking down Whitehall, while two producers, waiting for their arrival, sat in a truck parked outside Westminster Abbey in London.
