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6 hrs ago | Cartoon Brew

Happy Birthday, Howard Beckerman

Howard Beckerman is the king of New York animation; a teacher, a mentor and a living legend.

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Related Topix: The Princess and the Frog, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Fri Dec 25, 2009

Berkshire Eagle

Fashion designer pulls right strings

Ever since she was 5 years old, fashion designer Pamela Ptak has known how to make it work.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Pittsfield, NH, Project Runway, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television

Thu Dec 24, 2009

Gazette.net

Art's at the heart for this Greenbelt advocate

Greenbelt resident Barbara Simon works Dec. 15 with Greenbelt Elementary School kindergartner Francesca Caraballo, 5, of Greenbelt as she paints in class.

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Related Topix: Greenbelt, MD

Tue Dec 22, 2009

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

On This Day in History: December 22 Landmark Status for Pratt

On December 22, 1981, the Pratt Institute Main Building and Library were designated landmarks.

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Mon Dec 21, 2009

Overheard in New York

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Quote this entry on your blog! If you want to quote or post " Even Coffee If You Must " on your blog, just copy this code: Even Coffee If You Must Architecture professor: You're all nodding off.

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Wed Dec 16, 2009

Vernon Morning Star

Anyone who has ever taken a subway train in, say, Toronto or New York will know the feeling - " - " the blurred snapshots of life as the train pulls from station to station.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada

Mon Dec 14, 2009

New York Magazine

8. Because New York is (Almost, But Not Quite, Yet Getting) Affordable Again

Monthly rent: $1,000 Price history:As recently as November, it was offered at $1,175 a month.

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Sun Dec 13, 2009

Gainesville Times

Studio PCA opens at Vint Hill

A new architecture firm has just settled into Vint Hill, and so far it seems that it and the neighborhood are a perfect fit.

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Sat Dec 12, 2009

Jewish Exponent

Spare Parts

Eva Hesse must be placed on that ever-burgeoning list of crucially influential artists unknown to the majority of the general public.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, Travel, Germany Travel, US Travel, Suicide,

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Cartoon Brew

Meet Dilworth

The Oscar nominated animator and creator of Cartoon Network's Courage the Cowardly Dog will present the best of his films and other surprises next Tuesday at SVA.

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Related Topix: School of Visual Arts

Mon Dec 07, 2009

CANOE

Plus, 7 pros share their strategies

Willingness to pay certain prices wanes in a downturn, but prices don't necessary fall in concert--that is, unless you bother to haggle.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Medicine, Surgery

Sun Dec 06, 2009

Post-Standard

Pete Hamill talks about newspapers, fiction and life with keyboard and pen

Pete Hamill ponders his words during an interview in New York City in 2007. Pete Hamill has lived the kind of life some author might latch onto down the road as a good blueprint for a script.

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Related Topix: Pete Hamill, World News, United Kingdom, Antrim County, Northern Ireland, Down County, Northern Ireland, Belfast County, Northern Ireland, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Manhattan, NY, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Jamaica Gleaner

Designer goes back to his roots

Chester Francis-Jackson, Gleaner Writer The Courtney Washington Collection of lifestyle clothing was conceived and created for the everyday sophisticated modern woman.

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Related Topix: World News, Jamaica, Central America, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, East Kingston, NY

Thu Dec 03, 2009

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Artist Eric Fischl to Speak at Pratt On - Evolution of Art within Avant-Garde Thinking'

Lecture Open to Public At Pratt Institute on Thursday, Dec. 3, renowned artist Eric Fischl will speak as part of the sixteenth annual Pratt President's Lecture Series.

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Related Topix: Arts, Painting

Tue Dec 01, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Los Gatos High grad making her international mark on art scene with dead animals

Just two days after her high school graduation, Reid Peppard was on a plane bound for Paris.

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Related Topix: Los Gatos, CA, The New School

Mon Nov 30, 2009

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

B'klyn Cohousing Group Meets

You are not logged in. Register now . November 30, 2009 by Brooklyn Eagle , published online 11-30-2009 Brooklyn Cohousing will continue to have open orientations and business meetings for interested persons throughout the holiday season, as follows: Wednesday, Dec.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Cartoon Brew

Rare Footage of Bakshi working on Fritz the Cat

This 1970 German documentary on Robert Crumb contains rare footage of Ralph Bakshi in his studio during the making of Fritz the Cat.

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Related Topix: School of Visual Arts

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Cool Hunting

Margaret Cusack: Fabric Illustrations

When asked to describe her work, illustrator Margaret Cusack best explains it as, "Realism created with stitchery and fabric." Margaret's amazing ability to intricately weave detailed images onto fabric has garnered her an incredible repertoire of stitched works commissioned by various organizations.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY

Tue Nov 24, 2009

The New York Times

Not So Fast on that Duane Reade

The new Pratt building under construction at 524 Myrtle Avenue last week. The gentlemen wearing signs are carpenters protesting the non-union labor putting up the buliding.

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Related Topix: Retail, Duane Reade, Journalism, Blog News

The New York Observer Politicker

After Rowdy Atlantic Yards Hearings, a Senate Bill to Punish Heckling

State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, left. Eliot Brown. Back in May, at a state Senate hearing on the $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project planned for Brooklyn, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery started to launch into criticism of a fellow senator, Marty Golden.

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