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Archives: Posts From December 2006
Presents for MacDowell Fellows -- and Out&Abouters Too
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 21 Dec 2006 at 10:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The MacDowell Colony -- where artists get creative without the intrusions of everybody else -- has started the celebrations of its centennial in 2007. Read more in today's column and see photos of Arthur & Ruth Feder, Thomas & Barbara Putnam, Eva Haller, ...
Holiday Baby Boom
By Amanda Gordon | Wed, 20 Dec 2006 at 9:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: "Children of Men," which comes out Christmas Day, is a somber film portraying a world of violence and hatred, a world in which the suicide kit Quietus sits on everyone's shelf. But the overriding emotion coming out of the film's bleakness is joy: the joy ...
Good Tidings: Nonprofit Holiday Cards
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 18 Dec 2006 at 6:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The New Globe Theater's holiday card is a winner because it well conveys the group's romantic vision to turn a military fortress on Governors Island into a Shakespearean theater for the New World. The illustration shows the theater design by Norman ...
Birthday Wishes
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 18 Dec 2006 at 4:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Happy 29th to one of our favorite hedge fund chicks, Julie Macklowe, who celebrated Saturday at Geisha before heading for a getaway in Buenos Aires. Read more in today's column, and remember that Ms. Macklowe wants people to make donations to Operation ...
The Partnership for Public Service
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 18 Dec 2006 at 7:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Am I good enough for public service? That's the question philanthropist Samuel Heyman would like to ring through dorm rooms of America's best and brightest. He's put up $45 million to make it happen, through the nonprofit he founded, the Partnership for ...
Chronicles of Nan
By Amanda Gordon | Wed, 13 Dec 2006 at 5:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: We'll call this chapter "The Hippo, the Friends & The Wardrobe," in which we tell of the reception on Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to open the exhibit "Nan Kempner: American Chic."
The Hippo refers to the mascot of the museum, and ...
The Miami Frenzy
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 7 Dec 2006 at 10:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Check out my story in today's paper on the first few hours of the Art Basel Miami Beach art fair. ...
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