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Mar 29

Ballet Hispanico Leaves No Niño Behind | West Side Spirit -

Eleven pre-teen girls in Ballet Hispanico’s Spanish dance class stand at attention at one edge of the room, heels up, ruffled skirts pulled at the hip and chins pushed forward. While some faces betray intense concentration, others are ready to go ahead and charge.

“I want bullfighter girls,” cheered their teacher, Sandra Rivera, before starting their Paso Doble music. “Let me see a beautiful position… Enjoy yourselves!”

Mar 26

5 Innovative Journalism School Partnerships - 10,000 Words -

photo by CUNY Student Channon Hodge for The LocalMy school is among the noted for our partnership with The Local - Fort Greene and the New York Times. When a Journalism School partners with a local media outlet - everyone wins! Students get a chance to gain clips - and media outlets get investigative (although sometimes stumblingly investigative) journalism.

Mar 21

See The Future of Surgery on Animals - Whole Living Daily : Whole Living -

Whole Living reports this awesome story on Colorado State University researchers who’ve developed a way to reduce our research dependency on animals!

Mar 12

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Emily Fisher Landau donated over 400 pieces of bold American Artwork to The Whitney Museum of American Art – on display now. She began her love of forward-thinking art as a volunteer at The Whitney almost 50 years ago. When they collected, she collected, and now the Whitney is offering anyone in New York City the opportunity to see one collector’s vision in one space. The Emily Fisher Landau exhibit is on now though May, but many of her works will still be displayed on the walls of the Whitney.

See works from Robert Mapplethorpe, Ed Ruscha, Warhol, Nan Goldin and more…

Mar 02

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Mar 01

Let's have a good cry over tearjerkers - CBS Sunday Morning - CBS News -

Where have all the good tear jerkers gone? I’m talking about the ones that had you setting up your tissue box strategically right at the beginning.

My favs have to be Steel Magnolias and Beaches. Check out this great CBS Sunday Morning piece, where the disappearance of  good crying movies may have something to do with a serious lack of appreciating the female audience.

Feb 16

Did you Know There Was A Kindergaarten in Tahrir Square? - GOOD.is -

A Moving Letter from Egypt About the Role of Children in Tahrir Square - Culture - GOOD

Article from a professor…. I say - if you don’t give the kids something to do - they will eat all of your candy and make such a raucous being better protesters than you, that they’ll inevitably steal your thunder….

Feb 10

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Opinion: A Shoplifter’s Second Chance - The Local – Fort-Greene Blog - NYTimes.com -

There are still good people out there. And you have to wonder - when you help another person, are you helping them forever or just for that moment in time?

Check out this great letter to the editor for The Local, Fort Greene about a woman, a shoplifter, and 9 cans of dog food.

Feb 06

tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?

My brother riding a Knight Rider a black and red, plastic,  3-Wheeler