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Macy’s Parade Redux
A brief follow up to my earlier post about the earlier, less commercial days of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Here’s documentary testament to some of the remnants from that purer era: a… more →
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Wit's End Black Cat Masquerade Tonight!
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September 11 Ceremonies
wrote 8 months ago: Ceremonies of remembrance will be held at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum starting at … more →
Mermaid Parade Today
wrote 11 months ago: 2 p.m. today! Go here for all the details! … more →
Stars of Vaudeville #464: The Russell Brothers
wrote 1 year ago: Since their birthdays are unknown, I’ve saved this post for St. Patrick’s Day. The Russe … more →
Vaudeville Valentines
wrote 1 year ago: The Castles Today being the official day to celebrate romance, I thought it might be fitting to tip … more →
America's Parade
wrote 1 year ago: Every year at this time, I break out my copy of this handy Life Magazine coffee table book chronicli … more →
Best Birthday Present Ever
wrote 2 years ago: This birthday (I won’t tell you how old I am) I received 234 birthday greetings, and only one … more →
R.I.P. Houdini
wrote 2 years ago: This is the grave of Harry Houdini, located in the Machpelah Cemetary in Queens. He died 84 years ye … more →
The Halloween Plays
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wrote 2 years ago: I will not libel so pleasurable an evening as “The Halloween Plays” by calling it … more →
A Trip to Sleepy Hollow
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wrote 2 years ago: One of my favorite books as a child was my 1967 Grosset & Dunlap edition of the tales of Washing … more →
The Beer Garden at Bohemian Hall
wrote 2 years ago: Here’s the beauty of having a blog. I’ve wanted to experience and write about what is wi … more →
The World, As of 9/10/01
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wrote 2 years ago: This exhibition is opening at SB D Gallery in the East Village today. The gallery shows works on lar … more →
9/11 in Art: A Play and a Film
wrote 2 years ago: A thought occurred to me recently after seeing a couple of somewhat half-baked September 11 themed p … more →
The Giglio Dance
wrote 2 years ago: Today is the opening day of my favorite neighborhood event, which takes place every July a few block … more →
A Barnum Bicentenary
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wrote 2 years ago: Friends, if P.T. Barnum had lived he would have turned 200 years old on July 5 of this year, which i … more →
The Mermaid Parade
wrote 2 years ago: I went to my first Mermaid Parade in 1989; it inspired my play Sea of Love, the 2002 Ohio Theatre pr … more →
Stars of Vaudeville: Young Sonny, Jr. & "Pops"
wrote 3 years ago: It’s hard to pigeon-hole a team like Sonny and Pops. Already advanced in age at the beginning of the … more →
Happy New Year!
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wrote 3 years ago: It may shock you to know that, next to The Wizard of Oz, this is my favorite film. Keep climbing, my … more →
Stars of Vaudeville #28: The Four Cohans
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wrote 3 years ago: The only thing I’m proud of about vaudeville is that I got out of it. The houses are not all Orpheum … more →
