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I’ll Never Forget … Ella Fitzgerald’s Final Concert at Carnegie Hall, 1991

Even in fragile condition, even with one missed note, the great American jazz singer continued…


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Job at Alphabet City’s Connelly Theater: An Ecstatic Review

Spellbinding. Nothing short of phenomenal. So says our reviewer, George Blecher, of this 80-minute two-hander…


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Rooms with a View in France: Aligned by the Stars

Hotel-ranking stars, that is, in Paris and points south By Stacia Friedman   Sighting: From…


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I’ll Never Forget … Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations

A concert violist and pianist zeroes in on a beloved Late Romantic Era work, complete…


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I’ll Never Forget … My Friendship with Seiji Ozawa

Rehearsing Mozart and Bizet with the late Japanese superstar conductor in Tanglewood and Tokyo By…


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Edible Memories: Lunch at Lüchow’s with Lauritz Melchior

1965: Dining with an outsize opera tenor at downtown New York’s bastion of German cuisine…


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I’ll Never Forget … The Summer of Love

In 1969, it was all psychedelic joy with the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane at…


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I’ll Never Forget … Schubert and Diamond

This classical music lover appreciates pop sung with warmth and sincerity too By Roberta Hershenson…


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I’ll Never Forget … Maria Callas as Tosca, 1965

The fabled diva compelled and galvanized the public as Puccini’s tragic heroine at the Metropolitan…


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I’ll Never Forget … Billie Holiday, June 15, 1957

The night the music came alive at the Loew’s Sheridan Theatre, New York City By…


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A Love Affair Gone Sour—With MZ Wallace

Inside a cult-favorite handbag brand that’s all about function-first frumpinesss By Millie Iselin   Showoffs.…


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Real Estate—New York-Style

Should you sell? Should you buy? A savvy, straight-shooting realtor weighs the options in this…


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New York City’s Best Knitting Shops

Local yarn dens provide an antidote to high-level urban stress in a clubby setting. By…


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