Monthly Archives: March 2012

What We Talk About When We Talk About…(Fill in the Blank)

By Victoria Looseleaf This just in: Englander has won the Frank O’Connor award for this book, earning him £25000, or about $50,163.69. Click here for the details, but it’s the largest cash prize given for a collection of short stories … Continue reading

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Friends With Kids: Forgettable Fluff

By Victoria Looseleaf Between going to a cool Purim party (best costume was a Julius Caesar toga, replete with spangled, pinking-sheared trim), which was really an all-out drunken wine tasting (the vineyards, of course, were Jewish-owned, with a 2009 Honig … Continue reading

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From Fowl Play to Fouettés: Swan Lake Lives

By Victoria Looseleaf “How many ‘Swan Lakes’ can you see? How many ‘Giselles’? That’s what a cranky German asked me one year in Havana where we were both attending that elegantly decaying city’s International Ballet Festival. “How many Beethoven 9ths … Continue reading

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Dancing For Dollars (And Other Tidbits)

By Victoria Looseleaf Now that February is over – and with the Oscars telecast finally marking the end of awards season (check out our before and after takes on Hollywood’s biggest night) – we’ve got other things on our minds … Continue reading

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