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Where I come from in Long Island, it’s very rare that you’d come across displays of public art as you do ubiquitously in New York…
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It has become the trade mark of the local Avenue S Park in Flatbush. Many call the local park in my neighborhood “the polar…
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On my block, Benny’s Gourmet Pizza has a fully covered wall of graffiti on its side. It was commissioned by the pizzeria owners themselves;…
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Art can be very inspirational and it was this special ability of art to inspire that influenced Vancouver based artist Jeff Hamada to create an…
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On the wonderful evening of September 26, I had the fortune of attending the Fall for Dance Festival; a performance hosted in the New York…
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Emerging from the underground world of music is Toronto based singer, Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd. I have been a fan of his for the…
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First glance at this food blog page, and you see the big, orange smile. It kind of plays around with your head because it’s almost…
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Although house music has its origins in Chicago, there is little doubt that the Swedish are making large strides in the diverse genre and are…