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  Run-DMC To Make A Run On Broadway?

  By Wynter Mitchell | Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:58 PM ET

  about the rap legends, according to gossip columnist Liz Smith.Apparently, Wagner plans to base the story on the group's journey from growing up in Queens to eventually going mainstream, becoming the preeminent cross over rap act of the 1980's. Their b-boy style and flair matched with their lov Read More

  More like this in: Tom Cruise, Jay-Z, Broadway, Rap Music, Entertainment, Celebrity, Music, Stage
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  Let's Squish Our Fruit Together!

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:08 AM ET

  can't get enough of them!The folks at Improv Everywhere have done it again — this time taking their antics to a Best Yet grocery store in Astoria, Queens, where six undercover actors burst into song and performed a (not-so-improvised) musical number in the fruit section as unsuspecting shopper Read More

  More like this in: Music, Los Angeles, YouTube, Cameras, Broadway, Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere
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  MillionTreesNYC's Quarter Millionth Tree

  By John Casey | Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:39 PM ET

  urban farming techniques."The "Divine Miss M" and her colleagues are indeed pretty divine. Photo courtesy of New York City Department o Read More

  More like this in: New York, New York City, Sustainability, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Tree Planting, Bette Midler, New York Restoration Project
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  Chow Down on Viagra Soup!

  By Sarah Parsons | Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:09 PM ET

  an entirely different, ahem, sensation.According to a New York Daily News story, a chain of three Spanish-American restaurants in Brooklyn and Queens started serving up a very unusual dish: Viagra soup! El Rey Restaurant I, II and III offers up the seafood soup to patrons looking for Read More

  More like this in: New York City, Restaurants, Brooklyn, Seafood, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Good Ideas, Food & Drink
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  Tony Bennett's School Of The Arts Re-Opens In New Building

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:53 PM ET

  has paid off big time.Last month, the new $78 million Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (FSSA) opened in a gorgeous permanent home on 35th Street in Queens, just blocks from Bennett's boyhood home. Though the school has been open since 2001, its former facilities like many public schools wer Read More

  More like this in: Al Pacino, USA Today, FAME, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, Harry Belafonte
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  Food Cart Financiers

  By Jac Chebatoris | Wed Oct 7, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  urbanites? It's time for downsizing anyway. Gone are the two-martini lunches with petite filet. Instead, hello, falafel (King of Falafel cart in Queens, NY) or schnitzel with a double scoop cone from the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck for dessert (that their name is awesome and that they offe Read More

  More like this in: Economy, Recession, Entrepreneur, Ice Cream, Investment, Life & Style, Culture
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  Street Meat Goes Gourmet

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:44 PM ET

  but the rest of the winners were determined by the roughly 660 people who paid at least $80 to critique the international offerings at a park in Queens.For the second straight year, Meru Sikder's Biryani Cart took home the People's Taste Award. The operators of Schnitzel and Things, a Read More

  More like this in: Mario Batali, New York City, The New York Times, Restaurants, Brooklyn, Restaurant, New York Daily News, Chefs
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  The Best Pizza in New York City

  By Sarah Parsons | Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:50 PM ET

  Soho located in Staten Island as the city's best slice.The group also named winners in each of the remaining boroughs: John's Pizzeria in Elmhurst (Queens), Mario's Restaurant in Belmont (the Bronx), L'asso in Manhattan and Luigi's Pizza in Windsor Terrace (Brooklyn).To be fair, the group onl Read More

  More like this in: New York, Restaurants, Brooklyn, New York Daily News, Pizza, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Food & Drink
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  Eric Nusbaum, Profiles Writer

  By Eric Nusbaum | Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  in English and Political Science. He spent the last year traveling across the United States working on political campaigns in rural Illinois, and Queens, N.Y.  He lives in Seattle, where he covers politics for nonprofit news source Northwest Hub and writes the baseball blog Pitcher Read More

  More like this in: Science, United States, Washington, Baseball, University of Washington
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  A Tune a Week

  By Sarah Parsons | Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:50 PM ET

  when we heard about one musician who aims to take on a new song every single week!According to an article in the New York Daily News, 32-year-old Queens resident Jamie Stellini is embarking on an impressive project: To write and record a new song every week and post it on her Web site Read More

  More like this in: New York, Music, New York Daily News, Bipolar Disorder, US, Entertainment, Regional/Local, Music