The New York French American Charter School exists—in theory. Last Month, this French charter school—a new immersion program that will be the first of its kind in New York City—gained official recognition by the Department of Education. This ...

A note on prices: Ticketmaster will no longer provide ticket prices on all shows. Visit www.ticketmaster.com for ticket prices. Alice in Chains, Feb. 11, Fox Theater, Oakland. "Fiddler on the Roof," Jan. 27-Feb. 21, Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco ...

Beginning as a lifeguard at The Flamingo, Bob worked his way up, learned the games and, at the age of 27, became the youngest casino manager in Nevada history. He later went to work for the Nevada State Gaming Commission as an enforcer to ensure ...

Sit back, but don’t plan on relaxing. The opening sequences of Precious make it perfectly clear that there is nothing soft or demure about the story about to unfold. We are immediately transmitted into a gritty, unexposed life occurring in 1980’s ...

Precious is shaping up as the year's most unlikely hit movie. The contours of this low-budget film directed by Monster's Ball producer Lee Daniels are familiar: A teenage girl stricken by poverty and a troubled home life changes her life's trajectory ...

Ragtime , the Tony Award-winning 1998 musical that brings to life both the historic sweep and intimate human stories of the novel that inspired it, opens on Broadway Nov. 15. Christiane Noll, Robert Petkoff and Quentin Earl Darrington star as the ...

Darvin Moon at the final table. Maybe you caught Darvin Moon on ESPN last week. No, never heard of him? You'd probably like him if you're the type that wants homespun, aw-shucks people to do well, whatever their pursuits -- even gambling. Moon's ...

LOS ANGELES – Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide. Overseas, "2012" did $17.2 million in France , $15.3 million in Russia, $9.9 ...

Jimmy Clark, straight-man in the Clark Brothers Jimmy Clark, who has died aged 87, was the "straight-man" of the renowned tap-dancing Clark Brothers. As the last "brother" tap act from the golden era of swing, Jimmy and his brother, Steve, had an ...

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