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Entries by Christopher Atamian from 01/2013

Minding the Gap With Richard Soghoian

| Posted 01.23.2013
Read More: Prep School, Deficit Spending, Richard Soghoian, Harvard Endowment, Columbia Prep, Endowments, Independent Schools, News

I just finished a fascinating book written by Richard Soghoian called Mind the Gap. Soghoian is the highly respected Headmaster at CGPS, an institution which he more or less single-handedly pulled out of near receivership and returned to its former glory.

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Stranded at Judson Memorial Church With Eckert + SorensenJolink

| Posted 01.24.2013
Read More: John Cage, Contemporary Dance, Twyla Tharp, Judson Memorial Church, Juilliard, John Jasperse, John Sorensen-Jolink, Dance, Aszure Barton, Nyu, Carlyle Eckert, Lucinda Childs, News

What would you do should you one day find yourself stuck with a member of the opposite sex on a raft floating out at sea, with no visible rations or other means of survival?

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Deutsch Amerikanische Freundshaft at Peridance: Henning Rübsam's SENSEDANCE

| Posted 01.28.2013
Read More: Sensedence, Sensedance Henning Rubsam, Hennig Rubsam, Sensedence Deutsch Amerikanishe Freundschaft, Contemporary Dance New York, News

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Pole Dancing With the Jose Limón Company

| Posted 01.29.2013
Read More: Dance in New York City, Jose Limon Company, Jose Limon Dance, Jose Limon Company Come With Me, Jose Limon the Moor's Pavane, News

The Jose Limón Company has marshaled its strength end energy long after the passing of its founder, continuing to present his work, as well as new pieces, with integrity and grace.

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Assaulting Armenians in Turkey: This Time It's Old Ladies

| Posted 01.31.2013
Read More: Istanbul, Turkey, Alevis, Kurds, Armenians, Constantinople, Armenian Genocide, Assyrians, Adiyaman, Samatya, Shabin-Karahisar, News

What kind of a coward attacks eighty- and ninety-year-old women on their way to church, stabbing them to death in one case and beating another senseless in the other?

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Holy Motors! Leos Carax Is Back

| Posted 01.31.2013
Read More: City of Light, Denis Lavant, French Film, European Film, Leos Carax, Jacques Derrida, Holy Motors, News

Holy Motors is an extraordinary acting tour de force, a filmic reverie whose real topic is film history and the film medium itself -- in this sense it is wholly self-referential.

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Honesty Needed From Catholic Church in Wave of More School Closings

| Posted 01.31.2013
Read More: Secrecy, Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Dolan, Packer Collegiate, Riverdale Country School, Sex Abuse Scandal, News

Secrecy --a Church specialty -- has always reigned inside even its most hallowed institutions, but it cannot continue to do so. In the case of Catholic schools, the Church should first publish their so-called "master plan" for all to see, down to how they intend to spend every last nickel.

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