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Geek In A ChinaShop Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Review)

June 21, 2011 - 8:06 am

Even if you’ve never picked up a comic in your life, it’s likely that you’ve heard of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Most Expensive Broadway Show Ever! All those injuries! And when will it get out of previews and actually open? After much brouhaha, lots of money, and big changes in the creative team (namely, the dismissing of Julie Taymor and the hiring of Marvel writer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, to remedy a flawed book), Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has finally officially opened on Broadway!

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Gallery Los Angeles Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit in Chinatown

by Zoetica Ebb

February 11, 2011 - 9:46 am

This past weekend, LA’s historic Chinatown held a two-day celebration in honor of the Chinese New Year. To pay tribute to the most momentous of traditional Chinese holidays, the neighborhood hung fresh red paper lanterns, and pulled out all the stops with a slew of performances, vendors, the Golden Dragon parade that spanned both Broadway and Hill streets, and tons of confetti.

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Gallery Oddity Scoundrels, Oddballs, and Eccentrics : After the Noise in San Francisco!

by Jeff Nau

March 2, 2010 - 11:59 am

With our Magnetic Fields coverage turning out to be a bust, we scoured the streets of San Francisco on a particularly gloomy Monday afternoon for a worthy replacement. I’d already seen some of the sights, so we searched for weirder ways to occupy the time. The mission: turn any rocks over that we could, and hopefully unearth whatever interesting, unusual and weird creatures Frisco had to offer. Despite it being a Monday, we got a little lucky after digging around all day.

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New York City OPENING CEREMONY AT ACE HOTEL IN NEW YORK

by Gala Darling

January 12, 2010 - 3:24 pm

Ace Hotel is definitely the place to stay if you ever find yourself in Portland, Seattle, Palm Springs or New York City. Their offbeat, nouveau-bohemian interior design has been attracting artists, designers, geeks with style & international jet setters — you know, people just like you — since 1999.   The New York City location has morphed into something beyond just a place to rest your head.

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