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Dangerous in the Right Way: Remembering Charles Durning (1923-2012) by Michael O’Keefe
I saw Charlie Durning for the first time onstage in the Broadway production of That Championship Season at the Booth Theater on West 45th St. At the age of sixteen I was already certain…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNIE VOISINE by Anthony Madrid (via facebook)
CONNIE VOISINE (12/28) Hey Nonny Nonny, ya NECTARINEHappy birthday, Connie Voisine Tawny and Scrawny are both turning greenHappy birthday, Connie Voisine Iām bending a note for the BENZEDRINEHappy birthday, Connie Voisine The Queen of…
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Quote of the day: Four New Potatoes by Joe Weil
("The Potato Eaters" Vincent Van Gogh, 1885) I remember boiling 4 "new Potatoes (those are the small ones others call salt potatoes) making myself a small sauce pan of melted butter with pepper, and…
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On Christmas, Barbara Stanwyck and the Singular Life [by Michael O’Keefe]
(ed. note: This post originally appeared on December 21, 2009 and it's a perennial favorite. I share Michael O'Keefe's love of Barbara Stanwyck and especially Christmas in Connecticut. When you've had enough of gifts…
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A Bronx Irish Christmas Long Ago (by Terence Winch)
In the kitchen at 1912 Daly Ave, Bronx, NY, ca. 1961: Paddy Winch, Bridie (nee Flynn) Winch, my brother-in-law Kenny Reich, Jesse [Jimmy] Winch, Terence Winch, P.J. Conway. C E L E…
