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  Tenement Talk: 6 Questions with Rev Jen About Museum Departure

  We broke news before the holiday that the Tenement Museum is embroiled in drama, reportedly axing more than 10 longtime employees in a short timeframe. Rev Jen talks to us about what's been happening.

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  Report: Turmoil at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum

  It appears that over the past year, several highly-dedicated and passionate employees ranging from full time to per diem at this neighborhood institution have been forced to resign, were fired or bullied until [...]

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  Rediscovering the Original Pitt Street Location of Streit’s Matzo Factory [VIDEO]

  This is part one of a two part series written by Michael Levine, director of the documentary, Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream, which chronicles the history of the Streit’s Matzo factory on the Lower East Side.

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  Rock Shic: Devil’s in the Details

  Blink and you may miss it, but this nonchalant Mademoiselle possesses just the type of style that I cherish so much in my beloved Lower East Side.

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  Nathan Lane is ‘The Nance’ [Broadway Review]

  Recently we've been invited to review Broadway shows. We figured there's plenty of people who do these things, why not send someone completely unqualified by conventional standards?

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  Recap: ‘Gazzara’ and ‘Uncomfortable Silence’ Close the Soho Film Festival

  Gazzara (2012), a feature length documentary about the late, legendary actor Ben Gazzara, had its US premiere in NYC when it closed the Soho International Film Festival last Thursday night.

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  Soho Film Festival: Checking in on ‘Boyz of Summer’

  Chilly temperatures (for April in NYC, anyway) and a freakish, rainy down pour could not keep crowds from checking out The Soho International Film Festival at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema Wednesday night, where [...]

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  Op-Ed: Looking for a Better Alternative to NYCHA Leasing

  There's been a furor over NYCHA's plan to lease so-called underused properties to private developers, but there have been few alternative solutions offered.