• NYC-ARTS: City Events for February 2 through 9

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      Christina Ha reports on the latest arts and culture events from around the Tri-State Area, including stage fashion at Bard Graduate Center, Richard III at BAM, gender and sexuality in modern American portraiture at the Brooklyn Museum, the future of space exploration at AMNH.

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Watch Online - Treasures of NY: New-York Historical Society
Treasures of New York details the history and mission of one of the nation's foremost research libraries and the transformation of New York's first museum. Watch the full program here.

Current Affairs

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MetroFocus: Cornell Wins Tech Campus Competition
Mayor Bloomberg announcedthat Cornell University was the winner of Applied Sciences NYC, a competition to build a tech and engineering school.

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MetroFocus: Stanford Abandons Bid for Applied Sciences Campus
There will be no Stanford-on-the-Hudson. In a surprising twist, the California-based institution pulled the plug on its Roosevelt Island proposal.

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Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter – A Q&A with Filmmaker Bill Jersey
Inside Thirteen recently spoke with Bill Jersey, co-director and producer of American Masters’ upcoming documentary, Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter. The film, which explores the influential lives of the iconic couple, premieres December 19 at 10 p.m. on THIRTEEN.

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MetroFocus: NYC's Best and Worst Public Transit Events in 2011
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign released its list on Tuesday of the top 10 best and top 10 worst New York City public transit events in 2011.

Arts & Culture

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SundayArts: City Events for the Week of December 11
Christina Ha reports on the latest events in arts and culture around the city, including American Ballet Theatre's "The Nutcracker," American Christmas Cards at Bard Graduate Center, holiday tunes at Carnegie Hall, and more.

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MetroFocus: Will Benefit Corps. Change NYC Big Business?

New York became the seventh state to create benefit corporations, which are obligated to create benefits for society and its shareholders.

Arts & Culture

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NYC-ARTS.org Top Picks, Week of December 11, 2011
Kiss the Air in the Park Avenue Armory's immense drill hall with STREB in this week's NYC-ARTS.org top 5 event picks.

Current Affairs

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MetroFocus: Critics Question State Ethics Commission
Cuomo's ethics commission was supposed to fight corruption and bringing transparency to the capital by now, but we just found out who's on it.

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SundayArts: Jazz for Young People at Lincoln Center
Rafael Pi Roman visits the House of Swing, otherwise known as Jazz at Lincoln Center, where young people are getting their first taste of what many consider America’s true classical music: jazz.

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