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      NYC-ARTS takes a look at performances and activities in New York City that can be enjoyed at little-to-no-cost, whether you crave live music, a screen larger than your television, or group activities.
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From RENT to Glee: Theater Geeks Reach the Mainstream

Fifteen years after RENT began captivating theater audiences in New York, the wild success of Fox's Glee has brought theater geeks to a mainstream audience. Yet not all theater die hards are happy about it. Rachel Syme explains in this week's Fourth Wall.
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Get the Math Premieres February 20 on THIRTEEN

Get the Math, a new multimedia project from THIRTEEN, inspires teens to solve real-world problems using algebra. The series premieres February 20 on THIRTEEN. Learn more on Inside Thirteen.
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Quinn’s State of the City Speech Highlights Differences with Bloomberg

In her state of the city address Tuesday, Speaker Christine Quinn attempted to distinguish herself as a kind of local booster focused on the everyday problems of normal New Yorkers.
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Downton Abbey: Season One on DVD

Bring home the first season of Downton Abbey on DVD and Blue-Ray. As a thank you for your gift to THIRTEEN, we'll send the original, unedited UK version!
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Four Writers on the Future of Books

The Festival Neue Literatur brings German-language authors to the States for conversations with American authors. This week, Andrea Grill, Peter Weber, Andrea Winkler, and Rivka Galchen contemplated the fate of the long-form narrative in "our contemporary techno-mediacracy."
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13 Favorite PBS Couples

Celebrate Valentine's Day with 13 of our favorite PBS pairs, from Julia Child and Jacques Pépin to Ernie and Rubber Duckie.
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When the World Goes Kaboom

Gregg Araki’s horror-comedy boasts a beautiful young cast, but it's the director's ingenuity and refusal to succumb to cliche that make it sparkle. Our Girl on Film review inside.
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Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team Convenes

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given his Medicaid Redesign Team two months to generate $2.85 billion in cuts to the healthcare program. On Wednesday, the task force held their second meeting. Are they on track to meet their deadline? Sarah Laskow reports in State Room.
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Full-Spectrum Blues: The Self-Denial of James Blake

After releasing two infectious EPs, James Blake's first full-length LP may be the most anticipated new music of the year. In Riff City, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd offers her take on the eponymous album — and the self-abnegation that underwrites it.
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Zadie Smith on Writing, Reviewing, and Cultivating the Banal

In an interview at NYU, novelist and new Harper's books reviewer Zadie Smith talks to her editor about what it means to be good a reviewer, what terrifies her about writing, and the importance of the everyday in modern fiction.
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