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Martha Stewart’s Gingerbread Downton Abbey

December 18, 2014
Martha Stewart’s Gingerbread Downton Abbey

In anticipation of the return of “Downton Abbey” and “Martha Bakes Season 4” in January, PBS invited Martha Stewart and her team to create a “Gingerbread Abbey.” She did just that, and the result is deliciously stunning. FYI, it took …

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Celebrate the Holidays with NYC’s Window Displays

Heila Nir | December 15, 2014
Celebrate the Holidays with NYC’s Window Displays

‘Tis the season to spread holiday cheer with NYC’s festive department store window displays! This Big Apple tradition celebrates the best about December – glamor, humor, sentiment and of course, holiday magic. See how Christmas is celebrated across the solar …

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New York City’s Great Estates

Casey de Pont | December 8, 2014
New York City’s Great Estates

Although Manhattan is a bit too small for a sprawling estate like Downton Abbey, there was certainly no shortage of urban glamor during the Gilded Age. Wealthy industrialists like the Vanderbilts, Astors and Rockefellers engaged each other in costly games …

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Downton Abbey Dish #33

Deborah Gilbert | December 8, 2014
Downton Abbey Dish #33

STOP THE PRESSES! Forget about any other Downton news going on this week because, hello, Sexiest Man Alive in the house… Ho, Ho, Holy Cow!: For months there have been rumors that George Clooney was going to make a guest …

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Downton Abbey Dish #32

Deborah Gilbert | December 1, 2014
Downton Abbey Dish #32

I hope you all had a wondrous Thanksgiving thinking about all the things you have to be thankful for – and I hope that one of the things on your list is all the fantastic programming PBS brings into our …

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Close-Up on Looking at Christmas

Casey de Pont | November 25, 2014
Close-Up on Looking at Christmas

ABOUT THE PLAY Looking at Christmas begins with the chance encounter of two down-and-out New Yorkers in front of a department store window display. As they strike up a conversation, it doesn’t take long for them to realize that they, …

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Close-Up on An Iliad

Casey de Pont | November 19, 2014
Close-Up on An Iliad

ABOUT THE PLAY An Iliad is a modern re-working of Homer’s epic poem by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare. This adaptation takes a minimalist direction, with only two actors — Tony-winners Denis O’Hare and Stephen Spinella — alternating as a …

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Downton Abbey Dish #31

Deborah Gilbert | November 17, 2014
Downton Abbey Dish #31

OK, Downtonians, t-minus 7 weeks and counting till the January 4 premiere and the excitement continues to build! Last weekend I was grounded, stuck in my apartment with a bad cold. So I thought, what a great excuse to pull …

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Q+A: An Analog Industry in a Digital World

Casey de Pont | November 14, 2014
Q+A: An Analog Industry in a Digital World

The advent of digital distribution has blown the doors off the traditional discovery process for singers and songwriters. In the spirit of the PBS Arts documentary, Hitmakers, we spoke to a handful of people from the music industry in the New York area about how the internet has changed their experience and how they’ve managed to make it work for them.

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