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Dick Doblin: Privateye—a new web series

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Web series are a dime a dozen. Every flunky with an idea, an iPhone or digital camera now feels they’re qualified to shoot a web series. “Technical prowess and the syntax of English be damned,” they scream as they upload their dreck to the web. And with powerful distribution tools like YouTube and Vimeo making it as simple as an upload and click to reach an audience…God, or whatever, help us.

But before I spiral down that rabbit hole and I receive a tersely worded email from my editor accompanying a heavily redacted version of this article, I want tell you about one of the better web series, Tyler G. Hall’s Dick Doblin: Privateye.

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Greenpoint Artist will show Arab/Israeli Peace Lithograph in Prague

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Greenpoint artist Noa Bornstein will show her lithograph, Ach (the word for “brother” in Arabic and Hebrew) in a group exhibition at the HOLLAR Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic in the fall (Sept. 18—October 13, 2013). Bornstein printed the limited edition on a scholarship at the Manhattan Graphics Center which co-organized the show. She has been studying Arabic at ABC Languages on 29th street in Manhattan since 2010. Having previously studied Hebrew, the striking similarities between the two languages led her to the image which incorporates the Arabic and Hebrew letters: “Eleph Che” in Arabic, and “Aleph Chet” (the ‘ch’ being the guttural ‘h’ sound) that spell, “Ach”—pronounced exactly the same in both languages. The word in English also appears.

For further information on the show itself, contact Manhattan Graphics Center
(MGC) via Eileen Zyko Wolter (eileen@manhattangraphicscenter.org) / www.noabornstein.com

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Greenpoint Pulaski Bridge is Ready for Her Close-Up

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Poster by Nathan Punwar

Poster by Nathan Punwar

Here’s your chance to catch a sneak peak showing of The Circle Bridge, tonight at 7:30 at Dixon Place.

Moviehouse’s The Circle Bridge is a new site-specific video performance that combines live choreography of Mayuna Shimizu’s Blue Muse Dance and large-scale animated projections of Nathan Punwar to tell a story of interconnectivity, travel and history. Audience members follow their own distinct narrative as they walk the span of the 2810 foot Pulaski Bridge that connects Greenpoint, Brooklyn with Long Island City, Queens across the Newtown Creek. Along their walk, they encounter four separate projections and two unique performances that each tell a distinct part of their tale. Each element is integrally designed to give each viewer a unique all-encompassing visual, audio and physical experience.

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Local Pols Arrested at Rallies to Save Long Island College Hospital

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Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez is handcuffed by a New York Police Department officer on Hicks Street and Atlantic Avenue on Aug. 5, 2013. Velázquez intended to be arrested in protest of the closure of nearby Long Island City Hospital. (Sarah Matheson/Epoch Times)

Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez is handcuffed by a New York Police Department officer. Photo by Sarah Matheson / Epoch Times.

Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez is handcuffed by a New York Police Department officer on Hicks Street and Atlantic Avenue on Aug. 5, 2013. Velázquez intended to be arrested in protest of the closure of nearby Long Island City Hospital.

Also arrested were Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill DiBlasio, and Brooklyn Councilman Steve Levin. Rally the CHA’s Jeff Strabone was also arrested.

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