FAT TUESDAY

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To celebrate the end of Mardi Gras, which also falls on Tuesday, February 21, 2012... The term "Mardi Gras" is French for "Fat Tuesday" or Shrove Tuesday.

Bronx Arts Ensemble

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 at 8 pm
JAZZ WITH VALERIE CAPERS
Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture
4450 Fieldston Road, Bronx
Tickets: $20/$15 for students & seniors | Buy Tickets
includes wine & cheese reception

WATCH VIDEO>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CugZH2IWhr4&feature=youtu.be
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SUNDAY, MARCH 11 at 2 pm
THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College • 250 Bedford Park Blvd West
$6 | Buy Tickets

Headlines 2/21/12

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SYRIAN OPPOSITION. More Deaths.

GREECE BAILOUT. Avoids Default.

GOP PACS. Fundraising Push.

MACY's PROFITS. Increase.

CRANE DEATHS. NY Trial.

Sabrina Soto Home Design

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Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

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Wayne Cahilly - The Lorillards and the Bronx Botanical Garden

Thursday, March 1 Lorillard Mansion, Courtesy of the New York Public Library 7:30 p.m.

For over 100 years, the fabulously wealthy Lorillard family, to which Maria Bartow belonged, was an important presence in New York City.

Wayne Cahilly, Manager of Institutional Mapping and Site Historian at The New York Botanical Garden, talks about the Lorillard's spellbinding history from snuff making to horse racing.

Cost $10 adults; $7 seniors and students; members free

THE PICTURE HOUSE

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HOSPITALITÉ
Film Movement @ The Picture House

Dir. Koji Fukuda (95min, Japan, 2011)

A dark and immensely funny satire of Japan's relationship to the West, its xenophobia, and the country's uneasy balance between modernity and tradition. International Film Festival Favorite!

Learn more about Film Movement, our distribution partner for this series, and their film club click here.

TOMORROW: Tue, Feb 21, 6:30pm

More Information & Tickets

TURN ME ON, DAMMIT!
Sneak Preview prior to Theatrical Release

Dir. Koji Fukuda (95min, Japan, 2011)

V = VICTORY

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For the first time ever, the New York City Police Department was forced to appear before the New York City Council and answer for their consistent failure to hold dangerous drivers accountable. We thank Jimmy V and Michael V for that victory!

Dear Jimmy V. and Peter V:

Thank you for using your leadership position in the New York City Council to expose the NYPD's consistent failure to hold dangerous drivers accountable and keep New Yorkers safe on our streets. Your probing questions and refusal to accept any excuses made Wednesday's hearing exceptionally productive.

PRESIDENT'S DAY NATIONAL HOLIDAY

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On this Presidents Day, who would you say is the most popular President today?

HONEST ABE LINCOLN. The following are some of Abe's most favorite quotes-

1. By the people

“With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.”

2. The high ground

“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”

3. A humble vehicle

“I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.”

4. Solid foundations

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