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Joseph Amodeo: Cardinal Dolan Must Condemn Anti-Gay Hate Crimes

The Archdiocese of New York and Cardinal Timothy Dolan must issue clear condemnations of the violence that has taken place on New York's streets directed at the gay community.

Frank Fredericks: The Selfishness Of Salvation

If my main reason for serving God and living righteously is out of fear of eternal damnation, then how authentic is my devotion?

Howard Barbanel: With Yankees Impending Invasion of CitiField, Why Is Mr. Met Smiling? Dismal Days for Mets Fans.

Met fans have gotten to a point where they'd be thrilled just to have a.500 season, let alone a post season. Yet management allows the Mets to get worse and worse and to fans it appears they don't seem to care.

Julio Pabon: A United Community Stops 'Ghetto Tours'

Some still think that this is the same old South Bronx -- a community that has been the dumping ground of every city and state agency and the breeding ground for some of the most corrupt elected officials and service workers.

Sally Lee: City Parent

As a Native New Yorker, black daughter of an interracial marriage, and a... uh...member(?) of an interracial marriage, I like to think I will raise my sons to feel as comfortable with diversity as my husband and I do.

Michael Giltz: Theater: The Weir Still Haunts

What better way for the Irish Repertory Theatre to celebrate its 25th anniversary season than this pitch-perfect revival of Conor McPherson's brilliant play The Weir?

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Weir

The beauty of The Weir, an intimate, haunting drama, expertly staged at the Irish Repertory Theatre, delves deep into the ties that bind, both emotional and supernatural. This revival is funny and heartbreaking. Don't miss it.

Wilborn Hampton: The Ghosts Are Back

Ghosts, both alive and dead, haunt the rural Irish pub that is the setting for Conor McPherson's captivating and lyrical play The Weir, now in a first-rate revival at the Irish Repertory Theatre as part of its 25th anniversary seaso...

Lea Lane: What I've Learned From My Best Friend's Suicide

Sometimes, especially when a person seems to have a satisfying life, we dismiss suicidal signals that would otherwise alert us. I know this first-hand.

Laura Cococcia: On Remaining Artistic: An Interview With the Art Studio NY's Rebecca Schweiger

When is the last time you painted, wrote a poem, played the piano? For too many of us, the answer is, "I don't remember." But why don't we engage in the creative activities we enjoyed so much as kids?

Laila Biali: How To Write a Musical Love Letter

When artists are typecast as dreamy, head-in-the-clouds free spirits, someone is missing the mark. The work requires clarity of vision, iron-like determination, and laser-beam focus from its creator. Perhaps this is why arranging music can be such an oasis for me. The hardest part has mostly been done.

Rev. G. Jude Geiger: Silence, Noise and Hate Crimes

I finally saw a map depicting the last six instances of gay-targeting hate crimes in Manhattan since April 1. Young men beaten into unconsciousness. Killed. All in places that I've considered part of my home, or my neighborhood, or where I've met friends time and time again.

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn: ABT's Isabella Boylston: Defining Space and Being in the Moment

American Ballet Theatre soloist Isabella Boylston defines space around her by moving through it. As she moves, whether on stage or in rehearsal, everything seems to shift and realign itself around her.

Alison Winfield Burns: Apricot: Last Chance to View Camille at The Met

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity at the Metropolitan Museum of Art displays how master painters (mavericks in their day) created magical gardens -- and gowns -- using relationships between light and dark color.

Benjamin Solomon: How I Learned to Be Gay: Almost Everything I Learned in Life I Learned While Working at a Gay Magazine

The year following graduation was a bit of a lost one as I tried to finally come to terms with my new identity. But nothing really clicked until I got a job at Next Magazine. Suddenly, my world had direction.

My Social List: Most Buzzed About Shows This Week

Featuring shows from hip hop hot-shots and hardcore heroes alike, all the powers-that-be ask in return is that you get out there and make a pilgrimage.

Salvatore Bono: Catching Up With Skye From Morcheeba

After releasing her third solo album, Back To Now, last fall, she has been touring the world and also prepping with Morcheeba for a new album. I spoke to Skye about her music, Morcheeba, and her long career.

Leah Bhabha: Top 5 Tastes: Summer, Is That You?!

Summer in New York: Steamy nights, al fresco lunches and iced beverages.

Eric Lerum: In NYC, Rhetoric vs. Reality

There is still much work to be done -- but there is no doubt the city's education system is on a better path because of the leadership of the past decade. Students and families in New York City -- and everywhere -- deserve a real debate on the issues.

Myrdith Leon Mccormack: Picture This -- A Conversation With Rowena Husbands

Because of my mom, when I see women doing things that men are typically mostly known for doing, I revere them. Thus the reason why I was drawn to Rowena Husbands, celebrity photographer and entertainment manager.

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