BATTLE OF THE BOROUGHS
Talent throwdown in The Greene Space

Got Talent? This spring, WNYC will host a showdown series designed to bring out the best undiscovered performers from all five boroughs.
To participate, enter by February 12, 2010 at 11:59 PM at wnyc.org/thegreenespace/battle.
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance is a community partner of Battle of the Boroughs.

Battle Dates:

BROOKLYN – March 5
MANHATTAN – April 2
THE BRONX – April 30
STATEN ISLAND – May 7
QUEENS – June 4

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I'm not familiar with this artists work, so I have no good context for reaction to this story from today's New York Times. It is a very provocative story, though, that I hope to get deeper into. An Artist Turns People Into His Marionettes

By KEN JOHNSON
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Most -- not all -- of the twitter follows I have done have proven less than satisfactory. I think the format is just too concise. The nonprofits seem to use it too much; friends are very cryptic; the Dalai Lama doesn't tweet enough (can I say that?!).

Yoko Ono's tweets have proven a welcome exception. I am enjoying her posts enough that I followed a link to her weekly Q&A, where she answers a dozen questions posed to her via twitter through the week. Here's the link to this week's (which co… Continue