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What Do You Do When ICE Shows Up at Your Performance Venue?

The Marlowsphere (Blog 167)   On August 11, 2025, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals...
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Comedienne Maria DeCotis: An “Unreasonable” Work in Progress

The Marlowsphere (Blog #166) "Dying is easy, comedy is hard." This famous line is most...
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Birdland Jazz Club, New York City

The Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble: Tasty, Tight, and Terrific

Birdland Jazz Cub, New York City The Marlowsphere Blog (#165) Virtuoso...
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A “Relaxed” “Pirates of Penzance” Performance

W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan The Marlowsphere (Blog #164) While...
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The 24th Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Festival: The Best of New York City and America

The Marlowsphere (Blog #163) The 24th Annual “Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Festival” held...
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“Queerly Beloved”: The Queer Urban Orchestra Concert, A Review

The Marlowsphere (Blog #161) The Queer Urban Orchestra (QUO) concert March 15, 2025—at St. Ann...
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The Dorian Wind Quintet: Five Instruments, One Voice

The Marlowsphere (Blog #162) The Church of St. Luke and St....
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“Creative Resilience” by Erica Ginsberg, A Book for All Artists

The Marlowsphere (Blog #160) Once in a while you pick up a book, start reading...
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Charlie Smalls Remembered

The Marlowsphere (Blog #159) The Broadway-bound revival of “The Wiz,” a re-telling of the 1900...
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In Recovery from the Pandemic – APAP 2024 Faces: Familiar, New & Absent

Every year in mid-January the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) hosts a multi-day conference...