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Posts published in “Day: April 17, 2014

Trial and Terroir: Enjoying Wine Beyond Your Kitchen

Tara Hankinson, MBA Class of 2015

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With the temperature firmly in the 60s and sunset after 7:30PM, days are feeling longer and I am feeling opportunistic. So few of us have chosen to afford outdoor space or spacious living rooms, which means we need a third place (that’s not Starbucks) for enjoying the weather and meeting with friends. A good wine bar can satisfy these needs. A great wine bar can convince you to pay 3x retail price for a bottle of interesting wine. To compile my suggestions, I considered locations that prioritize value to the customer and a relaxed ambiance, ideal for escaping from elevators of undergrads and reading room tables of torture.…

Rizzo Reviews: Appropriate

Courtney Rizzo, MBA Class of 2015

Appropriate The Pershing Square Signature Center/Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre

The Signature Theatre has managed to differentiate itself in two ways from the dense population of Broadway and off-Broadway theaters around Times Square. Firstly, it devotedly sponsors new works by emerging and mid-career playwrights. Last week I saw Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, one of seven playwrights that are part of the “Residency 5” program, employing the writers for five years to produce three new works. To draw in an audience that is not coming for a famous playwright or blockbuster actors, all tickets for the initial run of a show are capped at $25.

Set in a dilapidated house in Arkansas, a family reunites to settle the patriarch’s estate: the older brother with Manhattanite wife and two cell-phone obsessed kids, the recently divorced, maniac sister trying to connect with her teenage son and dealing with the grief of being her father’s caretaker, and the younger once-pedophile brother toting his hippie (and don’t worry, over age) fiancée.…

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