Day of dance described as ‘perfect Mother’s Day gift’

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Published: April 20, 2011 at 09:45 PM

Free, 20-minute dance classes are to be offered May 8 at an event being billed by The Dance Complex as “a perfect Mother’s Day gift.”

Facts contra-dict alarm over dances

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Published: November 11, 2010 at 08:21 AM

For the concern displayed Monday over dances at the West Cambridge Youth and Social Center, one would think the events were to be filled with angry rap music riling gang members and preteen girls lasciviously grinding away their honor. That’s not the case.

Hard to explain, impossible to miss: Rave meets comedy at Crisco Theque

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Published: July 26, 2010 at 10:54 PM

Mehran Khagani is in the midst of a media frenzy in which he’s explaining being in a vortex of creativity. What he’s trying to explain is Crisco Theque, his Aug. 6 show at Oberon in Harvard Square, which will be part comedy show, part rave.

Dance Alliance honors leader, kicks off 25th season

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Published: May 25, 2010 at 08:09 PM

Amy Zell Ellsworth was honored at the Boston Dance Alliance 2010 Benefit— the kickoff of the alliance’s 25th Anniversary season — held Thursday at the Sanctuary Theatre in Cambridge.

Surprising no one, geeks and nerds overlap in Central Square

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Published: April 29, 2010 at 04:59 PM

Geek Week — comedy, panels, burlesque and more, based at ImprovBoston in the heart of Central Square — is in full swing and runs through Sunday. And there’s a sweet overlap with the Internet culture conference ROFLCon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, taking place Friday and Saturday.

Screening to help theater that was Central front in ‘Bride Wars’

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Published: March 20, 2010 at 04:42 PM

Paying $35 to see “Bride Wars” doesn’t make sense until it’s explained that the money goes to repairing and updating the Julie Ince Thompson Theatre in Central Square’s historic Odd Fellows Hall.

‘Concept concert’ asks audience to choose the ending

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Published: March 17, 2010 at 10:35 PM

For the Chagall Performance Art Collaborative, “Choose Your Own Adventure” is not a cute, nostalgic but ironic name for a night of music, poetry and dance. The collaborators are serious: They really want people to come Friday and decide the path the artists will follow.

Dance Complex earns honor as top nonprofit

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Published: March 16, 2010 at 03:17 PM

The Dance Complex has been named a top nonprofit by the 2010 Art Appreciation Campaign, an honor that also makes it more visible to donors, its founder said Tuesday.

Middle school, after-school plans have skeptic in Reeves

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Published: February 23, 2010 at 10:32 PM

Denied the role of mayor and the accompanying leadership of the School Committee, city councillor Ken Reeves spoke bluntly Monday on the district’s failings on after school programs and a proposal to create a middle school.

Poetry, dance, drumming, film screening offered for Black History Month

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Published: February 13, 2010 at 01:14 AM

A premier drummer, local poet and groundbreaking filmmakers will be on hand this month to bring added meaning to Black History Month.

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