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Eliza Shapiro

Daily Show Producer’s Book Party a Family Affair

The book party for Daily Show producer Mike Rubens’ first novel, The Sheriff of Yrnameer, released by Pantheon, was a family affair. The party was held on Tuesday evening, August 11, at Book Court, sacred ground for Brooklyn book junkies. Toddlers wearing outfits suspiciously similar to their bespectacled parents played tag by the food table, Read More

A Paterson Fund-Raising Committee Inches Away, Toward Cuomo

Of the 99 donors listed on David Paterson’s birthday fund-raising committee, 57 did not contribute toward the governor’s re-election this reporting cycle, eight contributed to both Paterson and his rival-in-waiting Andrew Cuomo, and nine gave only to Cuomo, a review of recent campaign filings shows. “There’s no bias. Everybody gets equal attention; I support all Read More

Drama Emanuel! Ari and Rahm’s Niece Acts in Middle East Set Piece

Astute audience members attending the play Peace Warriors by Doron Ben-Atar, which debuted on Friday, July 11, at the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D.C., may have noticed a familiar last name on the program. The cast features one Natalia Emanuel as Glen Lewis, an adolescent involved in a tussle over Israeli-

Palestinian politics, activism and Read More

When Comptroller Candidates Attack

Early on the morning of June 16, Melinda Katz, John Liu, David Weprin and David Yassky, the four Democratic candidates hoping to succeed Bill Thompson as city comptroller, gathered in the CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown and attempted to add zest to talk about municipal finance. The forum was the candidates’ first and last chance Read More