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A Requiem for Anna PolitkovskayaMartin has been continuously updating our fabulous Emdashes calendar, which can alert you to literary, art, music, theater, and other events around the country, especially New Yorker-related ones. We’ve also made one just for the New Yorker Festival that shows only festival events. Scoring tickets is up to you! Subscribe (for free) to both; you’ll be glad you did.
Saturday, 10/06, 5:00 PM or Sunday, October 10/07, 7:00 PM
James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, West 120th St. and Broadway
Enjoy one of two free performances of A Requiem for Anna Politkovskaya, a giant puppet pageant created by Amy Trompetter, with choral music and speakers commemorating the one-year anniversary of the murder of the Russian journalist.
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Emdashes, founded in 2004, is written and drawn by Emily Gordon, Martin Schneider, Pollux, Jonathan Taylor, and Benjamin Chambers, as well as occasional guest contributors. All posts before October 2008 are by Emily Gordon.
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