Notes from around town.

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• Say Good Night, Dummy A ventriloquist puts his puppets to bed.
  Bryan Curtis Sept. 25, 2006
  
• The Birth of Brunch Why and how we eat at midday.
  Bryan Curtis Aug. 31, 2006
  
• French Breakfast A Parisian cabaret singer in New York. 
  Bryan Curtis July 18, 2006