Word: urban
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...barged its way onto Broadway. An evening of in-your-face street poetry by nine performers with noms de rap like Black Ice, Georgia Me and Poetri might seem to have an uphill battle in the land of Rodgers and Hammerstein. But the show, being marketed to urban audiences and sporting a relatively low $65 top ticket price, is attracting young, multicultural crowds that Broadway rarely sees. And most of the stuffy theater critics liked...
...aspect of hip-hop. It is no longer just a music genre. It has become a way of life. It permeates all parts of North American culture: the way we speak, dress and act. In 10 to 20 years, artists like Eminem will be the norm in hip-hop. Urban or street-based music like jazz, blues and rock 'n' roll eventually changes the norm, and what is mainstream today was once considered street territory. It has always been the place in which new music begins. Keeping your ear to the street will always put you one step ahead...
According to Toni L. Snow, program manager of Lead-Free Cambridge, the Housing and Urban Development-funded program gives out forgivable five-year loans of up to $10,000 to owners whose income levels qualify them for the loans...
...laid-off public-sector workers," says Shiv Putcha, an analyst for the Yankee Group, a Boston-based research firm, "none of whom represent ideal target markets for cellular services." Indeed, while existing customers have average monthly incomes of $200, potential customers only make $81 a month?close to the urban national average?according to a survey of Chinese living outside the largest cities by Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB...
...stores are confronted with the possibility of window design. As an employee of the Gap on Brattle Street notes, all Gaps are created equal; the large retail company gives decoration direction to every Gap the world over from a main office. But the Square’s Urban Outfitters presents an anomaly in the category of chain stores. As manager Laurie A. Kluender notes, the store receives initial corporate direction but relies on a store-specific display artist to produce the store’s actual window arrangement. While this is a special situation for a chain store, Kluender says...