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Students constructing edible sukkahs outside of East Side Dining. JUSTIN MITSELMAKHER/THE STATESMAN

Getting Festive With Edible Sukkah Making At Stony Brook

Justin Mitselmakher October 26, 2019
On Oct. 17, the inside of the sukkah built at East Side Dining was transformed into a candy land where students assembled mini edible sukkahs out of sugary treats that would surely satisfy any sweet tooth.
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Pop-Up Candytopia Satisfies Your Sweet Tooth

Elizabeth Brenner August 26, 2018
Candytopia, a pop-up traveling candy museum in New York City, has landed near Penn Station and is in town until Nov. 15.
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My celebration of the Chinese New Year

My celebration of the Chinese New Year

Matthew Yan February 19, 2018
Like western New Year’s celebrations, the Lunar New Year is both a time of reflection of the past year as well as a time of preparation for the future.
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The pumpkin patch at BB & GG Farms, located in St. James. ALEX KOUTAVAS/THE STATESMAN

Ask the Editors: what are our favorite autumn activities?

Andrew Goldstein October 23, 2017
Here at The Statesman, editors celebrate fall with friends, family or alone. Here are our favorite things to do in the fall.
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James Franco signing autographs after a talk at the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. Franco stars in the new HBO series The Deuce, a show about New York City in the 1970s. TARA GIANCASPRO/FLICKR VIA CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

HBO’s “The Deuce” tackles 1970s New York with style and grit

Ryan Williams September 21, 2017
“The Deuce” follows the illegal sex trade and the rise of the porn industry through the eyes of a large ensemble, which includes mobsters, pimps, prostitutes, and the cops tasked with putting them away.
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Wolfie’s Chocolate Factory makes for sweet times in the SAC

Katarina Delgado October 12, 2015
The chocolate wonderland of your childhood dreams came to the Student Activities Center in Wolfie’s Chocolate Factory, a Weekend Life Council event on Oct. 10, 2015.
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