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 * ...that the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie (pictured) is the oldest continuously operating theater in New York State?
 * ...that Elvira Popescu, an actress, theatre director, and recipient of the Légion d'honneur, was one of four women who inspired Henri Matisse's painting La Blouse Roumaine?
 * ...that the modern meaning of "ballad", a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form, came about from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway composers?

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