The unifying topic of the interview will be “Artistic Freedom and Creative Paths.” Two weeks out from the US presidential election, they will ponder the existential question of what role the arts can and should play in these turbulent times.
It’s all about the sheep. And goats and llamas and alpacas and paco-vicuñas and bunnies. These sweet-faced, sometimes noisy and entertaining animals grow some of the finest fleece around.
What’s particularly intriguing about this production of Belfast Blues is the director: the iconic character actress Carol Kane. TV fans know her as Simka on Taxi and as Lillian on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; moviegoers may recall her Oscar-nominated starring role in Hester Street or her smaller parts in Annie Hall or Dog Day Afternoon, or her unforgettable turn as Valerie, the wildhaired, wild-eyed harridan wife of Billy Crystal’s Miracle Max in The Princess Bride.
A peek at the locally produced films slated to be screened at this year’s festival.
The 17th annual Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) projects its presence on the region from October 13 to 16, with more
The Fall Guy is a thriller that belongs on the literary top shelf with Graham Greene and Charles McCarry, a thriller in the way Henry James’s “The Turn Of The Screw” is a ghost story. The thrills it offers are those of narrative and philosophy.
The market boasts 38 food vendors and 27 handicraft and antique vendors, including both local businesses and visitors from New York City.
It’s a singular adaptation — “Singular,” because this version is written for one actor, who plays Victor, the Creature and six other characters over the course of an hour and 45 minutes. The actor who will dare this literal and figurative monster of a role is Steven Patterson, associate director of Bridge Street Theatre.
The legendary actor/singer/ writer Alan Cumming will talk with WAMC’s Joe Donahue about his new collection of photographs accompanied by autobiographical essays, You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures.
Photographer Marisa Scheinfeld, who grew up in the Catskills, has been haunting what remains of the Borscht Belt – resorts that lie in ruins, are abandoned, converted into something else or in a few cases still operating – capturing large-scale color images of lobbies, pools, dining rooms, guestrooms, showrooms and stages.