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A splash in the face
The Nora Ephron film Julie & Julia, which starred Meryl Streep as famed TV chef Julia Child, was partially based
Inaugural Taste of Woodstock on May 22
The Woodstock Film Festival won’t be back in town until October, but in the meantime it’s gearing up for the
Bardavon Gala to star showbiz legend Liza Minnelli
One might say that Liza Minnelli was destined from birth to become Ms. Show Business. She’s one of only 12
Robert Downey, Jr. and intelligent screenplay endow Iron Man 3 with heart
Regular readers of this column must be growing weary of my rants against Hollywood’s increasing reliance on movies based on
Heliopolis-on-Hudson
The matriarch of modern dance, Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), carved out a flamboyant life, an influential career and a new artform
Wit performance to benefit Ovarian Cancer Support Program
Margaret Edson’s play Wit, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Best New
Liana Gabel to perform at BSP
On her upcoming debut CD Rest and Heal, New Paltz-based singer/songwriter Liana Gabel finds an idiosyncratic sweet spot somewhere between
Obnoxious young reporter pursues harmless old hippies in The Company You Keep
According to Hollywood lore, Robert Redford nursed a dream for decades to make a movie about renegade ‘60s-era activists on
42 is old-fashioned, inspiring Hollywood moviemaking
If, like this correspondent, you’re not a baseball fan, the number 42 is first and foremost the Answer to the