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The Year of Reading Shakespeare Begins in the Skies Over London
I kept thinking of Shakespeare as I watched the eleven-minute BBC video of London’s spectacular New Year’s fireworks display. All that celestial excitement exploding above his river, his city, his…
Concentric Circles of Influence Celebrates N.J. at the Forefront of Creative Activity
“Concentric Circles of Influence: The Birth of Artists’ Communities in Central New Jersey” is a series of art exhibits, film, gallery talks, and panel discussions focusing on notable art communities that developed in central New…
“Ode to Joy” Concert at Richardson Marks Bill Scheide’s 100th Birthday
Princeton philanthropist William H. Scheide, known affectionately as “Bill,” turned 100 on Monday. For the past six years, the ever youthful music lover, Bach scholar and bibliophile, whose name is…
In August: Osage County, Streep Heads Stellar Cast in Adaptation of Prize Winning Play
In 2008, the play August: Osage County not only won a Pulitzer Prize, but it also received five Tony Awards, including Best Play. However, the screen version of Tracy Letts’…
Take a Cup of Kindness for Auld Lang Syne, Peter O’Toole, and the Librarian on the Bench
“In My Life” started out as a bus journey from my house to town … and it wasn’t working at all …. But then I laid back and these lyrics…
Father and Son Photographers to Show Recent Work at Hopewell’s Gallery 14
Photographers Richard Trenner and Winslow Radcliffe-Trenner will be showing the best of their recent work at Gallery 14 in Hopewell this month when their two-man show opens with a public…
Saving Mr. Banks: Movie Recounts Disney’s Effort to Secure Rights to “Mary Poppins”
P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) was the pen name of Helen Lyndon Goff (1899-1996), the creator of the children’s classic series of Mary Poppins books. When his daughters were young, Walt Disney…
’Tis the Season for Film Noir: Winged Words on a Homeland Holiday
“The bad girls were so much fun to play …. Critics always said I acted best with a gun in my hand.” —Audrey Totter (1917-2013) When actress Audrey Totter died…
Mother Seeks Long-Lost Son in True Tale of Overwhelming Regret
Philomena Lee (Dame Judi Dench) made a big mistake as a teenager. She had sex with a boy (D.J. McGrath) whom she had just met at a carnival and became…
Over the Bridge to the Other Side — A Matter of Life and Death
Here we go again, life or death on the dreaded Williamsburg Bridge. I know to stay in the far right lane but as I come to the Brooklyn moment of…
