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Sean Thackrey-Wine Genius
The Timothy Leary Of Wine
By: - Feb 08th, 2017Sean Thackrey is one of the most influential winemakers in the world. He is self-taught and bottled his first vintage in 1981. Based in Marin County California, Sean has been known as winemaker with a 'cult' following.After tasting his wines, one must agree.
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Hipster Filmmaker Henry Ferrini
From Jazz to Gloucester Writers' Center
By: - Feb 01st, 2017Last summer during a residence at Gloucester Writers Center we interviewed its co-founder the filmmaker Henry Ferrini. We shared a mutual interest in jazz and the former club Sandy's Jazz Revival in nearby Beverly. The Center is housed in the former frame shop and home of his poet uncle Vincent Ferrini.
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At the Cut by Peter Anastas
Coming of Age in Gloucester
By: - Dec 27th, 2016In At the Cut author Peter Anastas tells of growing up in Gloucester during the war years into the 1950s. Gloucester was then an ethnically diverse thriving fishing community. Today the fleet is all but gone and this book vividly conveys the richness of what has been lost.
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Nelson Algren Bio by Mary Wisniewski
Wrote The Man With the Golden Arm
By: - Dec 05th, 2016Nelson Algren was a star in Chicago’s bright literary firmament, but his light dimmed in the years after he won the 1950 National Book Award for The Man With the Golden Arm and acclaim for a few other works. A new biography by Mary Wisniewski explores Algren the man and Algren the writer and how one influenced the other.
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Sandy at Sardi's
Broadway Stars at ATCA Lunch
By: - Dec 05th, 2016During the Fall meeting of American Theatre Critics Association there was the traditional lunch wih the stars at Sardi's. Our correspoindent Sandy Katz was on hand to soak up the fun and files this spirited report.
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Mike Grgich Celebrates His Career In America
93 Years Old and Still a Winemaker
By: - Nov 19th, 2016Mike Grgich emigrated to America after World War II. He moved to California following an American Dream. Today, he is a legendary winemaker who just turned 93.
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Remembering Edward Albee
A Critic Recalls Interactions with the Playwright
By: - Nov 18th, 2016When Edward Albee died, the social networks were inundated with spontaneous comments. One admirer reminisced about the exquisite instructions on preparing the perfect crème brulee in Counting the Ways and made me realize how many such excerpts have stayed in my mind over the years. I’ve been thinking about them like memorializing snapshots – all those stimulating tricks with words, like Agnes wondering whether she can say “I dropped upstairs” and Jerry asking about saying “A dog I knew.”
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Intriguing Wines From D.O.Navarra, Spain
Diversity Rules
By: - Nov 15th, 2016Located in the 'Basque' country, the Navarra region is gaining recognition for producing superb wines at reasonable costs.
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Philip Roth’s Books Return Home
Distinguished Author Gifts Newark Public Library
By: - Nov 03rd, 2016New Jersey-born Philip Roth has donated his personal library to the safe space home away from home of his childhood. With this gift, he has completed the circle of his intellectual and literary life. The Newark Public Library (built in 1901) is a great temple of literature based upon Florentine Palacio. According to George Abbott White, Roth has added to library's glory.
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Tony and Emmy Winner Hal Linden
Now 85 in Fantasticks at Pasadena Playhouse
By: - Oct 03rd, 2016I think because the writing was solid, not “trendy”, and always very relatable. I recently put together a clip reel for a concert appearance I was doing, and I had to sit down and watch over 100 hours of “Barney Miller” episodes. I was amazed at how substantial they were, and that they still hold up almost forty years later.
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St. Germain at Barrington and Theatre Works
Revival in Pittsfield and New Einstein Play with Richard Dreyfuss in Hartford
By: - Sep 20th, 2016Since 2009 when Freud's Last Session opened at Barrington Stage there have been annual meetings and numerous e mails with playwright Mark St. Germain. We met recently at Dottie's for brunch to talk about current projects. In Pittsfield there is a revival of Camping with Henry and Tom. At TheatreWorks in Hartford is a production of Relativity about Albert Einstein that stars Richard Dreyfuss. He is also adapting Freud, which has had 200 plus global productions, as a screenplay. He ranks at 14 on the 2016 list of most produced American Playwrights. That does not include his global productions.
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Charles Giuliano Podcast
Reading at Gloucester Writers Center
By: - Sep 18th, 2016As a part of a week-long residence at Gloucester Writers Center there was a well attended reading. Introduced by multi-media artist, Jay Jaroslav, Charles Giuliano launched his third book of poetry Ultra Cosmic Gonzology. The reading was recorded by Center dirtector and filmmaker Henry Ferrini. We have a link to the reading which is archived by the Center.
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Susan Erony: Scribe as Artist
Transcribing Text Into Images
By: - Sep 13th, 2016Working in sessions of four hours, word by word, days turned into months as Susan Erony transcribed the 635 page text of The Maximus Poems by Charles Olson. The resultant work has been exhibited in Gloucester but deserves to be more widely known. She is preparing for an exhibition at Gloucster's Trident Gallery. She took a break to discuss the role of text in her practice as a visual artist.
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Boston’s The Verb Hotel
Displays Bieber Collection of Rock Memorabelia
By: - Sep 10th, 2016After graduation from the BU School of Journalism David Bieber found that the only way to research and promote rock music was to collect the material. Soon his apartment was cluttered with thousands of albums and related detritus. It is the foremost archive of a formative era when Boston emerged as a major matrix for contemporary music. Now highlights of the Bieber Collection have been installed at Boston's The Verb Hotel.
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Shaker Harvest Suppers October 8th & 29th
Shakers Know How To Cook.
By: - Sep 10th, 2016The Shakers took full advantage of nature's bounty. Fresh vegetables, homegrown herbs and raised livestock were a daily feature on the Shaker menu. After experiencing one of these special 'Harvest Suppers', a realization occurred to me that there are two more meals being offered this October and that one should consider taking advantage of this opportunity.
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Tenor Johan Botha Dead at 51
Memories of His Large Glorious Voice
By: - Sep 08th, 2016Johan Botha died today in Vienna at 51. He had suffered from liver cancer, but was scheduled to sing at the Wiener Staatsoper this fall. The September 10th performance of Turandot will be dedicated to him. He once said, “The biggest milestone for me is to make people happy and smile.”
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Allyn Burrows Named Artistic Director
No Stranger to Shakespeare & Company in Lenox
By: - Sep 08th, 2016Shakespeare & Company announces that actor and director, Allyn Burrows, a long-time member of the Company, has been named its new Artistic Director.
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Train, Yo-Yo Ma, Jeremy Denk and The B52's
Tanglewood Rocks.
By: - Sep 04th, 2016The 2016 Tanglewood season come to a close with a long time commitment from Conductor Andris Nelsons to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2017.
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Carl Belz at 78
For 24 Years Director of Rose Art Museum
By: - Sep 03rd, 2016For 24 years Carl Belz was the director of the Rose Art Museum where he was a champion of regional artists with an emphasis on women. There was an annual major exhibition sponsored by Lois Foster who was later instrumental in his ouster when she and her husband Henry were the primary donors of an addition in their name designed by Graham Gund. Belz passed away recently at the age of 78.
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Ultra Cosmic Gonzology
Giuliano Book Launch in Gloucester
By: - Aug 05th, 2016In a couple of weeks Ultra Cosmic Gonzology will be hot off the presses. Already word is spreading on Facebook. There was a recent sighting at a taco joint in Vermont. The offical book launch will be staged with a reading at the Gloucester Writers Center, on Wednesday, August 31 at 7:30 PM. The address is 126 East Main Street, Gloucester.
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Ira J. Bilowit at 90
Renowned New York Theatre Critic
By: - Jul 22nd, 2016Although elderly and in poor health Ira J. Bilowit, who has passed away at 90, continued to cover and work in theatre. Just last November he was co-chair, with Sherry Eaker, of a New York conference of the American Theratre Critics Association. He was among the most respected and revered members of that organization.
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Seth MacFarlane Man Of All Seasons
Enjoying the Humor
By: - Jul 13th, 2016Seth MacFarlane is known for his several tv projects, including the 14th year of the syndicated program, Funny Guy, as well as his skill in writing the movie, 'Ted.' What we didn't know was that he is a professionally trained singer, who could have had a second career if the first didn't work out.
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Faerie Festival in Adams to Return in 2017
J. K. Rowling Casts Spell on Mt Greylock
By: - Jun 30th, 2016The enormously sucessful first Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival in Adams, Mass. was a midwinter brain storm of a group of local artists and activists. With this event they aspired to put Adams on the map as a community for artists and unbridled imagination. Now their ambition has been given a serendipitous boost. The Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has announced that her latest venture “Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” takes place on Mt. Greylock. The Adams festival was staged in the shadow of the tallest peak in Massachusetts where wizards and faeries abound.
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Garrison Keillor's Big Night
Final Tanglewood Event and Broadcast
By: - Jun 30th, 2016After 17 seasons at Tanglewood, Garrison Keillor retires from 'Prairie Home Companion.'
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First Berkshire Mountains Faerie Fest in Adams, MA
A Family Day Built Around Fun and Fantasy, June 25
By: - Jun 28th, 2016While looking into the concept of Faerie or Fairy Festivals, one might discover that there are quite a number of such events happening each year all over America. 'The Faerie Festival Bug' hit six months ago in the town of Adams, MA, among a group of believers, at the Adams Arts Advisory Board. They enlisted many participants, word spread quickly among like-minded fantasy lovers, and here is the result in photos and report of the First Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival.
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