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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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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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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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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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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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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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Remembering Critic Larry Murray
Founded Berkshire Theatre Awards
By: - Mar 11th, 2017After a long illness, on March 10, the widely respected publisher and editor of Berkshire on Stage and Screen, Lawrence “Larry” Murray, passed away. He organized the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association. Last November he rallied to attend the First Annual Bertkshire Theatre Awards. He presented the top award, named for him, to Jullian Boyd of Barrington Stage for community service through theatre.
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Fiddler on the Roof Lyricist Sheldon Harnick
West Palm Beach Dramaworks Speakers Series
By: - Mar 11th, 2017West Palm Beach Dramaworks Speakers Series featured the 92-year-old lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof, Sheldon Harnick.
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Poetry Reading by Charles Giuliano
Williams Faculty Club April 18
By: - Mar 30th, 2017Since June, 2014 Berkshire poet, Charles Giuliano, has published three books of gonzo verse. A fourth is in production for a summer release. On Tuesday April 18, at 7:30 P.M. he will give a reading at the Williams Faculty Club (WFC), 968 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267. The event is free and open to the public.
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Remembering Jim Rosenquist
Billboard Painter to Pop Artist
By: - Apr 02nd, 2017For a period of time in the late 1960s I worked in the studio of Pop artist James Rosenquist. He passed away recently at 83. When Jim first arrived in New York he painted billboards high above Times Square. He later used those techniques as a key but undervalued Pop artist.
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Boston Art Dealer Alan Fink at 91
Art Was the Family Business
By: - Apr 04th, 2017Alan Fink met his artist wife, Barbara Swan, in Paris where he lived for three years on just $700. They married in 1952 and relocated to Boston. There he went to work for the next 16 years at Boris Mirski Gallery. In 1967 he founded Alpha Gallery now run by their daughter Joanna. Their son Aaron is an expressionist painter.
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Deval Patrick Initiates Food For Thought
Series Launched At Hancock Shaker Village
By: - May 08th, 2017Ex-Governor, Deval Patrick, will host the first, 'Food For Thought', speaker series at Hancock Shaker Village on Friday, May 12th. He will talk over dinner about his autobiography, A Reason To Believe.
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Into the Woods with Artist Gabrielle Barzaghi
Hermit of Dogtown Previews Trident Gallery Exhibition
By: - May 09th, 2017Some years ago they built a home and studio on some 20 acres deep in the woods of Cape Ann's legendary Dogtown Common. They like the privacy and seclusion. During a recent week in Gloucester we met for an extensive studio visit and discussion of the upcoming June exhibition "Gabrielle Barzaghi: Perfect World" at Trident Gallery. Several drawings created in enraged response to outrageous statements by Donald Trump were included in The Body Politic a group exhibition and performance series at the gallrery.
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Richard Petty Museum in North Carolina
Displaying Legendary NASCAR Winners
By: - Jul 18th, 2017San Frncisco based travel writer, Susan Cohn, is known for ferreting out unusual destinations in rural America. Her stories always have an off the beaten trail exotic, down home flavor. This time she reports on the Richard Petty Museum in North Carolina. Parked on the property are dozens of iconic vehicles that made three generations of the Petty family dominant winners in the popular NASCAR circuit. This is a must see destination for fans of the popular sport. Enjoy this tale of life in the fast lane.
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Gloucester Poems: Nugents of Rockport
Charles Giuliano Reading at Gloucester Writers Center
By: - Aug 03rd, 2017On Wednesday, August 23, there will be a reading and book launch of Gloucester Poems; Nugents of Rockport by Charles Giuliano at the Gloucester Writer’s Center, 123 East Main Street, at 7 PM. The event will be shared with poet Geoffrey Movius. They grew up together in Annisquam. That experience and inspiration will be a part of the event.
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A Dog Day Afternoon at Tanglewood
Yo-Yo Ma's Missing Dog Appeal Steals The Show
By: - Aug 08th, 2017Imagine nearly 14,000 attendees of the long awaited, Yo-Yo Ma concert of Schumann's 'Cello Concerto in A minor, Opus 129, in awe after the concert artist shuns the audience's applause, with an appeal for a concerted effort to help find Maestro David Zinman's lost puppy.
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Remembering Barbara Cook
Iconic Broadway and Cabaret Singer at 89
By: - Aug 08th, 2017Broadway and cabaret artist Barbara Cook was 80 wehen we first saw her perform at Ozawa Hall and several times after that. In Indiana we enjoyed a concert wth Michael Feistein and an interview for critics that followed. We have compiled a collage from those reviews.
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Nugents of Rockport
Patrick and Mary Raised Thirteen on Beaver Dam Farm
By: - Aug 16th, 2017On Wednesday, August 23, there will be a reading and book launch for Gloucester Poems: Nugents of Rockport at the Gloucester Writers Center. It will feature the author. Charles Giuliano, and poet Geoffrey Movius.The new book is built around an extensive interview with the author's mother, Dr. Josphine R. Flynn, that was conducted in 1986 during a commute from Palm Beach to her summer home in Annisquam. In this excerpt from the book they discuss the Nugents of Rockport and summers she spent with her grandmother on Beaver Dam Farm in Rockport. The book is available through Amazon.
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Berkshire Resident Jerry Martin 1926-2017
Artist / Illustrator and Master of Green River
By: - Aug 17th, 2017A man for all seasons, Jerry Martin, the Berkshire artist/ illustrator has passed. With quirky Mr. Natural looks and mannerisms he was a pithy and complex character and friend. He was a lively presence in the Alice’s Restaurant gang that hung out at the church in Stockbridge and communal holiday gatherings. In the summer we skinny dipped in the secluded Green River on his spacious property. Benno Friedman remembers our much loved friend. He passed this week at 91
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How Mom Became Dr. Josephine R. Flynn
Middlesex Later Became Brandeis University
By: - Aug 18th, 2017This is another chapter from Gloucester Poems: Nugents of Rockport. It will be launched with a reading on Wednesday, August 23, at Gloucester Writers Center, 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, 01930. The event, paired with Annisquam poet, Geoffrey Movius, is free and will start at 7:30 PM. Mom graduated from Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery during the Great Depression. After WWII its founder, Dr. John Hall Smith, sold the Waltham property which was launched as Brandeis University. I graduated from Brandeis in the class of 1963.
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Gloucester Writers Center
Return to Forever
By: - Aug 29th, 2017Last summer Astrid and I were residents at the Gloucester Writers Center. Introduced by musician, filmmaker, hipster, Henry Ferrini, we returned for a reading and launch of Gloucester Poems: Nugents of Rockport at Gloucester Writers Center. The poet and boyhood friend, Geoffrey Movius, shared the program.
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Frank Gehry to Design Northern Berkshire Museum
Bilbao Effect Anticipated for North Adams
By: - Sep 02nd, 2017In May the world's foremost architect, Frank Gehry, signed on to design The Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum in North Adams. It is one of 11 projects being developed by visionary museum director Thomas Krens. There is a daunting sticker price of some $300 miliion for construction anticipated to start as early as June, 2018.
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Food For Thought
Dar Williams Talks About Her New Book
By: - Sep 27th, 2017Dar Williams talks about her new book, 'What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities One Coffee Shop, Dog Run and Open-Mike Night at a Time.' BBQ, Bourbon and beer are on the menu at Hancock Shaker Village.
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Eclipse Mill Winter Arts Festival
Music and Poetry on December 13
By: - Dec 04th, 2017All are invited to join a holiday celebration and launch of the Eclipse Mill Winter Arts Festival. A gala evening of music by Michelle Wiley, and poetry by Stephen Rifkin, will occur on Wednesday, December 13, starting at 7:30 pm, at the Eclipse Mill, 243 Union Street, in North Adams. A program of other events will be announced in the New Year.
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Sandro De Bruno, A Winemaker To Remember
Soave Is Now A Worldclass Wine
By: - Feb 15th, 2018Soave Bolla once was an inexpensive wine with little depth or complexity. It was an accepted wine and used often for parties and entertaining. Times have changed, although Soave Bolla has remained the same. Winemakers have been lured to the volcanic soil that is in the Soave region and brought Soave and other varieties, like Durello, to new heights.
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