Ben Rubin: A Shakespeare Accelerator: Experiments in Kinetic Language at EMPAC, Preview
A Modern Interpretation of the Bard’s Work
William Shakespeare’s plays have been perpetually performed for four hundred years; there have been so many film and TV versions (420+) that they’ve formed their own sub-genre, and the Bard’s works continue to be a part of [...]
Reading Cleaning Nabokov’s House in Onkwedo
Author Leslie Daniels to Appear in Ithaca
We knew nothing of the history of my childhood home, or rather the land it was built on, until we began to dig for the brick patio in the backyard. The first license plate showed up just days into the project, to be followed [...]
An Inconvenient Truth, DVD Review
How the Controversial Film has Affected Environmental Policy
Released in 2006, An Inconvenient Truth is a documentary presented by ex-Vice President Al Gore that created quite the controversy for moviegoers as to whether or not global warming was real. The film begins with the image of green grass along a rippling river, [...]
Toying with Reality: Exit Through the Gift Shop, DVD Review
Is it Real, or Just a Hoax?
Released in 2010, the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop generated a lot of buzz for featuring the reclusive British street artist Banksy. It became, even before its release, a widely talked-about “is it or isn’t it?” type of film— [...]
The 25th Annual Flurry Festival, Review
Puttin’ On a Pair of Boogie Shoes at the Annual Dance-a-Thon
Saratoga Springs Mayor Scott Johnson declared February 12th-19th as Celebrate Traditional Music and Dance Week, and that is exactly what festival-goers did during this past weekend’s Flurry Festival.
Saratoga’s City Center was alive with music and dance during the festival’s 25th [...]
Shame, Movie Review
A No Nonsense Look at Sex Addiction
Before seeing Shame it was hard for me to sympathize with sex addicts. Who were they to complain when their lust was constantly answered by reward? But this grudge comes from a standpoint which is also crude, though easily believed. To assume a sex life is something [...]
Janelle Brown’s All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Book Review
Gossip, Country Clubs and Scandals
Janelle Brown’s novel All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, is a national best-seller and named one of the best books of 2008 by Library Journal. Brown’s debut novel also received accolades from New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, People Magazine and [...]
The Pirates of Penzance at the Cohoes Music Hall, Review
Gilbert & Sullivan’s Comical Romp About Pirates and Merry Maidens
The arrival of CR Productions’ The Pirates of Penzance, running at the Cohoes Music Hall through February 19th, seems to come with coincidence. If the timing of a February leap year performance schedule isn’t enough, the fact [...]
A Preview of More Than a Month on PBS
A New Documentary Explores the Impact of Black History Month
With its origins dating back to 1926, Black History Month has served as a national observance of the history of African American culture. Originally referred to as “Negro History Week” by historian Carter G. Woodson, there has been [...]
Paul McCartney’s Kisses On The Bottom, CD Review
The Former Beatle Dives into the American Songbook
Paul McCartney’s Kisses On The Bottom is quite possibly one of the most relaxed albums you’ll hear this year, which is one of the main reasons why you’ll either like it or fall asleep halfway through. This album will probably not [...]
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