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Music News: WVIA’s Chiaroscuro Records Releases Two New Albums
Jazz flourishes on public radio's WVIA.
Read More »Don’t Take the Negativity Bait
Why do some people seem so unhappy while others seem generally happy and able to take negative experiences in stride?
Read More »21st Hamptons International Film Festival Audience Award Winners
Audience Award winners at the 21st Hamptons International Film Festival held few surprises.
Read More »Music Review: Humble Pie – ‘Performance Rockin’ the Fillmore – The Complete Recordings’
The four-disc collection, recorded live at the Fillmore in 1971, is a feast for fans of early hard rock.
Read More »Blu-ray 3D Review: ‘The Croods’
The Croods is far from a masterpiece, but it is definitely a step up from what passes for children’s entertainment from most studios.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Once Upon a Time’ – ‘Quite a Common Fairy’
In Once Upon a Time's “Quite a Common Fairy,” our intrepid heroes Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin), Charming (Josh Dallas), Regina (Lana Parrilla), Emma (Jennifer Morrison), and Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) continue their search for Henry.
Read More »TV Review: ‘The Walking Dead’ – “Thirty Days Without An Accident”
Judging from this first episode, we will have a rocky but exciting ride in season four.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Bones: The Complete Eighth Season’
Unlike other shows it has improved with age and continues to amaze and astound.
Read More »No More Ghettos: On The Death Of James A. Emanuel, Poet
Can poets, in the future, say this word more firmly?
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