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This is triply cool: First, our town (Northampton, Massachusetts) has a poet laureate. Second, she is Lesléa Newman, author of the acclaimed...

VARIOUS ARTISTS Appalachia Music from Home Lonesome Records 094 Appalachia and bluegrass are so synonymous that a lot of people forget that ...

*** 1/2 No Star Trek film has ever won an Oscar but its newest incarnation deserves one in a brand-new category—casting. Unfortunately, tha...

Mr. Scott: I need a script. Now! I’m an admitted Star Trek Sucker. Most folks think the first Star Trek film was a bore. Not me; I still r...

I got ripped off this week. In the time it took me to walk from my university office, use the bathroom three doors away, and return, someone...

Scores of films appropriate ideas from elsewhere, reassemble them, and try to pass them off as interesting. Most are the equivalent of ba...

May 3, 2009 —Pete Seeger turned ninety today. He’s robust for his age, but his voice has been shot for decades and neither his music nor his...