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by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | July 15th, 2015
…Several major cities have regular theatrical revivals of classic films made before the switch to sound technology, but, except for MSUM’s summer cinema series, silent films are difficult to find in this region without looking online for Blu-ray, DVD or streaming editions. This past spring, Flicker Alley released a three-disc DVD…
by Diane Miller | Music | July 15th, 2015
…Rock singer reveals tour and album detailsVermont rock ‘n’ roller Grace Potter is going solo. Sort of.“Midnight,” which will release Aug. 14, will be Grace Potter’s first record sans “And The Nocturnals.” However, there will of course be drums, bass and an assortment of other noisemakers on stage with her on…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | July 15th, 2015
…The rocker on her love for pop music and disgust for “women in rock”It seems that things are only looking up for Lydia Loveless. The singer-songwriter is currently on tour in support of last year’s “Somewhere Else,” an album that garnered critical praise across the board and scored her legions…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | July 15th, 2015
…As the second half of 2015 unfolds with the early promise of new albums from Tame Impala, Beach House and Mac DeMarco, it’s easy to lose sight of the landmark efforts that have already cemented this year as one for the books, let alone those that have already been trampled enough.…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | July 15th, 2015
…A Supreme Court ruling striking down laws banning gay marriage isn’t the same thing as acceptance of homosexuals. On that front we’ve still got a long way to go.“John Marshall has made his decision,” President Andrew Jackson supposedly said in response to the Supreme Court’s 1832 decision in Worcester v. Georgia,…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 15th, 2015
…Capitalist Fracketeering: The Idea That Anything That Gets Between Them And A Dollar Is BadWe all know what fracking means in the oil industry. It’s the process of injecting water and mysterious chemicals at high pressures so that the last drops of oil and gas are forced out of rocks…
by HPR Staff | Music | July 14th, 2015
…TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 | MODEST MOUSETickets on sale Friday, July 17, 2015, at 11 a.m. Jade Presents presale Thursday, July 16, 2015, from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., online only. Tickets cost $29.50 for general admission lawn, $39.50 for general admission benches and $49.50 for reserved seating. A portion of…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 9th, 2015
…Fascinating and frustrating, Crystal Moselle’s documentary “The Wolfpack” is essential viewing for fans of DIY moviemaking and cinephilia. The premise of Moselle’s film and the promise of her incredible subjects – a sextet of isolated, homeschooled brothers who grew up carefully acting out movies like “Reservoir Dogs” and “The Dark Knight”…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | July 9th, 2015
…Racial inequality and intolerance continue to be in the news, as well as discussion of people passing themselves off as someone of a different race. Hollywood has tackled the subject numerous times, perhaps most memorably in two Oscar-nominated screen versions of Fannie Hurst’s novel “Imitation of Life,” both of which are…
by Taylor Blumer | Writer's Block | July 9th, 2015
…If winter is the season for hibernating and tackling hefty 19th-century Russian novels, then perhaps the short story is the perfect medium for reading during an active summer. And now that we’re on the other side of the Fourth of July mayhem, it’s the perfect time to give the psyche…