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From left, Cindy Johnson as Mrs. Elvsted, Katrina Ferguson as Hedda Gabler and Milan Dragicevich as Eilert Louborg rehearse a scene from Northern New England Repertory Theater Company’s production of Hedda Gabler. The show opens May 30 at Colby-Sawyer College. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Entertainment Highlights: Theater Doesn’t Take a Summer Break

Thursday, May 23, 2013

While Enfield’s Shaker Bridge Theatre wrapped up its sixth season earlier this month, and Northern Stage concluded its 16th season Sunday, Upper Valley theatergoers needn’t twiddle their thumbs waiting for those companies to return in the fall. Three theater groups are starting the summer season with shows that cater to the area’s diverse audience, whether they prefer the pointed social …

Michael Douglas plays showman Liberace in "Behind the Candelabra," premiering Sunday on HBO. (MCT)

Michael Douglas Keeps Forging Ahead

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

pasadena, Calif. — One thing you can count on in Hollywood is that actor-producer Michael Douglas always does the unexpected. When he first started he became the hot new actor in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco. But he put that aside for a while to become a producer. His first …

This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, Zoe Saldana, left, as Uhura and Zachary Quinto as Spock in a scene in the movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness," from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Zade Rosenthal)

‘Star Trek’ Takes on Terrorism

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; (NC-17) no …

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Art Notes: ‘Word and Image in Contemporary Art’; Strong Messages In Hood Exhibit 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

One of the great treats of art and architecture in the Upper Valley is the climb up the stairs to the second-floor galleries of the Hood Museum. I tend to walk in there with a head full of …

Susan Nugent, of Meriden, right, attaches her knitted piece to the tree at Colburn Park as Vicki Smith, of Lyme, left, prepares to hop down from the crab apple during a yarn bombing on the green in Lebanon yesterday. Yarn bombing, also called guerrilla knitting and yarnstorming, is a worldwide trend. Yesterday’s event was part of AVA Gallery and Art Center’s anniversary celebration. (Valley News - Libby March)

Essay: Stitching a Community; A Newcomer Finds a Place, and Knitters Make a Statement 

Monday, April 8, 2013

Lebanon Spring has come to the Lebanon Green. That’s where a group of more than 20 people gathered yesterday morning to attach bright knitted rectangles onto a crab apple tree in recognition of the AVA Gallery and Art …

Singer Bryan Pulls Off Upset at CMAs

Monday, April 8, 2013

Las Vegas — Everything went to script yesterday night at the Academy of Country Music Awards until the end — when Luke Bryan pulled off an amazing upset and won entertainer of the year. Bryan beat out some of country music’s top stars, including two-time winner Taylor Swift …

Northern Stage Breathes Life, and Fun, Into a Dated British Farce

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Northern Stage’s producing director Catherine Doherty sure knows how to stage a farce, even when the farce is No Sex Please, We’re British, a dusty fossil hauled out of storage from the Benny Hill Memorial Museum for Slapstick and Innuendo. When the play was first produced on London’s …

Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, has died Thursday, April 4, 2013, according to a family friend. He was 70 years old. In this undated file photo, Gene Siskel, left, is shown with Roger Ebert. (Globe Photos via Zuma Press/MCT)

Five Ways Roger Ebert Changed Criticism

Saturday, April 6, 2013

It’s hard to sum up one man’s achievements in any article or post. It’s even harder if that man is Roger Ebert, who in no particular order was critic, TV personality, social-media guru, blogger, scholar, screenwriter and advocate. …

‘The Evil Dead’: A Devil of a Good Time for Some Viewers

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Fans of the 1981 The Evil Dead and its sequels can relax. And by “relax,” I mean “screw themselves up into tight little balls of nervously flinching muscle.” The reboot of the beloved, if somewhat low-budget, cult horror film about five young friends terrorized by a demonic spirit …

A scene from The House I Live In, which will be screened at the White River Indie Films Festival.

You Can Bring Your Laptop to the White River Indie Films Fest: This Year’s Focus on ‘Transmedia’ Examines New Forms of Storytelling

Friday, April 5, 2013

Time was, print was print and film was film and the only way they intersected was as a screenplay or when they commented on one another. Think Citizen Kane, the classic movie about a newspaper baron, or the …

Viewers are rewarded with a breathtaking 3-D conversion in “Jurassic Park 3D.” Illustrates FILM-JURASSIC-ADV05 (category e), by Sean O’Connell, special to The Washington Post. Moved Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (MUST CREDIT: Universal Studios)

‘Jurassic Park 3-D’ Still Has Bite

Friday, April 5, 2013

Forget blowing the images up to IMAX size and converting the lunging velociraptors and T. Rexes into 3-D. The best reason to revive Jurassic Park for its 20th anniversary is Jeff Goldblum. Yes, children, there was a time …

Much of jewelry artist’s Stacy Hopkins’ work is cast from natural objects. These are at her workspace. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Art Notes: From Italy to Vermont; WRJ's Scavenger Gallery Owner Has Made Her Own Niche

Thursday, April 4, 2013

A fter spending most of her adult life in Europe, Stacy Hopkins came home to her native Hanover a little over four years ago, unsure of what she would do. She had built a successful career as a …

Putting Reboots on the Ground

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Franchise reboots are multiplying at an alarming rate. No longer do filmmakers wait a decade or two for the memory of the last failure to fade. Instead, like a quick fix for a frozen computer, they push a few buttons and voila: fresh start. Take, for example, the …