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Sexual violence play at Know Theatre benefits crime victims

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The issue of violence against women has been much in the news. Congress recently re-authorized the Violence Against Women Act. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is holding hearings on sexual abuse in the military. A rape and killing in India has prompted protest and self-examination in that country. So a production taking place this coming weekend (March 8 and 9) in Binghamton is both timely and provocative. KNOW Theatre, known for presenting challenging plays, is staging The MENding Monologues, a 90-minute play that explores violence against women and girls from...
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Endicott native Paglia ponders the future of fine arts; what’s your view?

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In a recent Wall Street Journal article, American author, teacher and social critic Camille Paglia wrote  that "too many artists have lost touch with the general audience and have retreated to an airless echo chamber... "For the arts to revive in the U.S., young artists must be rescued from their sanitized middle-class backgrounds. We need a revalorization of the trades that would allow students to enter those fields without social prejudice (which often emanates from parents eager for the false cachet of an Ivy League sticker on...
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Art Mission screens provocative film

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Reviewed by George Basler In the midst of big-budget summer blockbusters flooding local multiplexes, a small but important film has opened at the Art Mission & Theater in downtown Binghamton. Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch, is a documentary that focuses on schoolyard persecution and  its impact on students and their families. While some may consider sitting through a documentary as a far-from-entertaining way to spend a Sunday afternoon, I found Bully anything but bland. It's extraordinarily compelling as it tackles a topic that has been much in the news. (more...)...
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Get ‘A Taste of Broadway’ at BHS

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By George Basler For one night only, Binghamton High School's main cafeteria is going to be turned into a cabaret. After a scoring a big hit last year, the Rod Serling School of Fine Arts in association with the high school's culinary arts class is again presenting "A Taste of Broadway." On the bill next Wednesday (May 23) will be s a sampling of tasty desserts and a selection of show tunes. (more...)...
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Music lovers: Don’t miss out on BU spring concerts

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By Lee Shepherd It occurs to me that the community doesn't take full advantage of the many free or very low-cost concerts offered by the Binghamton University Music Department. Take the weekly Mid-Day Thursday (1:20 p.m.) Concerts during the school year, all in Casadesus Recital Hall in the Fine Arts Building. They're free and feature up-and-coming student musicians and/or faculty. A special treat will be the May 3 Jazz Mid-Day with guest artist Mark Buselli, who also will perform that evening with the Harpur Jazz Ensemble...
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Why not di-verse-ify with poetry this month?

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There are a myriad of things to celebrate and support during the month of April. One of those things is poetry. To quote W.S. Gilbert’s Pirate King and his crew (soon to be seen in the UCF-supported Summer Savoyards’ 2012 production, The Pirates of Penzance):

KING: “Although we live by strife, We're always sorry to begin it, For what, we ask, is life Without a touch of Poetry in it?”

ALL: “Hail, Poetry, thou heav'n-born maid! Thou gildest e'en the pirate's trade. Hail, flowing fount of sentiment! All hail, all hail,...

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