A Death in Canaan reviewed by John Leonard
John Leonard reviews Joan Barthel’s A Death in Canaan, praising its journalism and exposure of the Peter Reilly case. He notes the book’s brutal use of interrogation tapes, the role of celebrity supporters, and the flawed justice system, while questioning the fairytale portrayal of police thrillers.
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Joan Barthel
William Styron
Thomas Congdon
E. P. Dutton
New York
John Leonard
Peter Reilly
CBS
Barbara Gibbons
Conn
Peter
James Shay
Barthel
Life Magazine
New Times
Thomas Thompson
Kojak
Serpico
Petrocelli
Auntie B
John Sochocki
Parmalee Brothers
Barbara
Country song writer gives up Sinology for simple tunes
Nashville report profiles Jim Rushing once a Mandarin scholar who studied socio economic impacts on the lower classes. He abandoned Mandarin volumes for country songs, preferring trees, grass, kids, fresh air and beautiful ladies. He recalls his Mao era studies and a PhD path he left to focus on music.
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Nashville
Tenn
UPI
Jim Rushing
Rushing
Carol
Rushing on music path from Lubbock to Nashville
The interview sketches early life and move to Nashville for singer songwriter Rushing. He recalls teen trouble in Lubbock, time in jail, and religious upbringing shaping a career in music. He credits industry contacts, including Charley Pride, with recording a tune and notes improving his songwriting craftsmanship.
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Nashville
Charley Pride
Rushing
Lubbock
Tex
Lucy Doane Paintings Displayed in Montpelier Corridor
Vermont Council on the Arts displays Lucy Doane’s primitive Vermont scenes in the Governor's Corridor on the fifth floor of the Pavilion Building in Montpelier through January 10. Doane, longtime Rutland school art director, Bennington Museum instructor, author illustrator, and former exhibiting artist at Dartmouth Fleming and National Gallery of Art, remains active in the Vermont art community. Corridor hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m.
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Montpelier
Vermont Council On the Arts
Lucy Doane
North Bennington
Governor’s
Pavilion Building
Hopkins Center
Dartmouth
Fleming Museum
Burlington
Bennington College
Vermont
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Laurance Rockefeller
Electra Havemeyer Webb
Bennington County
Retired Teachers of Vermont
Southern Vermont Art Center
Massachusetts North Shore
Madrigals A poised show of Renaissance pageantry
St. Louis University Madrigal Singers, led by Joseph Beck, perform Renaissance secular songs with authentic costumes and staging. The 12 student performers recreate noble life in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian pieces, blending music with dance-inspired movement and elaborate period attire.
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ST. Louis
UPI
St. Louis University
Joseph Beck
Beck
England
University Chorale
Kennedy Center
Washington
Jim Wamser
Milady
Books in Dorset Library adds notable volumes this year
Dorset Village Public Library shelves hold about 50 new volumes including The Letters of Virginia Woolf edited by Nicolson and Trautman reviewed by Eudora Welty. The Times review of E B White letters lauds them as shaping The New Yorker. Madrigal music make a comeback with Beck leading performances from casual strolls to full productions.
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Dorset
Dorset Village
Virginia Woolf
Nigel Nicolson
Joanne Trautman
Eudora Welty
Lytton Strachey
E. M. Forster
Thomas Hardy
Cambridge
Leonard Woolf
E. B. White
Times
New Yorker
Harold Ross
Katharine Angell
Raoul Fleischmann
White
Beck
55 Spring Street Williamstown Mass Theatre Hours
Sun and Mon and Tue showtimes listed as 7:00 PM. Contact 413 458 5612 for details at 55 Spring Street Williamstown MA.
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Spring Street
Williamstown
Mass
SUN
Community Arts to Hold Third Annual Meeting in Bennington
The Community Arts Association schedules its third annual meeting for 7 p.m. Friday December 17 at the North Bennington Congregational Church. Topics include review of last year, current projects and future priorities. Penny Larrison fielding calls at 442 8359 for involvement in the Video Project or Harte Theatre Gallery.
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Community Arts Association
North Bennington Congregational Church
Bank and
School Streets
Community Arts
Bennington
Vermont Council On the Arts
Harte Theater
Video Project
Harte Theatre Gallery
Penny Larrison
Association
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