In late 2019, my wife and I purchased a 1944 Smith-Corona Standard typewriter from a thrift shop in Portland, Maine. My wife, who is a poet and playwright, enjoys composing on typewriters, although ...

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The 2026 Woodstock Film Festival features over 60 movies. Three Times Union staff writers share their standouts.

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In the drawer to the left of the kitchen sink here it is, the dough scraper from my dad. Made of cherry wood, polished smooth ...

Nevill Holt Festival has announced the first highlights of its 2027 programme, led by a new production of Georges Bizet's ...

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Columnist Tanita Allen's mindfulness and meditation practice has taught her that she doesn't need to fight herself every ...

Back in the 1900s, we had albums and cassette tapes and, eventually, CDs, but you still couldn’t burn songs onto those in the beginning (at least I couldn’t). Regardless, those shiny discs like ...

Portrait Miniature of John Henry Newman by William Charles Ross (Public Domain) Saint John Henry Newman knew that becoming ...

De Brigard told the Carolina Journal he still has no idea who nominated him or recommended him for the famously secretive ...