Some stand-up comedy and some cartoons are in this week’s DVD column. Inspector Gadget: The Original Series One of the signs of success for...

Hey, cartoons hit the C-barrier! This is from the ASIFA-Hollywood blog: Animation Celebrates Its Centenary "The first examples of anim...

If you're a comics fan, then put this event on your calendar! In a medium crowded with vengeance, villains and violence, Williamsburg c...

It was my privilege last week to take part in a discussion on censorship as part of the programming for the One Book, One Springfield [MA] e...

Three new CDs have made their way to my desk and two are welcomed, while one is fairly inexplicable. Howard Tate Live Although I love class...

Hello all...back from vacation and my first week back to work and I feel that I've been beat with a ball-pean hammer. Will be back to po...

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I will be on vacation and probably will not post much in the next few days. I sincerely believe in taking a break from such habits when on v...

I had the opportunity of interviewing Ray Bradbury last week for a story about our city of Springfield choosing his book Fahrenheit 451 for ...

On Sunday I had the opportunity of seeing a program at the Academy of Music Theater in Northampton, MA, titled “The Unseen Orson Welles.” P...

This was a demanding week at work, hence the lack of blogging. I am one reporter down thanks to budget cuts and two members of the news staf...

Every now and then I'm going to write about the press. I know the world is full of media critics, but few of them actually seem to be me...

I was transfixed by magic and ventriloquism as a kid. Paul Winchell with his dummy Jerry Mahoney was a must-see on television every week, as...

A flawed documentary, a great assortment of Buster Keaton items and a visually arresting film are the offerings in this week's DVD colum...

Our local daily, The Republican, ran a story in its national briefs section in its Sunday edition about a woman in Texas who was on trial fo...

My friend Marty Langford has made that great leap that all film nuts hope to take one day – from being a fan to being a film maker. He and h...

I've gone to the Toy Fair in New York City for five or six years now and like all trade show, it's a great peek at what 's comin...

A major pleasure, an interesting import and something very, very bad are featured in this week’s DVD column. The Dick Cavett Show: Comic Le...

Perhaps one of the worst things that can happen to a writer is for someone to have beaten him or her to the punch. You have an idea, you do...

I received a letter at work from Edward J. Spellacy Jr., of East Longmeadow and wanted to share it with you.. “I'm writing to say that...