Connections
During "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Oct. 15, 2026, takeaways from the NY gubernatorial debate, the latest with the Peace Village homeless encampment, and a preview of a documentary on Bea Arthur.
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Arts, Music and Culture
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The Rochester Community Players are following the news. They’re aware that ICE’s escalated detainment campaign has separated local families. They have their eyes on federal attempts to override procedure and impose a detention facility on State Street. They know the Batavia detention center is expanding. Their response is a staging of the deeply emotional play “A […] The post REVIEW | ‘A Good Farmer’ appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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Donnie Del Plato has an entire wall of VHS tapes in her apartment, sorted and stacked from floor-to-ceiling in a kaleidoscope of cardboard sleeves. She’s lost count of exactly how many she’s amassed, but the number has crested 1,000, plus a few bulky CRT TVs. Del Plato’s collection started three years ago with two curios: […] The post The VHS resurgence that’s part nostalgia rewind, part anti-digital consumerist revolution appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
Local and national arts from NPR
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It is hard not to fall in love with Katherine Browne, the eager to please, mini-skirted narrator in Barbara Trapido's 40-plus-year-old debut novel, reissued this month. -
Comic artist Dabin Han shares how backpacking as a novice has helped her push through discomfort and allowed her to make new friends across the country. -
Here's what's behind the fluctuating costs of everyday grocery items such as ground beef, eggs and chocolate chip cookies. -
One of NPR's most gifted storytellers, his soft voice and vivid writing helped define the network's sound for a generation of Americans. -
Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized, and said he plans to gradually return to his usual duties. -
Scary stories are more than fun, they're big business. -
As the American Girl doll company celebrates its 40th anniversary, Samantha has turned 25 — and is the subject of a new historical fiction novel by author Fiona Davis. -
The Pope left Rome's Gemelli Hospital Saturday, days after surgery for lung cancer removed the lower lobe of his right lung. He is currently scheduled to travel to Latin America in November. -
Nathan Fielder's new film about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes blurs the lines between reality and fiction. The film can be genuinely gripping — but the truth might not be so ambiguous. -
The Irish author said her books can no longer be sold in the UK after she pledged the royalties to a banned pro-Palestinian group. -
Saint, who died Oct. 6, studied at the Actors Studio and was best known for her roles in On the Waterfront and the Hitchcock film North by Northwest. Originally broadcast in 2000.
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Fielder's film offers a portrait of the disgraced entrepreneur shortly before she began an 11-year prison sentence in 2023. You Can See Everything is full of surprises and strange rabbit holes.
