Culture watch 
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9/24/19
Hooray for the Return of Downton Abbey!
by Bruce Chadwick
Downton Abbey is back, and back with a roar that will shake everyone from 1927, when it is set, to those who awaken tomorrow morning.
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8/6/19
Woodstock, The Moon Landing and Sesame Street, Too: 50 Years of American Cult Art
by Bruce Chadwick
The Norman Rockweel Museum is celebrating the year 1969 not with an exhibit about politics or history, but one about how artists showcased their work in that one, single year.
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7/25/19
Can You Ever Tame the Shrew? Is She Really the Shrew?
by Bruce Chadwick
This Taming of the Shrew is a madcap romp through history, literature and the woods. It is a lot of fun.
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7/2/19
When the Future is the Past: A ‘Star Wars’ Summer at Tanglewood
by Bruce Chadwick
This Sunday afternoon, the star fleet from the evil Empire, the storm troopers of Darth Vader and the nasty masters of the Death Star will once again battle the good guys at, of all places, the renown Tanglewood music center in Lenox, Massachusetts, as part of a three-concert film tribute to music composer John Williams.
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5/14/19
‘What’s Up, Doc?’’ Bugs Bunny Takes on the New York Philharmonic, Carrots and All
by Bruce Chadwick
Featuring an interview with the conductor George Daugherty.
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4/15/19
Oh, What a Beautiful Piece of American History
by Bruce Chadwick
The story of young settlers as they try to find their place in Oklahoma, America, and the world. It is a nicely told saga told within all of those memorable tunes.
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11/3/2019
"Vice" – Looking Back on the Cheney – Bush Administration
by Bruce Chadwick
How did Cheney manage to get away with all of these shenanigans? Wasn’t anybody watching? Weren’t the lights on?
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