Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Podcast: 2010 Summer Wrap-Up of Sci-Fi, Horror, & Fantasy Film →
It’s a special Labor Day edition of the Cinefantastique Podcast. Eschewing the usual round-up of news and reviews, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski provide their assessment on the…
Larry Ashmead Dies: Successful Book Editor Dead At 78 →
A 9-year-old boy once visited his local library in Rochester to hear a mystery writer read from her book. But what particularly thrilled him was to learn that the author had a day job as an editor…
Ellen Galinsky: We Need Play-cations, Not Just Vacations →
It’s Labor Day Weekend—the last weekend of summer before we plunge into fall. Hurricane Earl swept up the East Coast, missing us, but bringing cold biting winds that, even amid the bright…
Metropolitan Opera Racking Up Expenses On 'Ring Cycle' →
Opera lovers are buzzing that the enormous cost of the upcoming productions of Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” could bankrupt the Metropolitan Opera, which ran a $4 million deficit this year.
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Darrelle Revis, Jets Agree To 4-Year Deal →
NEW YORK — Revis Island is open for business again – just in time for the New York Jets to start their Super Bowl run.
All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis and the Jets agreed in principle to a…
Labor Day Poems: The Poetry Foundation Favorites →
The Poetry Foundation
By Becca Klaver
For the United States’ 129th Labor Day, we bring you a variety of poems, podcasts, and articles—some meditate on work, while others evoke restful,…
Van Der Sloot Admits Extorting Holloway's Parents: Report →
AMSTERDAM — The Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway has acknowledged extorting money from Holloway’s…
David Woolner: FDR and Labor: Earning Our Way Out of the Great Recession →
In a recent editorial in the New York Times, former Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, writes that this Labor Day promises to be one of the worst in decades. Organized labor, he notes, is down to a…
Glenn W. Smith: Right-Wing Voter Suppression Effort Caught Using Doctored Photo →
A right-wing group in Houston engaged in a systematic voter suppression and intimidation effort used a doctored photo in its showcase video. Tellingly, a hand-lettered sign carried by an…
'Work' On Labor Day 2010: Stunning Photographs From New Book Of Charles LeDray's Artwork (PHOTOS) →
“CHARLES LEDRAY: workworkworkworkwork” brings together over 25 years of remarkable work by Mr. LeDray, an artist who makes meticulously detailed, handcrafted work presented at an unexpected,…
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