On March 12, the National Book Critics Circle awarded the late Ellen Willis the top prize in its criticism category for The Essential Ellen Willis, a collection of over 40 years’ worth of Willis’s writing. Willis, who served as the first-ever pop critic for the New Yorker in the early Sixties, died of lung cancer at the age of 64 in 2006. She began writing for the Village Voice in the early Seventies, and became a staff writer here in 1979, where she remained as a writer and senior editor for the next decade. Edited by her daughter, journalist Nona Willis Aronowitz, The Essential Ellen Willis is a wonderfully motley assortment of essays, reported features, and political commentary. It also includes a generous helping of articles that originally appeared in the Village Voice. On the next page, you can read a piece she wrote for the cover of the July 29, 1981, issue, “Escape From New York,” which appears in the anthology. They don’t look real to me How can I … [Read more...] about Read ‘Escape From New York,’ From Ellen Willis’s Award-Winning Anthology
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A list of the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print A woman in an area for families of 9-11 victims holds flowers and a sign that reads "Never Forgotten" at a memorial service marking the fifth anniversary of the attacks at the site of the former World Trade Center. BLOOMBERG NEWS Enlarge The overall death toll from the attacks stands at 2,977 — including 2,753 killed as a result of the attacks at the World Trade Center, 184 killed at the Pentagon and 40 killed in the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. The death toll does not include the 19 hijackers aboard the four jetliners that crashed at the attack sites. The World Trade Center death toll includes three victims who died of respiratory disease months to years after 9/11 and whose deaths were reclassified as homicides by the New York City medical examiner's office because of the victims' exposure to World Trade Center dust at the time of the twin towers' collapse. The list includes the victims' … [Read more...] about A list of the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks
Community calendar for April 20, 2018
See more Calendar listings at www.troyrecord.com/community. Submit items at least two weeks in advance to [email protected] Friday, April 20ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ART EXHIBIT: In “Upon the Ground, Below the Water,” artists Richard Barlow, Daesha Devón Harris, Matt Frieburghaus, Tanya Marcuse, Kingsley Parker and Claire Sherwood observe features of landscape marked by human endeavor. The exhibit runs from March 24 - September 3 at the Albany International Airport Gallery, open daily from 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. A public reception will be held Friday, April 20, from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. ALBANY SHINDIG: The “Albany Shindig!” on April 20 is a fun and friendly good old-fashioned “Maple Sugaring” Party. A mini-concert with live music by Set Américain is followed by easy folk dances to live fiddle music with caller Paul Rosenberg. Snacks provided by Honest Weight Food Coop. No experience or partner needed. 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., First … [Read more...] about Community calendar for April 20, 2018
Feature and TV films
Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z FOUR STAR FILMS Top rated movies and made-for-TV films airing the week of the week of March 25 - 31 On the Waterfront 1954 Saving Private Ryan 1998 The Dark Knight 2008 Almost Famous 2000 Stand by Me 1986 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 Pulp Fiction 1994 Beauty and the Beast 1991 The Thing 1982 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 Titanic 1997 Driving Miss Daisy 1989 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Unforgiven 1992 Forrest Gump 1994 WALL-E 2008 Aliens 1986 Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z BOX OFFICE HITS Movies that scored big at the box office, airing the week of the week of March 25 - 31 Cleopatra 1963 Mission: Impossible 1996 Philadelphia 1993 Scream 1996 Mission: Impossible 2 2000 Boyz N the Hood 1991 The Fugitive 1993 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 2011 … [Read more...] about Feature and TV films
CBS News Logo New York City’s JFK International Airport struggles to recover after winter storm
NEW YORK -- Travelers' patience wore thin at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport Sunday as long delays and compounding cancellations continued several days after a major winter storm battered the city, CBS New York reports. Strangers huddled for warmth as fellow travelers were confused, frustrated or downright outraged after spending yet another night at the airport. "I'm so angry words can't even express how I feel right now," Bill Carver from Austin, Texas, said. Tensions ran high as thousands shared horror stories. One group managed to forage cardboard and build ramshackle "neighborhoods." Others were stuck on dark planes on the tarmac for upwards of a day, waiting to deplane or even take off. "I was on the plane for a good 20 hours," frustrated traveler Michelle Lopez said. "They took us out once to eat, then we went back to the plane." Dimitri Grigoryev said he's been stuck at the airport for three days. "This is the third day, starting now," he said. "There are … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo New York City’s JFK International Airport struggles to recover after winter storm