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From the monthly archives:

January 2011

While You Were In

by Post Editors on January 31, 2011

Richie Stearns, left, celebrated the release of his first solo CD in almost a decade with many friends Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Chapter House. Photo by Ed Dittenhoefer

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Lady and the Swan

by Anna Fishbeyn on January 27, 2011

“Black Swan” reveals an old-fashioned American stereotype of female sexuality that pits the virgin against the whore in the singular body of Nina, the dutiful ballerina played by Natalie Portman.

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Drink My Words: Death’s Doorstep

by Amelia Sauter on January 26, 2011

Maybe all Death needs to satisfy him is a couple of boxes of Thin Mints. We’re not so different after all, me and Death.

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Beets, Beans and Dignity

by Post Editors on January 25, 2011

Local documentarian Sue Perlgut attempts to dispel some myths about what it means to work with a hospice provider with her new film “Beets and Beans: Living and Dying with Hospice,” screening this Thursday, Jan. 27, at Cinemapolis.

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While You Were In: Light in Winter

by Post Editors on January 24, 2011

Despite record cold weather, Ithacans flocked to a flurry of activities for the eighth annual Light in Winter festival, which ran from Thursday through Sunday, January 20-23rd. Post photographer Heather Ainsworth caught some of the events.

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While You Were In: Clownation!

by Post Editors on January 23, 2011

A short film full of red noses, “Clownation” screened at Silky Jones Saturday, January 22, and participants spent much of the evening clowning around. Photos by Ed Dittenhoefer

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Post Picks

by Post Editors on January 21, 2011

Though Light in Winter has captured most of our attention this weekend, our radar is showing scattered flurries of noteworthy musical activity: namely, Emily Arin, Johnny Dowd, and Goatboy.

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Two for Four

by Arthur Whitman on January 20, 2011

It might be charitable to think of “Four Dimensions” as a series of solo shows grouped together out of convenience, but, there is a definite affinity of style and subject across the work of Kaplan and Sherman, revealing a two-person show within a would-be four-person show.

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Drink My Words: Ecologically Challenged

by Amelia Sauter on January 19, 2011

I recently read an article about a family who produces no trash, and I realized how much I totally suck in comparison to them. How about you? Take a fun quiz at the end of the column!

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Lighting up Ithaca’s Winter

by Post Editors on January 18, 2011

With events such as a multimedia narrated concert exploring the cosmos in Galileo’s time and a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Carl Sagan’s television series “Cosmos,” the eighth annual Light in Winter Festival promises to offer something for anyone with either a passing or passionate interest in either art or science.

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