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Swamp Things

by Laura Leon May 1, 2013

In much the spirit of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Mud, a new movie written and directed by Jeff Nichols, explores the lives of its protagonists while limning a way of life lived ...

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Acceptable Levels

by Stephen Leon December 20, 2012

For most of us, life will go on as usual after the news dies down about the mass killings in Newtown, Conn. Just as life went on after Aurora, after Tucson, after Virginia Tech, after ...

Almost every summer, the New York Giants head to Albany for training camp. Football fans line the fields to watch the team practice and, afterwards, press their bodies against barricades in the hopes that one ...

I Am Thanksome

by Miriam Axel-Lute November 20, 2012

This year we’ve instituted what seems likely to become a yearly tradition of a Thanksgiving tree. It’s taped on the wall of our front stairs, trunk and branches made out of brown paper. Each day, ...

Lions and Tigers and Museums, Oh My!

by The Staff November 15, 2012

The Clark Art Institute is opening its new Kidspace exhibit this weekend, and it’s a doozy. Lions and Tigers and Museums, Oh My! explores the various ways humans interact with animals. The exhibit includes a ...

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Everyday Heroes

by Shawn Stone October 4, 2012

It was the evening of Aug. 10, 2011, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 featured Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta reporting from Somalia. Located on the Horn of Africa, with the Indian Ocean to the East ...

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Pooped

by Laura Leon August 8, 2012

The third cinematic installment of the popular Jeff Kinney books, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days continues following the misadventures of Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), his wannabe punk-rocker bro Rodrick (Devon Bostick) and his ...

A Tree Is a Tree

by Jo Page May 2, 2012

The last time my older daughter visited, she and her younger sister had a conversation about Shel Silverstein’s renowned book, The Giving Tree. Whether you’re five, 45 or much older, you probably know The Giving Tree. But ...

Indians in the House

by Miriam Axel-Lute January 18, 2012

My older daughter has recently passed a major milestone: ability to handle any sort of plot tension. Not like we’re going in for scary movies or anything, but this does vastly increase the range of ...

Draw Me a Story

by The Staff September 28, 2011

“A good children’s illustrated book has the power to whisk young minds off to another time and place,” says the introduction to the Hyde Collection’s lastest offering. Originating from San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum, Draw Me ...

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