Prominent authors such as Judy Blume, Laurie Halse Anderson and more will receive awards at Bard College for the first-ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards.
A reputable casino magazine has just named an Upstate New York casino and resort best in the industry in thirteen categories including tops in several dining categories.
Awards season, that glorious time of year when works of moving art are made to fight for our amusement and betting-pool glory, lurched into gear last night with the Gotham Independent Awards. A sort of east coast counterpart to Los Angeles’ Independent Spirit Awards, the program recognizes the finest achievements in indie film over the previous year, as selected by the members of the Independent Filmmaker Project. For the past two years, the IFP’s Best Feature designation has effectively predicted the film that will receive the Best Picture Academy Award a couple months later. If that happens to be the case again this year, the Oscar future looks bright — and refreshingly black.