PROVIDENCE – A “tale as old as time” is more than just a lyric from Disney’s animated film “Beauty and the Beast.” The story about a prince who is transformed into a hideous beast as punishment for his selfishness and must gain the love of a selfless woman to recover his humanity was first published as a French …
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Bob Abelman
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3/8/24
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“The Spy Behind Home Plate,” the first documentary to tell the real story of Morris “Moe” Berg, the enigmatic and brilliant Jewish baseball player turned spy, will be shown at …
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PAMELA HANZEL
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2/6/20
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PROVIDENCE – Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim redefined the Broadway musical form by being at once intelligent and heartfelt, melodic and musically enigmatic, traditional and highly unconventional. For many in the audience, Sondheim’s challenging, …
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BOB ABELMAN
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4/25/24
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It will be an afternoon featuring the arts on Jan. 5 at Temple Habonim in Barrington. At 1 p.m., there will be a wine and cheese reception where you can meet the artists exhibiting at the next …
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12/9/19
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( JTA ) — The coronavirus pandemic has done something that no war, natural disaster or other calamity has been able to do for more than 50 years: It’s put a stop to stage performances of …
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Stephen Silver
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6/17/20
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Five short Israeli films will be shown at the Day-at-the-J on Sunday, Feb. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Stop by any time between these hours, and you may catch one, two or all five, as some may …
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2/16/22
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One night, Ben Mezrich received an unexpected phone call. The caller claimed to know something about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. Could it be true? Ever since the Boston art museum was …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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2/16/22
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Shterna Goldbloom’s photographic artwork builds bridges between two worlds that seem to have a sizable distance between them: queer identity and Hasidic Jewish identity.
Goldbloom, of …
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HANNAH ALTMAN
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4/9/21
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Nancy Cooperstein Charney, born, raised and schooled in Fall River, is an award-winning movie and theater director/producer.
Cooperstein Charney, 81, is married to actor Jordan Charney. The couple …
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MEL YOKEN
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4/9/21
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(JTA) — “I’ve been kidnapped,” a voice can be heard saying in Hebrew in the opening of a new HBO series about the lead-up to the 2014 Gaza War.
It’s Gilad Shaer, a 16-year-old …
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Josefin Dolsten
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8/29/19
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