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More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Revolutions, in cloth not politics Now and Then The introduction of denim must have seemed like a godsend to country folks after struggling so long with the stretching and shrinking of homespun clothing. Denim, typically dyed blue, became normal dress for men and boys. Most often, it took the form of bib overal...

Giveaway dates: Mar 05 - Mar 12, 2021 Countries available: U.S. As a boy growing boy up in Rochester, NY, I loved movies, especially Westerns and most especially John Fords The Searchers. Everything about it thrilled and frightened me---most especially John Waynes towering performance. I grew up to become a journalist and a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, and when I came back to the United States in 2006 I wanted to write a book about America. As a boy g...

As pandemic roars, the credits may roll for a small-town movie house Thomas Farragher © Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff Owners Michelle and Bret Hardy posed for a portrait at the Cameo Theater in South Weymouth. They miss the days when the theaters were crowded with moviegoers. He rubs elbows with Hollywood royalty now, but a part of Billy Dowd is still that little kid from Scituate. The young boy who would go bowling with friends on rainy Saturday afternoons and then purchase a ...

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Psycho and Rope are among the films that Turner Classic Movies has deemed “troubling and problematic,” joining the ranks of  Gone with the Wind in a new series called “Reframed: Classic Films in the Rearview Mirror,” which seeks to scrutinize old movies through the lens of today’s identity politics. The new TCM series, which launched on Thursday, also seeks to pick apart such innocuous movies as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? and My Fair Lady. “Many o...

Heartbreaking images from funeral of GMP officer who died from Covid-19 at just 49 Tributes were paid at the funeral of the irreplaceable dad-of-two 14:19, 5 MAR 2021 Updated The funeral of PC Jon Wain (Image: Greater Manchester Police) Emotional images have been shared from the funeral of an irreplaceable Greater Manchester Police officer who died from Covid-19. Jon Wain died on February 15, 2021, following a battle with coronavirus. The beloved dad-of-two had been working as a PC in Bury for...

TCM's series "Reframed: Classic Films in the Rearview Mirror" includes movies such as "Gone With the Wind" and begins Thursday

InMaricopa John and Mary Lou Smith. Photo by Michelle Chance People are moving to Maricopa every day. But do the newcomers — or the old timers, for that matter — give any thought to the names on our street signs, with the possible exception of John Wayne, of course. InMaricopa delved into local history to tell you how some of our local roads received their names. PORTER ROAD Elton K. Porter farmed in Maricopa in the early 1950s. He and other community volunteers dug a l...

TPR Arts The Alamo has revealed part of a larger collection of newly-received artifacts from an unlikely donor. What’s to be done with the new items signifies a major change on the Alamo grounds. If you’re new to the Alamo City, you might be more familiar with the donor for his drumming and singing, rather than for his collecting of Alamo collectibles. Rock star Phil Collins first revealed his big give in 2014. “I’ve had a love affair with this place since I was about 5 years old,” he...

by Edmund Connelly I’ve put aside two hard-hitting essays regarding the ongoing assault on Whites in the United States because I suspect readers need a break from the relentless negative news we’ve all been exposed to. I confess I’m more than guilty of pointing out how rapidly the situation of Whites has become exceedingly bleak, I suffer from that situation in real life, and like readers, I need a break, too. So perhaps the current relative lull in The System’s assault on us will allow...