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The tellybox put on a varied playlist, from the story of The Band (yes, Dylan's band, but Scorsese's movie) to the ultimate in hotel luxury.

©L’espace Vision, Dream Kid, Kaizo Production Films from Japan The inaugural Japanese Film Festival, presented by the Chicago Japan Film Collective and advertised as the first of its kind in the Midwest, features nine contemporary Japanese films: “Our festival is designed to bring the American Midwest into conversation with Japanese culture,” says co-founder Sakamoto Yuki. Among the films are Hayashi Kaizo’s “Bolt,” a drama about the earthquake that resulted in the Fukushima nuclear disaster; “All About Chiaki Mayumura (provisional),” a drama about a musical celebrity who is...

Teton County isn’t quite out of the coronavirus woods, but it looks like there may be a clearing up ahead, and it could be just the right place to hold a music festival. Summer 2020, aka the Summer That Wasn’t, was a bust for nearly all of the region’s arts and entertainment events. Last April and May, as the seriousness of the pandemic began to become apparent, festivals that had for years, even decades, seemed as constant as the Teton Range went into COVID-induced isolation. Even the outdoors wasn’t considered safe. From the Music on Main series to the Grand Teton Music ...

th season of live performance radio on Sunday, June 13, with guest host Kathy Mattea at the Culture Center Theater and, for the first time since February 2020, a limited in-person audience will be allowed. Guest artists scheduled to appear are Mississippi songwriting great Paul Thorn, emerging folk singer and songwriter Amythyst Kiah, and West Virginia Music Hall of Fame inductee and “Some Kind Of Wonderful” songwriter, John Ellison. More artists will be announced as they are confirmed. Mountain Stage will record the show for national distribution later this Fall to more than 280 NPR...

City Winery Hudson Valley Announces Amazing Concert Series Lineup Live music back in the Hudson Valley. One of the things a lot of people learned during the pandemic is that live music is a big deal. I know people who, in a normal year, attend just about every show at Bethel Woods and other venues. That’s how they love to spend the summer. Needless to say, they are rejoicing that live music is back. One of the coolest things this summer, at one of the coolest places, is the concert series called Concerts in the Vineyard at City Winery, 23 Factory Street in Montgomery. They’ve just announc...