2020: The Year in Pictures
12/31/20 8:59 AM
On many days during this harrowing pandemic, the Daily Reporter’s Tom Russo has found himself in the middle of many of our communities’ defining moments of the year, from the first days of COVID-fueled panic-buying in March to the first injections of the vaccine in December. These moments are part of a rich tableau of our experiences COVID-related and otherwise that Tom chronicled through his lens in 2020. This online gallery features more photographs than were published in the New Year’s Eve print edition.
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The summer of 2020 was a time of reckoning on the issue of racial equality after the death of George Floyd, a Black man from Minneapolis, while in police custody. Rhys Deiter a member of the New Palestine High School class of 2020, joined in the conversation during the school s graduation ceremony, held in July after a COVID-driven delay. (Tom Russo | Daily Reporter)
At the Movies – December 17
12/15/20 1:58 PM Wonder Woman 1984 is one of the first blockbusters to be released in COVID-19 America. submitted
GREENFIELD – The Legacy Cinema, 2347 W. Main St., continues its celebration of Christmas past with a showing of “White Christmas” (starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera Ellen, and Rosemary Clooney) Dec. 19 at 2:30 p.m. Other holiday blasts from the past include “Christmas With the Cranks,” “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “Die Hard,” “Elf” and “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” Also showing is the 2017 blockbuster “Wonder Woman,” (starring Gal Godot) as if to warm us up for “Wonder Woman 1984,” which opens Christmas Day. Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig and Robin Wright, “Wonder Woman 1984” pits the superhero against the Soviet Union and a formidable foe by the name of Cheetah. The film is rated PG-13. Visit legacycinema.com for show times.
Merry movie Christmas
12/9/20 1:23 PM
GREENFIELD A drive-by glance at the marquee of the Legacy Cinema reveals a listing of current films and a holiday surprise or two.
“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “Elf,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” and “White Christmas” are all slated as current or coming attractions throughout the month of December at the Legacy Cinema, 2347 W. Main St.
It’s all part of a holiday programming package to ease people back into the movie theaters, said Legacy Cinema general manager Cary Benbow.
“We’re trying to entice them in with lower-priced shows and screenings to meet the conditions we’re in right now with people who don’t feel comfortable in big crowds,” Benbow said.