12/30/08Holiday Movie GuideChristmas is my favorite holiday and I, like many other Westchester residents, plan on eating Chinese food and hitting up the movie theater with my mom on the 25th. Posted at 03:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
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12/29/08The Top Ten References to Westchester in Pop Culture: 2008 EditionNo blogger worth her bandwith end the year without some kind of superlative year-end list. So, from biggest stretch to best bet, I present to you the most excellent references to Westchester in popular culture this year. Posted at 03:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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12/10/08Jacob Burns Media Arts Lab Open for Business
Okay, the outside still doesn't look like much—but it's what's inside that counts, right? A bit of ongoing construction didn't stop the folks over at the Jacob Burns from holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Media Arts Lab last Friday. And boy, did a lot of people show up to see it open: Westchester Arts Council Executive Director (and, with JBFC executive director Stephen Apkon, one of Westchester's most influential residents Janet Langsam, New York Times writer Janet Maslin, New...
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12/02/08Where on the Web?
Like everything else, I want my pop culture delivered to me through the Internet. But the more I talk to my fellow Westchesterites, the more I realize that some people are lost when it comes to finding the good stuff online. Luckily, I'm here to help. Here is my personal roadmap to getting my fix on the web. Get your bookmarks ready, here's where you can find: TVEverybody knows about YouTube—which, now that it offers all videos in the rectangular widescreen format instead of the philistine's square, is greatly improved—but Hulu might be even better. The site compiles high-quality clips and even entire episodes of some shows,... Posted at 03:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Articles Editor Marisa LaScala joined Westchester Magazine in 2003, and ever since she's blown every paycheck at the Greenburgh Multiplex. She also staunchly defends Richard Kelly, doesn't mind spoiling the endings of trashy movies you're curious about but don't want to pay to see, wishes the Hold Steady would come and rock out Westchester, misses Arrested Development more than anyone can imagine, and still watches cartoons and Saturday Night Live. You can find more of her cultural criticism at www.popmatters.com, where she is a staff writer.