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(Reading Diaries #2 was published on my blog before Reading Diaries #1. This diary entry is labeled as such as this was written before Reading Diaries #2. This was also written before it was announced that a new adaptation featuring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie is going to be made.) The first time I ever read "Wuthering Heights" was October of 2022. This is one book that really stuck with me and is by far my favorite work of gothic literature  ever. I recently purchased a copy of "Wuthering Heights" —more specifically, my second copy— at a bookstore in Galway.  I can't put into words of a single feeling to describe what it was like to read one of my favorite classics on that wet Autumn October day on the bus ride from Galway to Dublin, glimpsing between the pages I'm reading and admiring the sky out the window as it darkens and turns to evening.  Despite the very limited time I got to view the countryside landscape of Ireland from a bus passenger's pe...

Conwell Coffee Hall, located at 6 Hanover Street, is a coffee shop and eatery in Life and Trust, a performing arts center.  photo credit: Cait Malilay From the moment I walked through the revolving door and up those steps, I was immersed back in time to the 1920s. I was greeted by a large art deco painting. photo credit: Cait Malilay I take a look at the menu and see the typical cafe assortment of coffee and teas, but wait...there's a whole section labeled "TOASTS?" Count me in! Being a California native, of course I'm going to order the avocado toast.  My mom orders the crab toast. Now...the beverage of choice. Since it's afternoon, we decide to go with something light, a cappuccino.  We are given a number and to our left, we see the seating area.  In the back there's leather couches and coffee tables. Spread out are rows of tables, so we see that we are going to be sitting pretty close knit with other groups. When we're trying to find a spot to sit, a ge...

Remember the good old days of going to the video store to rent movies? Christopher Plummer, the director of Rockland Community College’s Cultural Arts Theatre and co-founder of the Rockland Shakespeare Company, shared that the first VHS tape his mother ever bought him was "Back To the Future." "We were in the electronic store and I remember the guy saying to us, ‘Hey, would you like to buy the movie?’ We looked at each other like, ‘You can buy a movie?’” he said. The brand new copy costed them $100. Read full article here.

  Christopher Plummer, the director of Rockland Community College’s Cultural Arts Theatre and co-founder of the Rockland Shakespeare Company , will never forget one of the very first horror movies he watched as a kid: “The Exorcist” (1973) , directed by William Friedkin. “‘The Exorcist’ terrified me in a way I can’t properly convey to you or quantify,” he said. “I watched it since many times and I remember distinctly seeing it as a child, but that was one movie that very very much scared me and I don’t get particularly scared at films.” Plummer —who is a distant relative of the late actor Christopher Plummer, known for iconic films such as “The Sound of Music” (1965) and “Knives Out” (2019) — discusses the evolution of horror movies and what elements constitute a great horror flick.  Read full article here.

  I hope everyone's having a wonderful summer! 😎  My sunshine state of mind is soaking up the sun with a good book and an iced fruity drink.🍓 Instagram

Peter Winograd (center) leads as concertmaster for The Discovery Orchestra during the Discover Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony concert. photo credit: Amanda Brown Photography Peter Winograd is the first violinist with the American String Quartet and a member of the violin and chamber music faculties at the Manhattan School of Music and the Aspen Music School.  When he's not teaching, he serves as concertmaster for The Discovery Orchestra. “Music is an abstract art form, opera and popular music with lyrics notwithstanding. If you just listen to a symphony, it’s delving into emotions that you can try to put words to, but sometimes it only cheapens it,” he said. Cait · West Nyack concertmaster shares friendship with Discovery Orchestra Founder George Marriner Maull Winograd gives an inside scoop on how he met his longtime friend, Discovery Orchestra Founder and Artistic Director George Marriner Maull. Read full article here.

"Scream VI" is out in theaters! Here are my killer theories. 1.) History repeats itself. "There's a darkness inside of me."  In "Scream" (2022), fans were shocked to find out that Billy Loomis had a daughter, Sam Carpenter, with another Woodsboro High girl named Christina. One of Sam's worries is that she'll turn out just like him and her past literally haunts her. Fans want to be satisfied with the killer(s)' motive, so he/she/they must have some kind of connection to the past. Most likely the killer(s) won't be directly linked to Sidney Prescott (e.g. Roman Bridger, her half-brother and Jill, her cousin) because in an interview with People , Neve Campbell announced that she wouldn't be returning for the sixth film due to a pay dispute. Therefore, the killer(s) must have a relation to Sam, the only one directly linked to Billy.  It was revealed to fans in "Scream 3" (2000) that Sidney had a half-brother on her mother'...

  pc: @screammovies  / Instagram  "Scream VI" is in theaters Friday. There's been a variety of killers with different motives, and there's so much history to recount. Here's a recap of the previous five "Scream" movies for all you Ghostface fans.  For those who haven't watched the films, but are planning on watching it with a Ghostface fan, here's a brief overview of the drama. Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell, is the center of it all. Her mother, Maureen Prescott, was raped and brutally murdered. Cotton Weary, played by Leiv Schreiber, was found guilty and put behind bars. Another key character who helps push forward the investigations behind the ongoing murders is Gale Weathers, a reporter played by Courteney Cox, who pretty much has bad blood with Sidney because she wrote a book called "The Woodsboro Murders" about Maureen. She theorized that Cotton, who was jailed because Sidney testified that she saw him leaving her house t...

pc: Instagram / Capital One It's December, and you know what that means. Other than Timothée Chalamet's birth month, it's Swift season! Aside from "Christmas Tree Farm" and "New Year's Day," two obvious chilly season faves, here are 13 additional Swift songs that should be on your winter playlist to honor her 33rd birthday.  1.) "The 1" "Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool And if my wishes came true It would've been you... But it would've been fun If you would've been the one" First on our list is from Swift's 2020 album, "Folklore." Fans suspect that this is one of her several songs that reference F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." 2.) "'Tis the damn season" "We could call it even. You could call me babe for the weekend 'Tis the damn season, write this down..." 'Tis the damn season! It must be a strange feeling people get during the holidays if ...

The screening of "The Neutral Ground: A Story About Sore Losers," which took place last Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Burchfield Penney Art Center as part of the  Beyond Boundaries: Dare to Be Diverse Screening and Discussion Series , was followed by a discussion panel with Chief of Staff to President Katherine Conway-Turner and State University of New York College at Buffalo Chief Diversity Officer Crystal Rodriguez-Dabney; John Torrey, a professor who holds a doctorate in philosophy and Mikaila Morgan, an Africana studies major. Directed by CJ Hunt, a field producer for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, this first movie to launch the spring semester chronicles New Orleans’ fight over Confederate monuments and “America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause.” “When we talk about racism and all these deeply embedded prejudices, they’re institutionalized, and when we talk about the way they’re in our institutions, it’s not just the statues,” said Ruth Goldman, an associate professo...

photo credit: Tedesco Knows Best / Facebook Thomas Tedesco and Connor Best, the founders of the band, Tedesco Knows Best , have been friends for a little over 10 years since elementary school. “From being friends, we discovered our mutual love for rock music,” Tedesco said. Their very first performance together as a duo was in 2017 at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls as a part of the annual Summer Fest at the Sal event. Tedesco Knows Best recently expanded with two additional members: Cam Lord on drums and Collin Lacki on keyboard and back-up vocals. “All Around Us,” their new four-song EP that was released last April, was recorded, engineered and produced last Fall at Arkwright Loft Studio by Lord, who they were first introduced to by Lacki. “We pride ourselves in original material, but it was a matter of finding the right time, the right place to record these songs and get them into the way that we envisioned them,” Tedesco said. The original recording of their music was just the...

photo credit: Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock Taylor Swift’s birthday is on Dec. 13, so in honor of her, here are my top 11 Swift songs. If someone says they’re not a Swiftie, they must like at least one song by her. If they tell you otherwise, they’re lying. Taylor speaks to everyone. You don’t even have to be in love to enjoy her music. I don’t know about you, but for this December break, I will be listening to Taylor on repeat. 1.) "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" “So why'd you have to rain on my parade?  I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates.” Taylor is known for putting Easter eggs in her songs and music videos. The rumor goes that this is a reference to the Kanye or I should say, “Ye” situation...but “ye” you get the picture. 2.) "The Man" “I'd be a fearless leader.                                                    I'd be an alpha type....