‘Frankenweenie’ is bland
There’s just no better way to say it: Frankenweenie is bland. Frankenweenie is Tim Burton’s newest movie, a stop-motion remake of the short film and Frankenstein parody of the same…
Masquerade
If you could take any one day of your life and be anyone you wanted to be, who would you choose? Would you be a queen or a princess for…
For George
Last Friday, The Berkshire Beacon’s Owner and Editor, George C. Jordan III, suffered a minor heart attack. George is stable now and recovering, and our thoughts and prayers are with him…
Ephron’s autobiographical novel is not to be missed
In I Remember Nothing, the first thing Nora Ephron tells us is that she has lost her memory, thus validating her title but also ruefully sharing a sense of aging with…
Newspapers can protect democracy
This newspaper, like all others, is custom-made for you. The hours at board meetings, school concerts and writing profiles of candidates are all things done for you. The local newspaper…
Fall decorating while waiting for bewitching hour
Last year, October fled by so quickly that I didn’t even have a chance to decorate the house for Halloween. All the lighted pumpkins and scary-faced witches picked up for…
‘Hotel Transylvania’ provides fun for kids and adults
Hotel Transylvania is a fun movie that children will love and parents will enjoy sitting through. Directed by animation genius Genndy Tartakovsky, Hotel Transylvania shows an admirable dedication and respect for its central…
Fall into fashion passion, part two
“Clean shirt, new shoes/And don’t know where I am goin’ to./Silk suit, black tie/And I don’t need a reason why./They come runnin’ just as fast as they can/’Cause every girl’s…
Discovering I’m French
The time in Pays D’Oc IGP has come to an end. My five days of “Pays D’Oc IGP Nirvana” is now a living and lifelong memory. My first wine “undercover”…
Pays d’Oc, here I am
The sun is shining and it is 73 degrees in Montpellier, France. The day has begun and the first image I see is a guy in a beret riding his…