I am an intensely private person. (I realize that by saying that, I have just nullified the statement and violated my own privacy, but to some extent that is what I am attempting to do here, so please bear with me.) The writing I have done for the most part my whole life has been…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Shakespeare & Company has provided us with six pairs of tickets to give away to lucky contributors to the Rogovoy Report. Every month for the next six months, those making donations to the Rogovoy Report will be automatically entered into a monthly drawing to win a pair of free tickets to any…
Mickey has long wanted to be a catalog model. He LOVES having his picture taken. Don’t you think Mickey would make an adorable model for the Dash & Albert Rug Company’s next catalog? Of course you do! Well then, you can do your part. Dash & Albert is currently conducting a public referendum, asking folks…
Had it not been for Robert Sterling Clark — the same Clark whose home and art collection became the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., the Beatles as we know them may never have existed, therefore forever altering the course of the second half of the 20th century in ways impossible to…
by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Food trucks are all the rage these days, springing up everywhere in cities and towns across the country – everywhere, that is, except where local authorities, often prodded by restaurateurs who view them as unfair competition, prohibit them. But even there, the tide is turning in favor of these…
It’s hard to cover a Bob Dylan song – Lord knows I’ve spent nearly a lifetime trying. Dylan’s songs – the melodies, lyrics, rhythms, everything that goes into them, really – are uniquely pitched to Dylan’s persona. Whether he’s writing in the blues, folk, rock, country, soul, pop or gospel genre, what comes out is…
by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – New police chief L. Edward Moore has some ideas about how to do things differently in this small river city, and at the top of the list is getting cops out of cars and onto the streets, walking the beat. “The police car was a bad invention,” he told…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Claiming Her Place, a benefit for WAM Theatre co-produced and hosted by Tony Award-nominee Jayne Atkinson, will take place on Sunday, June 30, 2013, at 7pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington. The evening will feature a celebrity panel discussing the challenges women face in the entertainment industry. The…
(EGREMONT, Mass., May 11, 2013) – John Andrews Restaurant is offering the opportunity for contributors to the Rogovoy Report to enjoy a free dinner for two as a way to thank the community for its support of the Rogovoy Report’s curated e-newsletters and online stories it provides free to all. For every $20 contribution made…
