Shirley

"Portrait of Jason" begins with a test tone and a blurry image. And then, as the screen slowly comes into focus, the tone stops and you hear a crew member say: "This is Shirley Clarke, 'Portrait of Jason.' Roll one, sound one. Sound rolling, camera...

Jim Lee creates artwork out of his imagination. Lee, who teaches printmaking at Hartford Art School, has been making prints to expand on a personal mythology he has created on the subject of soothsaying and fortunetelling. "There's a teacup on an iron...

Two years ago Stephen Sachs began working on a play about the philosophy and practice of flamenco. He figured he had all the material he needed, having spent years in close proximity to flamenco dancers as the co-artistic director of the Fountain Theatre,...

Lost works, home movies, industrial films, abandoned technologies and other assorted cinematic ephemera all fall under the umbrella of miscellany known as "orphan film." The strange mix of the odd and slightly sad gets its own festival at the Linwood Dunn...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will showcase rarely seen, previously overlooked films with a two-day screening series "The Real Indies: A Close Look at Orphan Films" May 10 and 11 at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The series,...

Hollywood star Ben Stiller is the top attraction at this year's fundraiser for the Highland Park/Highwood Rotary Scholarship program. As part of the organization's Giving Gala Auction, the top item is the chance to attend the December red carpet...

BOYLE Deeds filed recently in the office of Boyle County Clerk Trille Bottom include: Robert and Cheryl Sinkhorn to Joseph E. and Jessica Conder, 12.446 acres in Boyle County, $140,000. PNC Bank National Association and Ella Mae Dexter, through J....

George T. Frush Jr., 71, of Warfordsburg, Pa., died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at his home. Born June 18, 1941, in New York, he was the son of the late George T. Frush Sr. and Norma Bosch Frush. He retired from Mack Trucks Inc., Hagerstown, Md. He...

Robert W. Pavlosky, 81, Davidsville, died Jan. 10, 2013 at Conemaugh Memorial Hospital. Born Nov. 25, 1931, the son of Charles S. and Anna A. (Surganic) Pavlosky. Preceded in death by parents and brother Stephen J. Pavlosky. Survived by wife of 57 years...

Property transfers for the week of Dec. 10 to Dec. 14. — JPMorgan Chase Bank NA¿and Patricia J. Goode to JPMorgan Chase Bank National, lot 99, unit 3, Verna Hills, master commissioner, $63,334. — Sherilyn Redmon and Robert Redmon to...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The search for what caused a massive, deadly explosion that rocked an Indianapolis neighborhood turned to natural gas Monday, with officials checking gas lines and a homeowner saying a problem furnace could be to blame. The...

PERRYVILLE — Mary Stare Whitehouse, age 96 of Danville, Ky., died Friday, Oct. 19, at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Hudson Whitehouse; and two brothers, Robert Stare of Mendota, Ill., and...