Jay Craven
CommentatorJay Craven is a filmmaker who teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and directs Kingdom County Productions
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Performing arts events bring people together for experiences of shared community. In this age of virtual community where we congregate on the Internet…
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Every fall season provides a showcase for stimulating arts events in every corner of Vermont. White River’s Northern Stage is producing Ibsen’s “A Dolls…
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My generation came of age during the Vietnam War. Some of us volunteered or were drafted to fight in Vietnam. Others had friends and family who fought and…
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My Texas grandmother’s relatives fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. She remembered a time, as a kid, meeting an older second cousin who’d…
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The theater world has paused to mourn the passing of Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shepard, the boldly original and unconventional playwright who worked to…
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I treat each year’s strawberry season as a special holiday. The dates change according to the weather, but it lasts longer than even Hanukkah or the 12…
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Recent demonstrations in Vermont and across the country show newly invigorated grass roots movements around issues of climate change, economic inequality,…
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Chuck Berry’s passing reminds me of a summer night in 1987 when the rock n’ roll legend played a concert I produced in Lyndonville.But the show almost…
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At the close of each year, we pause to remember people who have recently passed away. This is especially true in the arts where, for 2016, we remember,…
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One of the more worrisome features of this election is that, of our last three presidents, two will have moved into the White House without having won the…