Jay Craven
CommentatorJay Craven is a filmmaker who teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and directs Kingdom County Productions
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I was stunned by the brutal killings of cartoonists and writers at the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo. My heart went out to the families and the鈥�
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Vermonters will miss poet and neighbor Galway Kinnell鈥攆or his graceful and deeply human verse and his caring way of being with friends and fresh鈥�
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The colorful leaves and tidy small towns of our state remind me of why we鈥檙e here. Our communities are well-kept and people care about each other. They鈥�
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Movie touring provides a passport into the distinctive worlds of each town 鈥� where every audience is also different. Thanks to the local library, the鈥�
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I was introduced to Bruce Dern through a late afternoon phone call to his home in Pasadena. I鈥檇 always liked Bruce in movies going back to They Shoot鈥� -
When Pete Seeger was inducted to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, singer Harry Belafonte framed the moment by saying, 鈥淚f I were to be given the opportunity鈥�
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The holiday season provides us with moments of warmth that we carry into the long winter. It鈥檚 a time to appreciate loved ones, summon generosity, and鈥�
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On the day JFK was killed I had just turned 13. We were in junior high gym class when we heard about the shots in Dallas and I was doubly shocked when a鈥�
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Pollsters tell us that Americans are fatigued, regarding war. As well we should be. For more than a decade we鈥檝e been mired in Iraq and Afghanistan ,鈥�
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So far this summer, I鈥檝e sampled tiny donuts in Waitsfield, a tasty maple milk shake at Basin Harbor, and bar-b-q chicken pizza in Plainfield. I鈥檓 taking鈥�
