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Arts/Entertainment

On Maneuvers

By Ellen Cross editorial@post-journal.com EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is first in a series by members of the Jamestown High School Red Raider Marching Band. So much work is done behind the scenes — planning, preparing, and practicing — that most people only see the finished project — ...

Drums Have Always Caught My Attention

Everyone who knows me, knows that I am passionate about music. I like most genres of music, but my favorite would have to be rock. I like it because of how it sounds. Ironically, I grew up listening to country and western music before the “and western” was shortened to just country ...

Florence Shows How Storm Coverage Is Politicized

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.’s attack tweet this week showing CNN’s Anderson Cooper waist-deep in flood waters has driven home the point that politics — not just weather — was an important subtext of the media’s coverage of Hurricane Florence. “Stop lying to make ...

Judge Nixes Cosby Request To Step Down

Days before sentencing, Bill Cosby’s trial judge denied a defense motion to step down from the sex assault case because of what Cosby’s team called a long-ago grudge with a pretrial witness. Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill has seen the case through two trials, hard-fought ...

DeVos’ Hearing Inspires Play

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guns in schools to protect students from grizzly bears? Betsy DeVos endured yet another rocky Senate confirmation hearing to become education secretary — this time on a theater stage. During the performance at Arena Stage, about a dozen student actors from local high ...

Julie Chen Leaves CBS’ ‘The Talk’

NEW YORK (AP) — Julie Chen announced Tuesday that she was leaving the cast of the CBS daytime show “The Talk” a week after her husband, CBS Corp. boss Leslie Moonves, was ousted from the company due to sexual misconduct allegations. Chen hadn’t appeared on the show during its ...