PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
PJ Grisar
By PJ Grisar
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Culture At 95, the heroes of the Ghost Army relive the battles of WWII
This top-secret unit used inflatable tanks, planes and phony encampments to dupe the German army
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Film & TV The Trailer For Woody Allen’s New Film Has Us Concerned
One of the ironies of “A Rainy Day in New York,” Woody Allen’s recently-shelved film, is it may prove quite difficult to see in New York — or, really anywhere in the United States. While it’s still scheduled to make its way to parts of Europe, Amazon pulled the plug on the picture’s release last…
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Film & TV The Film Adaptation Of ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Looks Terrifying
Page for page, there may be no more frightening children’s books than “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.” With apologies to the prolific but seldom shudder-inducing R.L. Stine’s “Goosebumps” series, Alvin Schwartz’s three-book collection of ghost stories and eerie folk tales has remained the juvenile nightmare fuel par excellence since the first volume dropped…
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Film & TV Woody Allen Will Begin Production On His 51st Film This Summer
50 films would have been a nice, round number for Woody Allen to quietly end his career with. But it looks like we’re getting another anyway. Following ongoing litigation with Amazon Studios over breach of contract on a four-picture deal spurred in part by Allen’s comments about Harvey Weinstein and revived allegations that Allen molested…
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Culture High Constable Jacob Hays: New York’s Forgotten Jewish Super Cop
In the early years of the American republic, cities were different. Most of the young nation lived outside of urban areas, and at the turn of the 19th century, the now-sprawling metropolis of New York City contained a mere 60,000 souls mainly clustered at Manhattan’s southern tip. A modest city meant a modest form of…
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Culture Stanley Tigerman, Architect Behind Illinois Holocaust Museum, Dies At 88
Stanley Tigerman, the prickly and inventive Chicago architect known for designing the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center died Monday, June 4. The 88-year-old passed from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in his Chicago home, Architect magazine reported, citing his widow and work partner, Margaret McCurry. In his nearly 60-year-career, Tigerman designed over 450 buildings and…
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Culture Q & A: How Do You Write A History Of The Bible?
The Bible may be the most-recognized book in the world, but its origins remain obscure. We can’t say with certainty who wrote much of it, when the bulk of it was composed or even where. But we now have a handy primer to the most significant theories about those questions in John Barton’s “The History…
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Culture ‘Tootsie,’ ‘The Ferryman’ and ‘Hadestown’ Win Big At The 2019 Drama Desk Awards
On Sunday, June 2 the 64th Annual Drama Desk Awards honored a diverse season both on and Off-Broadway, but revivals, transfers and familiar names won the evening. Leading the winners with four awards each were Anaïs Mitchell’s folk musical, “Hadestown;” “The Ferryman,” Jez Butterworth’s play of the Irish troubles; and “Tootsie,” David Yazbek and Robert…
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