April 16th, 2018 by Trudy Cusella
I attended a screening and discussion of the documentary, Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code. Formulated in 1493 when Columbus returned from the New World, the Doctrine of Discovery has been used for centuries…
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February 8th, 2018 by Trudy Cusella
A Samaritan crafts and paints simple crosses out of recycled materials. On this day, a white cross decorated with a tuna can designed to resemble a sun flower is ready to go. Etched on the cross are the words: No identificada…
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January 19th, 2018 by Trudy Cusella
The Post is a Steven Spielberg crowd pleaser: a better-then-average movie starring Meryl Streep as Kathryn Graham and and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee. It offers great performances, lots of melodramatic moments and a tacked…
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September 28th, 2017 by Trudy Cusella
To celebrate an angst-inspiring birthday (such a high number!), my siblings took me to 100 Acres, one of the restaurants symbolizing the resurgence in Buffalo. Set in the old Buffalo Psychiatric State Asylum, now the Hotel Henry,…
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June 28th, 2017 by Trudy Cusella
I love to travel. Plane, train or automobile, any destination—ask, and I’ll meet up with you. When I make a list to plan a trip, reading materials fall right behind picture ID in order of importance. But, when a woman…
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June 14th, 2017 by Trudy Cusella
My father loved sports. His favorite sport was baseball and his favorite team was the New York Yankees. He made me a convert and for my sixteenth birthday he drove me to Cleveland to watch the Yankees play. When it was time to…
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April 29th, 2017 by Trudy Cusella
I love the movies. But after my sister and I were turned away on three different occasions from our movie of choice (La La Land, Moonlight), I was forced to face a new reality: the reclining seat. Embracing the reality of change…
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March 29th, 2017 by Trudy Cusella
Confession: I go to my preferred coffee shop every morning to enjoy a latte. While there, I read, write or visit with a friend. My visits fulfill my creative, social, and intellectual needs for the day by morning. And that is…
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March 13th, 2017 by Trudy Cusella
Every penny stays right here in WNY ~ Variety Club slogan One afternoon in Pittsburgh in 1927, a group of eleven theater owners and a showman played cards backstage after a matinee. They heard a cry in the theatre. They followed…
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January 11th, 2017 by Trudy Cusella
Extraordinary is not a word I use often, but I use it now to describe the film, Manchester By The Sea. When a producer sets out to make a movie from this kind of material, he/she had better create an extraordinary film. Manchester…
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