When composer and former Blue Oyster Cult drummer Ron Riddle learned that a timber wolf had been picked up by the local SPCA, he and his wife Andrea decided to take him in. Over the next four years the Riddles and “Chance” created what animal behaviorists call an inter-species pack.  The Riddles, with Jody Enck, [...]

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THE KLEZMATICS: ‘WOODY GUTHRIE’S HAPPY JOYOUS HANUKKAH’ (Jewish Music Group).
By JON PARELES
Published: December 1, 2006, The New York Times
THE KLEZMATICS: ‘WOODY GUTHRIE’S HAPPY JOYOUS HANUKKAH’ (Jewish Music Group). Living in Brooklyn with a Jewish wife and a major Yiddish poet for his mother-in-law, Woody Guthrie wrote on Jewish topics in the 1940s — topics including [...]

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Recently Light in Winter took a moment to catch up with Light in Winter performer and local pasty chef, Tammy Travis.
LIW: Did you always know that you wanted to be a pastry chef? How did you come to focus on your current craft?
TT: After High School I went to Community College for Graphic Design. [...]

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