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The Romans had the right idea. Christmas wasn't exactly big on their social calendar.

Anthony Hopkins is guest programmer on Turner Classic Movies and he doesn't choose "The Silence of the Lambs." Instead, " The Lady from Shanghai" , " The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" , " The Grapes of Wrath" and "Rear Window" . Boris Karloff narrates the 1966 animated versions of " How the Grinch Stole Christmas" followed by the hit holiday ...

Most histories of the Great Depression pay only glancing attention to the popular culture of the era - de rigueur references to "The Grapes of Wrath" , the Federal Theatre Project and Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast - and focus on the politics and economics instead.

OaoIn following the plight of the homeless population encamped along the St. Johns River over the past two months - culminating in their eviction last week - I am hauntingly reminded of the desperate situation of the 500,000 Dust Bowl migrants who immigrated to California during the 1930s.

Rena Cook, University of Oklahoma associate professor of drama, recently was named the 2009 Irene and Julian J. Rothbaum Presidential Professor of Excellence in the Arts at OU.

Pam Dery and Schawn Belston have been upped to senior VP at Fox Filmed Entertainment and will continue to co-head the studio's technical services department.

The Kanawha County Library is holding a Book Brawl to find out what's the favorite book of Kanawha County residents.

Actor Christopher Timothy, currently starring in The Grapes of Wrath at Hall for Cornwall took time out from the play to help launch an a amoozinga raffle to win a life-size cow.

Few novels written in the U.S. are more penetrating and riveting than John Steinbeck's 1939 blockbuster The Grapes of Wrath.

The Hall for Cornwall in Truro was left flooded last night after its main sprinkler system was triggered forcing an evacuation of the building.

The truck is loaded, and Ma Joad is still in the house, going through a box of trinkets.

Democracy was not a spectator sport yesterday when actor Matt Damon and Howard Zinn, a historian and professor, spoke at Cooper Union's Great Hall about their upcoming documentary, "The People Speak." The event, called "The People Speak Live," was hosted by NYU, Cooper Union and the History Channel.

At the opening of the Melbourne International Film Festival people were drinking, laughing, joking and wondering where on earth he was.

The Cabrillo College Theater Arts Department proudly inaugurated its stunning new Crocker Theater with an appropriately exceptional choice of material: John Steinbeck's incomparable "The Grapes of Wrath," adapted for the stage by Frank Galati.

The question of where the old Route 66 officially ended in the West has been the subject of debate among history buffs and roadsters.

A benefit auction for Jerry Moak of Rayville has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. Nov.

The cast for Cabrillo College’s production of ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ includes, from left, Caber Russell, Tom Goldrup, Michael Gomes, Katia Burke, Leah Creatura and Jaye Wolfe Before the rehearsal, the cast and crew of "The Grapes of Wrath" thought about hard times, drought, the idea of family -- and about having an excellent space to ...

Turner Classic Movies airs classic films based on the work of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist John Steinbeck throughout the evening of Tuesday, November 3. The night begins with the big three, "East of Eden," "The Grapes of Wrath," and "Of Mice and Men," which combined for 15 total Oscar nominations, three of which were winners.

While watching live news feed updates on Facebook the other day, I was suddenly reminded of the time I read "The Grapes of Wrath." Veiled concern weighed on one post after another.

Bette Moore's vintage clothing store has been a mainstay on Madison's Main Street for 28 years.