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The Write Stuff
On the Couch (G. P.
Putnam 's Sons,$25.95)
It is,perhaps,one of the
most candid celeb con-
fessionals ever penned.
The Sopranos star Lor-
raine Bracco treats this
tome as if she were chat-
ting with her shrink - the
woman once voted "the
ugliest girl" in her school
makes no apologies as
she puts severe self-ex-
amination to the test.
She reveals, for the first
time, the ugly details about her abusive relationship
with Harvey Keitel and her forced bankruptcy that
ensued. She'salso startlingly honest about her struggle
with depression - and how therapy and medication has
helped her.There are lighter moments: meeting Dali and
The Rolling Stones, working with Sean Connery and
Robert DeNiro and marvelous backstage moments at
The Sopranos. What emerges is not sordid or distaste-
ful, but a voice of support,of guidance,of hope for all
of us. "There is no cure for the pain and suffering we
experience as human beings,"Bracco writes. "It Is how
we choose to deal with that part of life that defines our
essence. A lot of people get stuck on their blame and
anger, losing sight of how great life is. How sad to live
with a closed heart ." How sad to pass this one up.
For the Record
Dixie Chicks ,
Taking the Long
Way, S o n y ,
$18.98
Political pas-
sion and personal
pain push the lat-
est venture from
these hot chicks,
the biggest sell-
ing female band
in music herstory.
Each of the 14
tracks are co-
wntten (witn,among otners,sneryi urow ana neo MO )
by the gals, exploring themes both deeply private and
resoundingly political; tune fueled by their 2003 public
Bushwhacking. Here collaborating with legendary pro-
ducer Rick Rubin,they boldly push themselves further
into the grooves of intelligence and maturity, with R&B,
rock, gospel, country and Southern California-flavored
tunes that tacklesmall-town narrow-mindedness ("Lub-
bock or Leave It"), celebrity ("Everybody Knows") and,
of course, political defiance ("Not Ready to Make Nice").
The Dixie Chicks have hatched a classic.
DVD Quick
Picks
Superman: The
Ultimate Max
Fleischer Cartoon
Collection,VCl
Entertainment
It's a bird! It's
plane! It's Super-
man! And this is
the Man of Steel
most people have
never seen. Long
before George
Reeves leapt tall
buildings in a sin-
gle bound,long
before he moved
faster than a speeding locomotive,long before he
was able to bend steel in his bare hands on the small
screen - indeed,long before the long-forgotten Kirk
Alyn did much of the same shenanigans in the long-
forgotten big-screen serial - there was amore animated
superhero.
Created by the legendary Fleischer Studios (headed
by Max Fleischer, the man who put the "Boop" in
Betty), these 17 cartoons made between 1941 and 1943
have been digitally restored,brimming with action and
special effects and Art Deco-inspired flavor that's at
once beautifully drawn and surprisingly realistic. To
lump these cartoons in the same category as, say,
those starring Bugs and Daffy and Tweety would be
singing a most looney tune - they are as important a
part of superhero legend as they are the history of Hol-
lywood. The DVD also includes an interview with Joan
Alexander, the voice of Lois Lane. Fly high!
Valley of the Dolls (Fox Home Entertainment )
This has always been my pick for the "Number One
Best Worst Film Ever Made."
Hollywood! Broadway! Worlds of Boozing! Drugging!
Whoring! Backstabbing and bitching and bursting
bustlines! And let us not forget the (in)famous scene
with the Once Major Star Bent on a Comeback Having
Her Wig Ripped Off Her Head and Flushed Down the
Toilet By an Up-and-ComingThespian Addict! ( Susan
Hayward and Patty Duke.) It simply does not get any
better- or worse - than Jacqueline Susann'ssordid tale
of the underbelly, backstabbing, pill-popping look at
Tinseltown with all its tenacity, talent and tarnish.
All this, plus one of the greatest lines ever penned
and spoken: "They drummed you out of Hollywood,so
you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway
doesn't go for booze and dope - now get out of my way,
I've got a man waiting for me!"
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Jack Kenned y
The Education of a
Statesman
By Barbara Learning
W.W. Norton & Company.
New York. 2006
Hardback . 491 pgs . $26.95
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney^bamstablepatnot.com
i l f
you ever had any doubts
about what Cape Cod meant to
Jack Kennedy, this passage from
Barbara Learning's new book on
the late president 's maturation
- as a world leader should wipe
them away:
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"Shortly after 6 p.m. on Sep-
tember 1. 1961. a large dark heli-
copter with a painted white top,
followed by a chase helicopter ,
approached the Kennedy family
compound in Hyannis Port
Jackie, on hearing from a Secret
Service agent that Air Force One had
touched doicn at Otis Air Force Base ,
would take Caroline, and sometimes
John Junior in his carriage,to the
main house . Other young Kennedy
cousins would gather near the land-
ing pad that hadbeen constructed on
the lawn,and a crowd of neighbors
and camera-wielding vacationers
would collect on the other side of the
tall green privacy hedges Tonight
as always .Jack Kennedy smiled and
waved to the crowd. He tended to
relax noticeably as soon as he arrived ,
and it seemed no different tonight ,
three hours after he had learned that
the Soviets had. that very morning,
exploded a nuclear bomb near the
Mongolian border in Soviet Central
Asia "
This was an emotional home for
Kennedy, but here Learning focuses
on anot her such touchstone: England
and her better angels. In writingwhat
amounts to an intellectual biography,
the author has given us a new look
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By Brad Lynch
arts@barnstablepatnot com
F0RTHE BOOKS- Three authors spoke abouttheir work last
Friday at the Wianno Club breakfast meeting ol the Cape
Cod Writers Center. Nathaniel Philbrick,left ,discussed his
new work about the voyage of the Mayflower and the Indian
Wars,which is at the top of the best-selller list. Shirley
Eastman's first book is a picture history of Osterville. and
Peter Abrahams has an adult and a juvenile detective story
to add to his impressive list.
Cotocheset was an Indian
sachem who sold the lands of
Osterville and Cotuit to Myles
Standish for the bargain price of
a kettle and a hoe. Much later,
the name Cotocheset was given
to a summer hotel on a bluff
overlooking Nantucket Sound.
It was Osterville 'slargest hotel.
Burned down in 1886.the hotel
was rebuilt and renamed the
Wianno Club,and it's still the
finest hostelry in town.
Friday 's event for booklovers
at the Wianno Club was a
"Breakfast with the Authors ,"
sponsored by the Cape Cod
Writers Center It drew three
talented and entertaining au-
thors and more than 150 more
ordinary folks who listened ap-
preciatively,after a modest but
elegant antidote (pastries with
jam,fresh fruits and hot coffee)
to the rain outside.
All three speakers were Cape
and Islanders,and each was
celebrating a book event in his
or her life. It also was a major
morning for members and
friends of the Cape Cod Writ-
ers Center. They had never had
such a full house for a breakfast
conference and readings. Many
from the ranks of writ ers and as-
pirants on Cape Cod were there,
including the gracious Marion
Vuilleumier.a pioneer organizer
over 44 years ago of the Twelve
O'Clock Scholars, one of the
groups that preceded the Cape
Cod Writers Conference.
Each of the authors. Shir-
ley Eastman . Peter Abrahams
and Nathaniel Philbrick. had
reached different milestones.
Shirley Eastman was at a
proud time, shepherding her
first book,a paperback titled
Osterville,published by Arcadia
Publishing as part of the Images
of America illustrated histories
of small towns.
Eastman has served as presi-
dent of the Cape Cod Writers
Center and began a new career
here as a freelance writerwhose
articles appear in the Cape Cod
Times. Cape Cod Life and other
regional magazines. Before
moving to Cape Cod 10 years
ago, she was a staff reporter
for the Morristown . N.J. Daily
Record . In reporting on the
history of Ostervill e, Eastman
did more than write the book
She was the picture editor as
well. She selected, placed and
cropped the 200 photos, many
dating a century ago.
Peter Abrahams, who used to
practice medicine on the Cape,
lacks only years to deserv e the
title of "old pro " in the writing
game on the basis of skill and
experience alone. Last Friday,
his celebration was for publish-
ing not one but two new books
almost simultaneously. The
first is End of Story,published
by William Morrow, with much
of the action in this thriller laid
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Writers Center
has full house
for authors'
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Weeklong exhibit ,
events celebrate 20th
anniversary
By Britt Beedenbender
arts@barnstablepatnot.com
BARN SHOW - Guyer Barn director Pat
Curcio, left, welcomes Joline Diehl, one of
theartists returningtothe gallery inHyannis
for its 20'" anniversary celebration.
Tucked behind the Hyannis Public
Library is an unassumingred building.
Despite its humble visage, the Guyer
Barn is a multi-functional community
arts space that provides a venue for
Cape artists, particularly those new
to the scene,to exhibit their work. On
Saturday, the opening of a retrospec-
tive exhibition willkick off aweeklong
series of events celebrating the art
organization's 20th
anniversary.
In 1986, the driving force behind the
creation of the Guyer Barn on South
Street was Shirley Flynn, an artist and
advocate of artists on Cape Cod, who
passed away in March. "She is sorely
missed," said friend Pat Curcio, who
has been the director of the barn for
the past 10 years. "The unique thing
about Shirley was that she stayed con-
nected. When times were good, when
times were bad, it didn't matter, she
was here. "
Flynn's legacy continues on in what
is a vibrant and ongoing exhibition of
works by local artists and programs
that have been started under the lead-
ership of Curcio. "Hyannisis known as
the commercialcenter, and we want it
to be a center for the art s," she said.
This week's events, Curcio prom-
ises, offer "something for everybody."
To that end, the Guyer Barn will be
hosting demonstrations on oil paint-
ing with Suzanne Packer and another
on watercolor with Dick McGarr.
Susan Marshall will reveal the finer
techniques of marbling while Jennifer
Edwards will present a workshop on
tile carving, and Nancy Lyon willcreate
scrimshaw. Children will be enthralled
with an interactive demonstration on
soap carvinggiven by woodcarverTom
Zarle, and there will,of course,be face
painting and refreshments. The week
will conclude on Saturday with an
evening presented by a variety of Cape
Cod poets who will be accompanied
by music.
Pat Curcio shares a sentiment that
has defined the character of the Guyer
Barn overthe years. "Everybody should
feel free and comfortable in this set-
ting"she said. Her words are echoed by
artist Richard Neal, who exhibited at
the barn a few years after it opened.
"For me, it was an opportunity to
show in this area," Neal recalled. " It
was a neat space -raw and rough -and
that it was in an historic structure was
very appealing to me." Neal, who was
working in a very abstract manner at
the time,remembers that "It had an
advantage. While some gallerieswould
only exhibit one type of work, it gave
an equal opportunity to all artists."
Another aim of the Guyer Barn is
to educate young artists as to how
to pursue art as a profession, how to
present their work, and how to "invite
the world,"accordingto Curcio. "Many
people have gotten their start here,"
said Lynne Poyant, former executive
director of the HyannisArea Chamber
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Guyer Barn
alumni pack
gallery to
the rafters