Amy Dickinson

06/06/2025

This week's Free Friday Film feature is
Sense and Sensibility (1995).
TONIGHT!
Door opens at 7:30
Film starts promptly at 8
Freeville Literary Society
24 Main Street

05/22/2025

I'm offering double doses of COZY tomorrow night (Friday May 23). Thrilled to screen the luminous and inspiring true story of a Bronze Age treasure discovered in the English countryside.
DOOR OPENS AT 7
FILM STARTS AT 7:30
The Freeville Literary Society
24 Main Street, Freeville

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05/15/2025

I am thrilled and excited to be the emcee for Ithaca's first-ever fashion show supporting the Women's Opportunity Center:
THIS SATURDAY!
I think there are still some tickets left to attend -- please plan to join us! (click below)

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04/26/2025

If you build it, they will come!
Congratulations to Bruno for creating so much beautiful housing -- well-described here in a feature published in Fast Company.

These three neighborhoods of tiny houses show what’s possible to build quickly when towns don’t have overly restrictive zoning.

04/24/2025

TOMORROW (Friday April 25)
I'm happy to screen the spectacular and timely film
CONCLAVE!
Freeville Literary Society
24 Main Street
Door opens at 6:30
Film starts promptly at 7.
Hope to see you there/then!

04/09/2025

THIS Friday at rhe Freeville literary Society
Door opens at 7
Film starts at 7:30

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03/26/2025

Hello, spring! We know you're out there, somewhere.
Help to celebrate by joining me for a free screening of
Singing in the Rain -- an absolutely delightful musical ode to Hollywood.

Friday March 28
Freeville Literary Society
24 Main Street
Freeville, NY
Door opens at 6
Film starts promptly at 6:30

03/09/2025

In this week's "One Good Thing" newsletter, I share FOUR good things for your springtime reading -- or listening: some recent Hollywood memoirs!

Celebrate Awards season by reading (or listening) to some good books

02/11/2025

This week's newsletter: You either win or you learn.
Great lessons from the humble quarterback from Humble, Texas.

Losing makes philosophers out of all of us

02/11/2025

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THIS FRIDAY// I'll present the rom-com classic:
Sleepless In Seattle!
This is a great family-friendly romance featuring two whip-smart adolescents who conspire to bring a long-distance couple together.
Starring:
Meg Ryan!
Tom Hanks!
Door opens at 5:30, film starts at 6.
Before the film: Literary love trivia!
I will serve healthy-ish snacks.

01/31/2025

Now I can't unsee all those pillow quotes

01/28/2025

This week's Family Film Night features everyone's favorite February classic: "Groundhog Day."
This film has been puzzled over and interpreted since its release in 1993.
Following is from an article written by Sophie Phillips:
"This path of philosophical or metaphysical awakening to the 'meaning' (or lack thereof) of life is laid out in many ancient texts, especially Near Eastern ones. The plot of Groundhog Day is very much like Jewish wisdom literature, especially the Book of Ecclesiastes, alongside Egyptian texts like "The Good Fortune of the Dead" and "A Dispute Over Su***de," and, of course, the Buddhacarita. Groundhog Day just puts a postmodern spin on the very old human quest for meaning and purpose in life."
I believe that the overall point of the film is -- simply -- that every day is a gift.
PLUS: Even without a higher meaning, this film is ... sweet and funny!
FRIDAY JAN 31
Door Opens at 5pm
Film starts promptly at 5:30
Freeville Literary Society
24 Main Street