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We’ve all grown up listening to classic nursery rhymes and if you’re a parent, grandparent or caregiver, chances are you have a rotation of them in your daily reading repertoire with the kids. But have you ever really listened to some of their not-so-pleasant themes? Chappaqua resident and veteran early childhood music educator Pam Gittleman has just released Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times®, Volume 2, her second volume of updated rhymes perfect for the children in your life. This new collection under the For Kinder Times® brand features nine updated nursery rhymes with storylines promoting kindness, empathy and gratitude. If you’re familiar with the classic rhymes, many of them have dark themes and acts of violence. Kinder Times® rhymes show acts of compassion and help kids (and parents) recognize different emotions and how to regulate them in a fun and whimsical way. Part of the reason Gittleman wrote the books was to help preserve this genre for a new generation. “As an early childhood music educator, I loved reading/singing traditional nursery rhymes. I loved that they had an inherent musicality, supported imagination and language and were memorable. It concerned me that an important genre for supporting language development and musicality

As the days grow longer, there’s no better way to celebrate the vibrancy of spring and summer than with a glass of sparkling rosé. Effervescent, refreshing, and delightfully pink, this seasonal favorite effortlessly elevates any gathering – from garden brunches and rooftop soirées to beach picnics and sunset celebrations. Once just fad wines, rosé sparklers are not only here to stay, but booming, with increasing sales over the past four years. They make excellent mates for the fresh fare of spring, as well as wines to toast the many celebrations of the season, like Mother’s & Father’s Day and graduations & weddings. Like non-bubbly rosé, these are first made as “still” wines, with the tint provided by the skins of red grapes included in the blend and then the bubbles are induced by a second fermentation. As a boon to local consumers, many of the best are available locally at prices that won’t dent the pocketbook. However, there are some flavorless clunkers out there, so as a guide to shoppers–from a series of tastings – I recommend the following, many of which are available at your local wine stores. n.v. Gruet Brut Rosé ($18) Hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, (where

At Market Hotel's 2014 Tumblr party.   All photography by Cady Siregar It’s Friday night at Bushwick’s Market Hotel and The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s 2017 hit “Closer” has just set off the club. Around me, an 18+ crowd dressed in graphic crop tops, fishnets, heavy eyeliner, and chunky jewelry have packed the dancefloor so tightly a moshpit threatens to break out. A cloud of digital cameras hover above the crowd, their flashes matching the club’s strobe lighting. When “You’re Not the One” comes on, a girl nearby shouts, “I LOVE SKY FIORI!”, presumably referencing the love child of Guy Fieri and Sky Ferreira. I am at a “Who’s afraid of 2014?” Tumblr party, an event throwing it back to the glory days of 2010s internet nostalgia and the music that soundtracked it: Lorde, The 1975, Crystal Castles. Tonight’s event is just one of many themed club nights that have popped up all over New York City where nostalgia is the drug and the theme. In addition to Market Hotel’s 2014 Tumblr party, the venue also hosts a Y2K party, a Eurodance party, an indie sleaze party titled “Sleaze Market,” and a Bad Bunny-themed rave on Easter weekend. These parties are

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The wait has been torture, but it’s almost over! Netflix has just dropped a lot of “Wednesday” news that will make your morbid little hearts flutter. That’s not all! Wednesday, our favorite dark and deadly dear, is back in the new season two trailer. The New Trailer Is Here Feast your eyes on the brand-spanking-new trailer for the highly anticipated second season of “Wednesday,” starring Jenna Ortega as the delightfully dark and morbid Wednesday Addams. The trailer is a delicious little taste of the darkly comedic chaos. It starts with Wednesday, when we see her go through airport security. Of course, it’s loaded down with weapons. Next, Wednesday returns for her second year at Nevermore Academy. Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) notes with a hint of surprise that her daughter has never wanted to return to school before. Wednesday quips back with her signature deadpan delivery, “I’m like returning to the crime scene — I already know where the bodies are buried.” In the trailer, she ominously declares, “I do my best work in the dark.”   The trailer also gives us a peek at Wednesday reuniting with her sunshine-and-rainbows roommate, Enid Sinclair, played by Emma Myers. We also get glimpses of

Logo text Disney+’s acclaimed Andor has stretched the creative boundaries of Star Wars in countless ways, bringing a grown-up sensibility to a galaxy far, far away. Yet even by Andor standards, a scene from the second season is leaving fans shocked: An Imperial officer tries to violently rape a Rebel fugitive, Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona), who is hiding out in a farming settlement while Imperial troops are rounding up “undocumented” citizens (read some sample reactions below). The sequence plays out over the course of the show’s third episode (the first three episodes were released all at once on Tuesday) with the officer’s flirtation with Bix turning growing increasingly persistent and eventually cumulating with a brutal life-and-death struggle. Bix eventually gets the upper hand and the officer is killed. But Andor boldly leaves zero ambiguity as to what viewers just witnessed as Bix screams, “He tried to rape me!” Star Wars is a franchise that has never — in film form — shown even consensual sex. During its first season, Andor pushed the envelope with scenes that suggested sex was about to take place, or just had (much

The small Belgian community of Vitrival, with a population of around 1,500, finds itself with a much higher profile these days. That is courtesy of Vitrival — The Most Beautiful Village in the World, the debut feature from Belgian writers-directors Noëlle Bastin, who grew up there, and Baptiste Bogaert. If you wonder what to expect, well, the movie, which world premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival earlier this year, doesn’t fit neatly into traditional cinematic categories. Is it comedic? Definitely, as its depictions of small-town life in a real-life Belgian village will make you chuckle. Does it have dramatic elements? For sure, given a wave of suicides that plagues the village. Does it provide a healthy serving of slice of life? Yes. After all, it follows two police officers, who are cousins, driving around and interacting with other inhabitants. Does it mix reality and fiction? Totally. Among other things, key roles in the film are portrayed by real-life inhabitants of the village, including members of Bastin’s family. But the filmmakers aren’t too concerned with classifications. “For us, it’s just life,” Bogaert tells THR. “You can cry in the morning and you can laugh in the afternoon.” In fact, focusing too

Pack your bags for a vacation you might never return from! The official trailer has just dropped for the indie horror flick, Lake Abyss. And it’s hinting at a sinister getaway that will leave you checking under your dock. The premise is simple: a group of college friends take a break from their studies with a trip to an idyllic lake. Little do they know, this isn’t your average lakeside retreat. The body of water harbors a dark secret. Their relaxing vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival against a malevolent force lurking beneath the surface. Lake Abyss is from the mind of Aric Garcia, who takes on both writing and directing duties. Niko El Santo Zavero wears multiple hats as Executive Producer, Line Producer, Producer, and even the First Assistant Director. Adding to the film’s horror pedigree are producers with experience in the genre. Jaclyn Ann Suri and Ike Suri, who served as executive producers and producers of films like Cabin Fever (the 2016 remake) and Exposed (starring Keanu Reeves), are on board. The unfortunate college friends who stumble into this nightmare are brought to life by Bryant Smith, Carl Solomon, and Joe Barlam. While specific character details

by Chelsea Alexander, Staff WriterAs a teenage girl with a Tumblr, frames from The Virgin Suicides were undeniably unavoidable. There was a hazy dreamy yet soft melancholy to the aesthetic that was constantly reblogged over and over again. Without even watching the film or even reading the popular book written by Jeffrey Eugenides, any girl with internet access in 2010 had quotes memorized. Yes, I had a Tumblr in high school, and yes, I was aware of The Virgin Suicides—but I didn’t read the book or see the movie until my sophomore year. There was a girl, and I was obsessed with her. She was quiet, kind of plain, and yet there was this effortless mystique about her I couldn’t shake. One day in one of our classes she sat next to me, and then the next day she did the same. Each day thereafter we’d talk about Elliott Smith and the kind of existential dread that felt romantic when you were sixteen. And even as we began to become close there were still parts that were so far out of reach. One day, she had a book on her desk. She said it was her favorite: The Virgin Suicides. She

There was a time when aesthetics ruled the internet, and Tumblr was the battleground. You’d scroll past a GIF of Effy Stone crying, a black-and-white cigarette pic and a .wav file of something you’d hear once and never again. You romanticized loneliness, wore Doc Martens in July and lived by the flickering light of a MacBook camera and a Florence Welch quote you barely understood.  This playlist is not only a direct throwback but a spiritual sequel. Each of these tracks carries the residue of that era: lush, moody, chaotic and deeply online.  Phantogram: “Fall in Love”Dark and synth-heavy, this track sounds like rolling the windows down when it’s dark, as the street lights cast shadows through the car.  Big Data and Joywave: “Dangerous”This is a classic I'm sure a few have forgotten about. Glitchy and pulsing, it’s for that early morning walk through the halls.  Lorde: “The Love Club”Before she was a little more folk-adjacent, Lorde was Tumblr royalty. This song is pure outsider girl — cool, detached and way too self-aware for her age. Crystal Castles: “Suffocation”A soundtrack for posting “I’m fine.” and meaning the opposite, blurry MacBook pictures and messy hair. Santigold: “Disparate Youth”A personal favorite, this