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Movie of the Month for January 2026

Duet For One

After a gifted violist is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, her conductor husband betrays her; Julie Andrews stars with Alan Bates.

January 2026 Newsletter

Angling to Clarify Memory

Book of the Week for December 29, 2025

Your Erroneous Zones by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Advice about how to mitigate negative thinking and live more productively.

Book of the Week for December 22, 2025

My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

A Jewish boy’s fascination with art causes tumult within the Hasidic community.

Book of the Week for December 15, 2025

Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung

Copy editor correspondent; first Asian news anchor.

Book of the Week for December 08, 2025

Reflections In A Golden Eye by Carson McCullers

An army general with a lusty wife is attracted to a young soldier.

December 2025 Newsletter

An Alliance of Heroines

Book of the Week for December 01, 2025

A Season In Hell by Marilyn French

Esophageal cancer with a poor prognosis, and a coma; a miraculous survival, and an unexpected return to a fruitful literary...

Movie of the Month for December 2025

Cabaret

A hedonistic club performs in 1920s Berlin, while the power of the Nazi’s rises, surreptitiously; Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, and...

December 2025 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

What to Watch for December 2025

Billy Joel: And So It Goes

A portrait of the life and music of Billy Joel, this two-part documentary explores the love, loss, and struggles that...

Book of the Week for November 24, 2025

Hello Darkness, My Old Friend by Sanford Greenberg

Blinded at 20, the author’s friends, Art Garfunkel, Jerry Speyer—and his wife—Sue, lead him through a “new” life of profound—and...