Spreading Holiday Cheer at Roost Studios

December 7, 2017 Briana Bonfiglio 0

In the spirit of the holidays, Roost Studios Gallery invited one and all to its second annual Holiday Gala and Art Show. The modestly sized, brightly lit gallery was teeming with artists and guests alike on Dec. 2. People stood around, chatting and admiring 180 works […]

Photographic Memories

March 31, 2011 Rachel Freeman 0

When 93-year-old Annette Finestone sold her hotel business in 1978, she never expected her husband to find a bag of her old film from Japan while rummaging through things. “I found this film and I said, ‘Oh my god I ought to do something about it.’ They were just rolled up in a bag still, I didn’t even know I had them,” Finestone said. Finestone’s job as a placement officer landed her in Nagoya, Japan after a job was unavailable in France. She arrived in Japan in 1945 six months after the bombing of Hiroshima. […]