Contributed by Karlyn Benson / The Fifth edition of Upstate Art Weekend includes over 145 participants and spans ten counties from the Hudson Valley to the Catskill Mountains.

With a burgeoning dining, vibrant arts and culture, and its proximity to nature, Milwaukee has more to offer than just quintessential Midwest sensibility.

Unprecedented Paul Reubens, a Deaf rebellion, Leonard Peltier's life, dying in SF, and more real life from the 41st film fest.