Grammy Winner Judy Collins Offers Hope for Recovery at Merrill Scott Symposium

Grammy winner Judy Collins offers hope for recovery at Merrill Scott Symposium

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Collins delivered a message of hope to some 400 guests, explaining that alcohol and drug abuse are diseases, not moral failings. "The main thing that we have to know is that there is help and we don't have to do it alone," she said during an interview …
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'I'm Your Man,' Leonard Cohen Biography by Sylvie Simmons

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“The gospels diverge on exactly when and where Leonard decided to become a singer-songwriter,” Ms. Simmons writes, but she credits Judy Collins, in her early days as “an aristocrat of the Greenwich Village scene,” as the person most responsible for …
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Musical draws from addiction recovery work

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Directed by Judy Hart and featuring a cast of well-known local actors, “Rehab” is the story of Lennie, a drug addict and small-time con who reluctantly enters rehab, where he meets others who also are struggling with addiction. They include Brie (Becky …
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