I listened to Carole King's "Tapestry" for the first time in a long while this past weekend. The album seemed incredibly deep and grown-up and mysterious when I had the 8-track at age 11. Now that most of its mysteries have been revealed, "Tapestry" seems sometimes spot-on ("It's Too Late"), sometimes naïve ("Where You Lead") and sometimes like bad prog rock minus the gory synthesizers (the title track). (And gory synthesizers are the best part of bad prog rock.) ...more

March 19, 2009

Not unlike the title character of his children's book, author Bob Z. Hicks slowly, steadily keeps on achieving. ...more

December 10, 2008

Rudy Ray Moore, a raunchy 1970s comedian who played the title role of a flashy pimp in the movie "Dolemite" and influenced a generation of rappers, has died. He was 81. ...more

October 21, 2008

"Soldiers of Reason," by Alex Abella (Harcourt, $27) ...more

June 29, 2008

It isn't often a political body is proud to announce being "in the red." ...more

January 31, 2008

"The Sound of Music" with blood. That's how Tim Burton describes his latest film, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." ...more

December 28, 2007

Masque Community Theatre members describe Neil Simon's 'Jake's Women' as a play about relationships. They consider the title character neurotic, narcissistic and controlling. ...more

October 22, 2007

All eyes were on George Clooney as this era's most congenial movie star filed in for a Toronto Film Festival news conference to discuss 'Michael Clayton,' a compelling drama that opened last week. ...more

October 15, 2007