Countless American playwrights have mined pain and pathos, but Tracy Letts is today?s most explosive extractor.
Appetizers in The Urology Museum (Washington Post) 19 July 2008LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. -- As a boy, I'd scratch mosquito bites red and raw, unable to resist the furious itch. My father -- though not a doctor-- devised a solution. With each bite, he'd sink the long, pointy nail of his thumb into the swollen flesh. "Oww!" I'd groan, hurting like crazy. And the...
Deere John: It's Been A Good Ride (Washington Post) 19 July 2008The riding lawn mower has long been a barometer of the American dream, been a symbol of having arrived in the suburban middle class. It says, "I have so much lawn to mow, I need to sit down."
WALL.E (U) (Independent) 20 July 2008One of the best jokes in WALL•E, the new digital animation from Pixar, is the end-credits sequence, which gives us the history of figurative art in a nutshell. A series of animated pastiches takes us from cave painting to the present, through ancient Egypt, the Renaissance, Turner and Seurat, all the way to ... Pacman. The entire development of image-making, to end in this: a few coloured dots ...
It's all about bugs at the museum (Macon Telegraph) 18 July 2008According to Wikipedia, more than half of all known living organisms are insects. To see just a few of them, bring the kids to Bug Day at the Museum of Arts and Sciences.
There’s still peace in the wildnerness (Vail Daily) 19 July 2008The Antones Lake Trail is located near LEDE Reservoir in the Gypsum Creek Valley. The trail does not see a lot of use and goes almost all the way to Sylvan Lake.
TV Watch: 'Burn Notice' recap: The trouble with Carla (Entertainment Weekly) 19 July 2008Our radio ruler prepares to retire (Adelaide Now) 19 July 2008
IT'S amazing where a good idea can take you. In 1970, Paul Thompson stood in an Adelaide record shop and watched what the punters were buying.
Summertime movie making (Ravalli Republic) 18 July 2008Summer school in Hamilton is more than hikes, bug bites and homesick letters to Mom. Thanks to federal grant funding for the Keystone to Discovery Program, camps have included a wide spectrum of enriching and educational activities for kids.
Fall from Grace (Washington Post) 19 July 2008THE EAVES OF HEAVEN A Life in Three Wars By Andrew X. Pham