New rules could make safer abortions more difficult to acquire
Abortion, legal since 1973, is the most common surgical procedure that women get, and one-third of all American women have had one
Best of C-VILLE 2010
Not so fast, ladies and gents Click here for staff picks from Best Of C-VILLE 2010 Welcome, one and all, to the winners’ parade. Below lie your choices for the best in restaurants, doctors and entertainment. Prepare to be amazed, for while you’ll recognize a few of your picks from previous years, others are new […]
What vampire and zombie movies can tell us about the future of capitalism
To paraphrase The Communist Manifesto, a specter is haunting Hollywood. Actually, two of them: zombies and vampires. The undead. ZOMBIEMANIA Click here to hear from local zombie filmmakers. Not only do people want to watch the undead, as demonstrated by the ongoing flood of films about vampires and zombies and the big box office they […]
Movies playing in town
Babies (PG) This documentary looks at the first days of four babies in four far corners of the world. Vinegar Hill Theater The Back-up Plan (PG-13, 98 minutes) In this romantic comedy, Jennifer Lopez plays a single woman who wants to get pregnant without waiting any more to meet Mr. Right. So she gets pregnant. Then she meets Mr. […]
Checking in with Katharine Birdsall
What were you doing when we called? I’d just finished my morning sitting practice. I’ve been trying to meditate regularly for the past year. It doesn’t always happen, so I was happy to be able to do it this morning. Local dancer Katharine Birdsall, a founding member of the Zen Monkey Project, lives on a […]