Blowing up

 “Destroy Build Destroy” Wednesday 8:30pm, Cartoon Network Cartoon Network has been expanding outside the animated realm for several years, including with this live-action game show, now entering its fourth season. “Destroy Build Destroy” lives up to its name as two teams of teenagers blow up assorted objects using bazookas, rocket launchers and other explosives, use […]

Checking in with Lee Alter

 What were you doing when we called? I was sitting in front of Greenberry’s reading a book and hanging out with my friends. I was reading The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield, which is a really cool guide to some of the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology. It takes on emotional issues but focuses on […]

The O’s end

 “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Wednesday 4pm, NBC29 After 25 seasons and more than 5,000 episodes, the Queen of Talk ends her award-winning talk show. It’s impossible to overstate Oprah Winfrey’s influence on modern American culture. Her show has been home to some major pop-culture moments. Ellen DeGeneres came out on her stage in 1997. Liberace […]

Checking in with Jim Zarling

What were you doing when we called? I was checking out baseball scores and sitting with my dog. I just got home from work. I have a part-time job at the University. I work for the transportation training academy, and we basically set up workshops for road crews, and we do construction and design classes, […]

Bridesmaids; R, 120 minutes; Regal Downtown Mall 6

Bridesmaids arrives at a grim moment in the history of filmed entertainment, when people are actually asking whether women can be funny in American movies—and whether big studios will let them. At such a low moment, there may be no choice but for women to reclaim the gross and raunchy comedy of bodily functions formerly […]

Epic disasters

“The Good Wife” Tuesday 10pm, CBS The future is uncertain for this critically acclaimed drama, which wraps up its sophomore season tonight. Ratings have never been great, but I hope it gets picked up for a third go-round, because it’s easily one of the more interesting shows on CBS’s procedural-dominated schedule. The amazing Julianna Margulies […]

Checking in with Shelby Fischer

What are you working on right now? My idea of fun is the more work the better. I was just invited to be in a show at Piedmont next February that’s going to be called “Sew What.” Recently I’ve moved my focus from paper collage to fabric. The inspiration for the fabric work comes from […]