Checking in with Zap McConnell
What were you doing just before we called? I’m in the process of cooking breakfast before rehearsals. What are you working on these days? I am about to go teach […]
Capitalism: Love it or leave it?
If Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story teaches us one thing about the global economic crisis, it is how much the stunt-documentary gold standard has declined in value. As Moore […]
Second chances
“90210” Tuesday 8pm, CW If you’re one of the legions who tuned in for last season’s premiere, and then promptly tuned out because it sucked, I urge you to give […]
Capsule Reviews
(500) Days of Summer (PG-13, 95 minutes) Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel are a starry-eyed odd couple who go through a narratively chopped break-up. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 […]
First Friday—October 2
First Friday is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. The Art Life Studio Recent works by […]
Movies playing in town this week
(500) Days of Summer (PG-13, 95 minutes) Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel are a starry-eyed odd couple who go through a narratively chopped break-up. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 […]
Checking in with Chris Patrick
What are you working on these days? Currently I’m in rehearsals for David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at Live Arts. I’m also back to work on a series of children’s […]
Does The Informant cooperate?
Officially, he was a “cooperating witness.” Nonetheless, here’s why the movie about Mark Whitacre is called The Informant! In 1992, Whitacre was an executive at Archer Daniels Midland Corporation, the […]
They're just like us!
“Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday-Wednesday 8pm, ABC NEED MORE TV? Read Eric Rezsnyak’s fall television preview! Even juggernauts like “Dancing” need a little shaking up now and then. So look […]
Checking in with Cindy Leal
What are you working on? I just got back from Puerto Rico, but before I left I’d been working on a lot of dance improv projects at the [Twisted Branch] […]