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But I’m Thirsty for a Laugh! [THEATER PREVIEW]

But I’m Thirsty for a Laugh! [THEATER PREVIEW]

“This is Woody Allen’s first play for Broadway. He was a sitcom writer at the time, so it’s written in that style; it’s very joke-joke-joke-joke, like rapid fire.” Gary Kresca pauses. “It’s just a shame the guy never had a [...]

The Nightlife: Open Mic Night at Fenner’s is Back

The Nightlife: Open Mic Night at Fenner’s is Back

  Open Mic night is back! Season Three started last Wednesday at Fat Face Fenner’s Fishack. Your pick: sing or listen. The best in live acoustic music. Every Wednesday starting 8pm. Sign-ups at 7:30pm. You get 3 songs or 15 minutes. Bring acoustic [...]

Brook and River bring small smiles to Saint Rocke

Brook and River bring small smiles to Saint Rocke

There’s something called small smiles. It’s a quirky approach to smiling, in which the smiler attempts to suppress the smile to a restricted breadth. It sounds silly, and it is, maybe even eerie, like something from The Twilight Zone; but [...]

“Monsieur Lazhar”: a gentleman and a scholar [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Monsieur Lazhar”: a gentleman and a scholar [MOVIE REVIEW]

A much-loved teacher at a Montreal middle school has hung herself in her classroom leaving nothing but questions and a hole in the heart of her young students, especially Simon, who discovered her, and Alice who ventured to look. In [...]

“Lockout” – better off locked up [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Lockout” – better off locked up [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Lockout,” the major release competing with “The Three Stooges” for your entertainment dollars would, on the surface, seem to be the action lover’s choice. It’s not. Instead, I wouldn’t discount its unintentional comedy value heightened by hackneyed dialogue, over-the-top villains, [...]

High on the Band Wagon with Composer-Conductor David Benoit

High on the Band Wagon with Composer-Conductor David Benoit

Ludwig van Beethoven may have written it, but the honor of conducting the Ninth Symphony in the ultra-modern setting of the Walt Disney Concert Hall fell to David Benoit.

“Damsels in Distress” – the distress was all mine [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Damsels in Distress” – the distress was all mine [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Damsels in Distress,” the new film by the occasional filmmaker Whit Stillman, does not give credit to everyone who is in distress, for we are all in distress long before the film ends. In truth, the less said the better [...]

“Habemus Papam” – “We Have a Pope” or maybe we don’t [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Habemus Papam” – “We Have a Pope” or maybe we don’t [MOVIE REVIEW]

Nanni Moretti, the ever inventive and award winning Italian director poses the ironic question, “What do you do if the Pope doesn’t want the job?” Set in the present day, Pope Whatever has died and the College of Cardinals is [...]

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