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Saturday, March 12, 2011

“Anguish, humor, painful beauty” plus 3 more

“Anguish, humor, painful beauty” plus 3 more


Anguish, humor, painful beauty

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:23 PM PST

A story collection to be savored Charles Baxter's short stories easily satisfy the genre's one nonnegotiable requirement: The central characters, through an encounter or an epiphany, must undergo some kind of transformation. What's most pleasurable, however, about the work-in-miniature by this celebrated American novelist (The Feast of Love, Saul and Patsy) isn't the way it fulfills its basic ...

A night of humor, 'death and decay'

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:12 PM PST

[...] spake Shawn Colvin at The Colonial Theatre Friday night, in reference to her co-headliner, Loudon Wainwright III. Wainwright kicked things off with an hour of dark humor, poignant ballads and downright wacky shtick. "Half Fist" looked back at his own; while a new song addressed the experience of becoming one (Wainwright's son Rufus, his partner and "deputy dad" Jorn Weisbrodt, and Leonard ...

Priest brings humor, energy to position

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 06:55 AM PST

When parishioners at Spirit of the Desert Episcopal Church think about the priest in charge, often his love of movies and theater, as well as his strength as a storyteller, come to mind.

‘Spamalot’ brings Monty Python’s silly humor to Gallo Center

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:39 AM PST

With the economy still in the dumps and natural disasters in Japan , it can be hard to look at the bright side of life. Phoenix Entertainment's touring production of "Spamalot," now at the Gallo Center for the Arts, gives us the cheering up we need.