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Bacall’s legend more than just acting and Bogart

NEW YORK – Lauren Bacall had one of those incredible lives. The wife and co-star of Humphrey Bogart. A Tony Award-winning actress. A National Book Award-winning author. A giant of...

Magician’s Land closes a trilogy that matures

“The Magician’s Land” (Viking) by Lev Grossman Quentin Coldwater – a moody, man-child magician – is finally growing up. And just in time to save everything, mostly, that’s ever ma...

W-I-N-N-E-R! Oregon man crowned Scrabble champ

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A 24-year-old Portland, Oregon player has been crowned the national Scrabble champion. Conrad Bassett-Bouchard beat 29-year-old Jason Li, of Montreal, on Wednesday...

Haruki Murakami’s new novel journeys to the past

NEW YORK – Haruki Murakami’s new novel is yet another risky reunion with the past. “The past is my treasure chest, and once I open it, I have so many materials in there,” says the...

Marvel heroes and villains fight it out – live

NEW YORK – Marvel Entertainment, which muscled into pop culture with comic books, TV cartoons and movies, is gambling on attracting new fans as it tackles 3-D – but forget the silly glasses....

Afghan actor links cultures as U.S. war interpreter

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Fahim Fazli’s screen career was beginning to take off, with roles in blockbusters like “Iron Man,” when the Afghanistan-born actor decided it was time to give back to th...

Bunny Mother looks back at 1960s

Local author tells true story of sister at her Playboy Club gig

Art Briefs

Railfest brings ‘Night Passage’ to ACT The True West Railfest is bringing a free screening of the 1957 film “Night Passage” to the Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, at 8...

The swing of things

Big money meets big art at Aspen’s new museum

Citizens raised $72 million in private funds for project

Attitudes toward TV are changing in subtle ways

NEW YORK – Manjula Stokes has twice sworn off television, once throwing a set off her deck in a fit over an ex-husband’s sports obsession. Now she’s a devotee of programs like “Downton Abbey...

In ‘Phoenix,’ hooking up is hard to do

NEW YORK – Should you happen to bring your mother along to see “Phoenix,” Scott Organ’s one-act dark comedy at the Cherry Lane Theatre, beware: She might stare you down and say, “I told you ...
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