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Julia Stiles goes ‘back to my roots’ – the stage

NEW YORK – Moving to a new home is said to be one of the most stressful events you can endure – up there with death and divorce – but Julia Stiles has just done it and looks radiant. ...

Review: ‘Purge’ sequel provides requisite thrills

LOS ANGELES – There’s a lot more purging going on in this inevitable sequel to last summer’s surprise horror hit “The Purge.” Expanding the parameters of the low-budget original by taking th...

Film review: Begin Again

After a decade of being crowned queen of the period piece, Keira Knightley seems to be branching out into the modern world on screen these days. Similarly, just when fans started getting use...

Film Review: Sex Tape

The high-concept comedies spawned by “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” need to start using birth control. Judd Apatow’s landmark film rightfully ushered in a new era in comedy, but it has...

Film Review: A Long Way Down

Continuing a strange trend of summer indie movie releases that are set in the winter comes Pascal Chaumeil’s adaptation of Nick Hornby’s book A Long Way Down. Much as new release...

Felder combines acting and piano playing in masterful performances

NEW YORK – At about 10, Hershey Felder had to make a decision that would change his life: Pick acting or pick the piano. He chose to tickle the ivories. “You can’t fake this,” the...

UK museum looks at epic, intimate sides of WWI

LONDON – It’s an iconic scene of Britain at war: Thousands of Londoners huddled in Underground stations as German bombs rained down. But this is not the 1940s Blitz – it’s World W...

What goes into editing a book? Ask the editors

Pair of New York publishing figures to discuss books, more at Maria’s Bookshop

Art happenings July 15-17

Tuesday Adam Swanson, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Informal Tango Practice, 6-9 p.m., Rotary Park Gazebo, 1565 East Second Ave., www.tango...

Arts Briefs

Hot Buttered Rum: More than a cocktail Hot Buttered Rum, a San Francisco five-piece band that plays Americana-based bluegrass fusion, will perform Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at the An...

Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate, author, activist, dies

JOHANNESBURG – Nadine Gordimer was first a writer of fiction and a defender of creativity and expression. But as a white South African who hated apartheid’s dehumanization of blacks, she was...

Artist creates ‘empowering’ wearable sculptures

NEW YORK – Linda Stein wants people to armor themselves in her art. She creates full-length wearable sculptures embedded with all manner of found objects, including driftwood, en...
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