Reese Witherspoon and author Cheryl Strayed are seen at the premiere of “Wild” in London.Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP The author of Wild, opening this week as a film starring Reese…
But that does not keep us from trying, and two weeks ago, Jay Caspian Kang decided to weigh in on “Serial,” a new podcast from WBEZ Chicago, which also produces…
A new documentary, “American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered” premieres on Tuesday on PBS.Associated Press photo/PBS/Universal “It’s an unprecedented career in the history of show business,” says Robert Trachtenberg, director of…
A short trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” has electrified franchise fans since it hit the web on Friday.Associated Press photo/LucasFilm, Disney After months of leaked images and idle…
To get the stories about artists, author Sarah Thornton becomes a silent observer.Washington Post/Linda Davidson “Does it still smell?” Thornton wants to know. A young staff member looks confused. It…
Poet Laureate Mark Strand, right, seen in this 1995 photo with Ocatavio Paz, died on Saturday. He was 80.Associated Press photo/Joe Cavaretta, file Strand, whose works were translated into more…
Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward pick songs that stick out
Durango gallery, studio and retail space Studio & is now carrying the paintings of Miki Harder and ceramic works of Jonah Amadeus. Harder is a painter known regionally for her…
You just finished tucking in the turkey, gravy and pies of Thanksgiving. Up next: Christmas. The season of holiday songs, lights, and jolly elves will kick off today when Santa…
Robin Davis, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Singing with Santa, 5:45 p.m., Main Avenue and Buckley Park, 1200 block of Main Ave., a caroling procession and…
“Big Eyes,” by Tim Burton, stars Amy Adams.The Weinstein Co./Washington Post But what should you see over the next six weeks? That’s a tricky question, given that many of these…
But it wasn’t until a few months ago that people started realizing what a major breakthrough the filmmaker was arranging. The breakthrough not only refers to a surprise resurgence in…
Having haplessly tried to murder their bosses in the first “Horrible Bosses,” Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis return in “Horrible Bosses 2” as hopeful inventors. “Let’s bet on…
Parodying his own work and documentary films’ obsession with the flightless birds, the German filmmaker gives an auspiciously clever start to a movie targeted toward the under-10 set. It’s a…
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Birdman. A black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) – famous for portraying an iconic superhero – as he struggles…
The accidental discovery in the small library in northern France of an original first folio of William Shakespeare’s plays – one of the rarest books in the world – has…
Reese Witherspoon in a scene from “Wild,” which opens in U.S. theaters on Dec. 5.Associated Press photo/Fox Searchlight Pictures, Anne Marie Fox “We want her to be more likable.” “We…
Scott Kurdilla, a medical research technologist at Carnegie Mellon University, waits for a volunteer for a brain scan experiment on campus in Pittsburgh. The brain-scanning MRI machine at the center…
Diego Luna, left, and Rosario Dawson announce the nominations for the 30th Annual Independent Spirit Award Nominations at a press conference on Tuesday in Los Angeles.Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Star…
“Hercules and Omphale” (circa 1585) is among the paintings in a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art billed as the first major exhibition devoted to Bartholomeus Spranger.Photos Courtesy of…
Soloists Cory McKern, left, and Gemma Kavanagh were among the roughly 150 musicians who took the stage for the San Juan Symphony’s ambitious and sweeping “Opera Celebration” concert Sunday at…
Jerry Lee Lewis has found the ideal biographer in Rick Bragg
Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, right, and his friend and fellow Beat author Neal Cassady are depicted in a mural adorning a museum in San Franscisco.Associated Press photo/The Beat Museum,…
