A time to mourn
The waiting and dread are over, and we have begun the war. And even if you believe that it is justified and moral, this is a time for mourning: for the soldiers and civilians who are dying, for the terrified Iraqis experiencing “Precision Shock” in Baghdad. For the people of Basra, where the Red Cross…
The XX Files
What does it mean that America is now officially the fattest nation on the planet? For one thing, it means you’re not alone. Do you hate what you see when you step on the scale? Are you careful to never even go near one? Rest assured you’re in the majority — 60 percent of Americans…
News Briefs
Wall-to-wall wallets The “grazing stations” at the April 5 Evening With Mayor Bill Johnson probably won’t display much grassroots fare. Not at $300 a head, or $350 for dinner and private reception, or $2,500 for a table of eight. Well, such is the price tag on a county executive race. The list of sponsors…
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The war against Iraq, East End festivals, gun control
Street fight
Bill Nojay is a Disturbed man.
MCC’s ‘major change’
There’s at least one potential downtown project whose fate isn’t hinging upon the transit center. And its impact on the Center City could be far greater than anything else in the works. Monroe Community College is eying the corner of West Main Street and South Plymouth Avenue as the future home to its new…
Lobbyists for theatergoing
by Herbert M. Simpson Kenneth Lonergan’s involving, small-scale play at Geva’s Nextstage is called Lobby Hero. It’s set in the lobby of a New York City apartment building, where three men and a woman struggle with their conflicting efforts to behave like a hero. So, heroism, or at least each character’s concept of what constitutes…
Fins
Imagine being an American serviceman on leave in, say, Kuwait. You wander into a local watering hole (bar, that is), that you assume is friendly toward Americans (it’s openly serving alcohol, after all). The locals are respectful, if largely indifferent, to your presence, and you soon settle in, standing at the bar, drinking weak Kuwaiti…
Letting go is a Cool Move
A trip to a museum with children is a microcosm of parenting. You want your kids to have fun while they learn, of course. But you don’t want them running all over the place knocking stuff down while they’re at it. So how to maintain control while still giving them freedom? I can’t help…
A messy stew from Stephen King
The latest in the unending series of films adapted from the Stephen King novel factory employs a grab-bag, or perhaps a garbage-can, approach to the author’s usual subjects, resulting in an extraordinary and virtually uncontrollable farrago of horror. Dreamcatcher combines the nostalgia and sentimentality of Stand By Me with the psychic phenomena of, say, The…
Sex, drugs, and… well, more sex
Go on, admit it. When you see the title The Crime of Father Amaro (opens Friday, March 28, at the Little), you automatically assume it’s a film about a priest buggering young boys, don’t you? Well, it’s not. We first see the recently ordained Father Amaro (Gael García Bernal) as he rides a bus…
