Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City 1934-5 Photography Exhibit Review Henri Cartier-Bresson The Modern Century Art Institute of Chicago...

Seven Samurai movie poster My Own Private International Film Festival Last week, I went to a local movie theater and saw a highly enjoy...

(Click image at left or here to see the full list compiled by Beloit College) Yesterday, when I saw a news tidbit relaying that Beloit Co...

TV Show Spotlight Friday Night Lights NBC/DirecTV I've come to accept that it's probably a character defect that I have never b...

In honor of Lollapalooza weekend in Chicago--although I'm not attending this year's fest, due to being too old & fat to enjoy st...

Theatrical Concert Review Sondheim: 80 Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Stephen Sondheim Starring Patti LuPone, George Hearn, Audra McDo...

Album Reissue Review R.E.M. Fables of the Reconstruction 25th Anniversary Digital Remaster @@@@@ I don't relish buying the same ...

I love history, not so much in terms of wars or rulers, but in terms of people, how they lived and what they created. I am particularly fasc...