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  • ‘Coming in Hot’ designed to spark discussion Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 3:19AMOn Aug. 31, President Barack Obama declared resolutely from the Oval Office that Operation Iraqi Freedom was over. “It is now time to turn the page,” the President announced.
  • Women’s Clinic underwriting contributions to state’s history Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:24PMImportant women in Louisiana history will be celebrated this month in an original play sponsored by The Women’s Clinic of Minden. “Louisiana Women: Originals” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 18 at Christopher’s and hosted by Cultural Crossroads of Minden.
  • Students examine society’s injustices through conversation and narratives Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:10PMStudents’ personal stories bring the Philly Fringe play “54: All Together Equal” to life. For a dozen people crowded in a small apartment room, brainstorming seemed to become a communal experience. Although they did not have the most ideal space to rehearse for their upcoming play, “54: All Together Equal,” their ideas and struggles made [...]
  • First Look at Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:22PMTyler Perry is stepping outside of his comfort zone with the drama For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. It’s the first film that he’s directed that isn’t based on his own material. It’s an adaptation of a play by Ntozake Shange, that features a series of monologues based on [...]
  • Community Calendar for Sept. 2, 2010 Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:47AMNormal
  • Film Review: Eat Pray Love Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:27PMEat Pray Love , the movie, will undoubtedly ratchet up the wish-fulfillment fantasies of the millions—literally, millions —of women who bought and read Elizabeth Gilbert’s uplifting memoir about searching for and eventually finding her true self in Italy (where she ate), India (where she prayed) and Indonesia (where she fell in love).
  • Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky Episode #08 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:44PMBullets that can shoot off clothing but cause no other damage? I think there are certain entertainment sectors that would love to get a hold of that technology. But is it enough to entertain the viewers of this show today...
  • Plenty of drama for Buffy creator Joss Whedon Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:27PM'I have always felt, my whole life, that everything could be taken away at any second.'
  • Not so shiny: Plenty of drama for Buffy creator Joss Whedon Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 9:38PM'I have always felt, my whole life, that everything could be taken away at any second.' Cult TV creator on the ups and downs of his career.
  • Filipina Women’s Network in US marks glass-ceiling breakthroughs Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 9:15PMSAN FRANCISCO, California, United States—Organization-image specialist Marily Mondejar was doing a pretty good job consulting for a mayoral candidate here several years ago.
  • Wajahat Ali: The Power of Storytelling: Creating a New Future for American Muslims Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 7:38AMThe Muslim American storytellers of the twenty-first century need to simultaneously mine our rich Islamic and American identity and history to discover our own Rumis, whose stories will bestow endless rewards.
  • Jon Santos on the art of doing stand-up comedy Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 10:51PMMANILA, Philippines - Comedian Jon Santos makes it look so easy when he breezes in as Vilma Santos, Korina Sanchez, even Kris Aquino in his shows. But it's not as easy as it seems.
  • Racial slur sinks Dr. Laura show Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:11PMLOS ANGELES - Outspoken radio show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger will end her 30-year career on talk radio after coming under attack in recent days for using a racial slur 11 times on the air.
  • Dr. Laura to end radio show after racial slurs Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 2:00PMOutspoken radio show host Dr.
  • Dr.Laura to end radio talk show after racial slurs Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 1:30PMLOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Outspoken radio show host Dr.
  • Nine O'Clock Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 2:56PMThe feature film “Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier” (If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle), directed by Florin Serban, is Romania’s proposal for the 2010 Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category, representatives of the National Cinematography Centre (CNC) announced.
  • Film Review: Eat Pray Love Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 5:35AMEat Pray Love , the movie, will undoubtedly ratchet up the wish-fulfillment fantasies of the millions—literally, millions —of women who bought and read Elizabeth Gilbert’s uplifting memoir about searching for and eventually finding her true self in Italy (where she ate), India (where she prayed) and Indonesia (where she fell in love).
  • The accent's on Meryl Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 5:02PMIt's not a drag show, and it's not a parody. What it is is 'Streep Tease': An evening of Meryl Streep Monologues Performed by an All-Male Cast.' Call it 'a comic valentine to a great artist.' The L.A. stage hit "Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues Performed by an All-Male Cast" is as notable for what it is as for what it is not.
  • Vantage Point: A new generation’s poetic voice Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 11:04PMTo many people, the word “poetry” evokes a Shakespearean sonnet or the prose of T.S. Eliot, E.E. Cummings, or Robert Frost.
  • City Week Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 3:58PM"A Night of Three Short Plays"; Readings by Rebecca Seiferle and Dolores Connelly; God on Trial by Richard Morris; India Independence Day Celebration by Anna Mirocha Inspiring Bits "A Night of Three Short Plays" 7:30 p.m., tonight, Thursday. Aug. 12 Rogue Theatre 300 E. University Blvd. (949) 547-6067; www.theroguetheatre.org A new school year is about to begin, and it ...
  • Patricia Neal (1926-2010): A Life of Tragedy and Triumph Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 3:03AMAn appreciation of the Oscar-winning actress whose real life of heart-rending challenges was more than the equal of a career of superbly-wrought on-screen roles
  • Margot Kidder still has gowns from 'Superman' days Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 4:17PMMargot Kidder still has the ball gowns. "(They're from) when I was being Margot Movie Star," she said with a chuckle Tuesday, referencing her high-profile days as Lois Lane.
  • Margot Kidder still has ball gowns from 'Superman' days Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 3:58PMTORONTO - Margot Kidder still has the ball gowns.
  • Margot Kidder still has ball gowns from 'Superman' days Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 3:58PMTORONTO - Margot Kidder still has the ball gowns. "(They're from) when I was being Margot Movie Star," she said with a chuckle in an interview Tuesday, referencing her high-profile days as Lois Lane in the blockbuster "Superman" films.
  • Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal dies at 84 Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 10:53AMLOS ANGELES — Actress Patricia Neal , who rebuilt a troubled career to win an Academy Award only to face a more desperate battle for survival when three strokes left her paralyzed and unable to speak or remember, has died. She was 84.
  • 'Vagina Monologues' celebrate female sexuality, raise awareness Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 10:08AMEve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” was a sensation, a celebration – and also taboo – when it was performed for the first time in New York City in 1996. Since then, the play has evolved from a celebration of women’s sexuality to a mission to stop violence against women.
  • Obituary: Patricia Neal dies at 84; Oscar-winning actress Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 8:45AMThe actress, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1963 film 'Hud,' persevered through a life that was marked by a succession of tragedies. Actress Patricia Neal, who rebuilt a troubled career to win an Academy Award only to face a more desperate battle for survival when three strokes left her paralyzed and unable to speak or remember, has died. She was 84.
  • Patricia Neal, an Oscar Winner Who Endured Tragedy, Dies at 84 Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 6:37AMMs. Neal, the molasses-voiced actress whose life alternated surreally between triumph and tragedy, won both an Academy Award and a Tony.
  • PATRICIA NEAL, AN OSCAR WINNER WHO ENDURED TRAGEDY, DIES Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 5:51AMPatricia Neal, the molasses-voiced actress who won an Academy Award and a Tony but whose life alternated surreally between triumph and tragedy, died at her home in Edgartown, Mass., on Sunday, according to The Associated Press. She was 84 and lived in Manhattan and Martha's Vineyard.
  • Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, of Martha's Vineyard, dies at age 84 Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 2:42AMLOS ANGELES - Actress Patricia Neal, who rebuilt a troubled career to win an Academy Award only to face a more...
  • Lee Smith Characters Come to Lime Kiln Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:11PMOn Saturday, August 7th award-winning actress Barbara Bates Smith will perform her show B. Smith Does Lee Smith, featuring several characters by the Virginia native and Hollins University graduate.
  • Feel the Music Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:32PMWe are warned. The house lights are up. There will be no applause. This is not a performance. An accompanist, Cody T. Gilette, and his page turner (played by the statuesque Alice Sherman) enter, waving at members of the audience. The pianist adjusts his seat and settles in with a comedic flair.
  • Land of Lincoln Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:03AMART Arlington Green Executive Centre: 2101 S. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. (847) 991-7966. Northwest Cultural Council Corporate Gallery Exhibition through Aug. 1. McAninch Arts Center: College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. (630) 942-4000. Deborah Boardman's work on display through Aug. 7. MEDLEY Arlington Park: 2200 Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. (847) 385-7535 ...
  • Politics of war packs a punch Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 10:54AMIn the course of a long and distinguished career, Canadian playwright Judith Thompson has rarely allowed contemporary politics to flood her work.
  • Theater, Dance and Visual Arts Listings for July 15 Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 2:20AMTHEATER
  • Some Other Stories -- Film Review Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 8:10PMSome stories are better than others in portmanteau project from the former Yugoslavia.
  • Rome Mallari hears with his heart Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 4:17PM“GANAP NA BABAE (Garden of Eve)” is a movie that is as proud of its feminist sensibility as the pertinent issues it daringly tackles.
  • Natalie Bencivenga: Has Feminism Ruined Our Sex Lives? Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 12:15PMWomen were supposed to become liberated, sexually free to be with whomever they want, and yet it seems now more than ever, there are more restrictions being placed on us.
  • Vagina Researcher Works To Reduce Cultural Discomfort Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 12:31PMA University of Idaho microbiologist is working to demystify the vagina. At the same time, he's breaking new ground himself in the field of vaginal health.
  • Book Vs. Movie: Eclipse Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 4:41PMIn this corner: the Book. A collection of words that represent ideas when filtered through the lexical systems in a human brain. From clay tablets to bound collections of wood pulp to units of stored data, the book has been around in one format or another for some 3,800 years.
  • Tired of being a loose woman? Trim up that quim! Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 1:37PMIf you're embarrassed to have sex because your vagina feels too loose, it's time to exercise some options by Michael Alvear I've got an embarrassing problem. It's my vagina. It isn't tight enough and I'm too embarrassed to have sex because it feels so loose. How do I make my vagina shrink or at least tighten it up? (BTW, I thank God Creative Loafing runs your column because I could never ask my ...
  • Kagan takes pledge of impartiality as Senate confirmation hearings begin Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 7:32PMSolicitor General Elena Kagan on Monday pledged to work hard, remain impartial and show restraint if confirmed by the Senate as the fourth female Supreme Read more...
  • Sponsored by: Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 11:33PMAnother native writer-actor is making a return to the Asheville scene. Elisabeth Gray, who was a high school student when she performed “Look Homeward, Angel” at Asheville Community Theatre, is now doing her own composition, the one-woman show “Southern (dis)Comfort,” at ACT's 35below space.
  • Silverdocs: Thursday Preview Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 3:27PMDCist's daily roundup of a number of films playing tomorrow at the AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs festival. Georgia Sugimura Archer's 'Barbershop Punk' Barbershop Punk Most savvy internet users and avid music consumers have probably heard the term "net neutrality" thrown around. They might even follow the locally based Future of Music Coalition on their RSS feeds and understand the issue's ...
  • FDA Supports New Pill; Abu Dhabi Rape Victim Sentenced Saturday, June 19, 2010 @ 3:04AMCheers A new, longer-lasting emergency contraceptive pill to prevent unwanted pregnancy moved closer to the U.S. market on June 17 after a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel unanimously backed it, Reuters reported. The one-pill treatment was deemed as safe and effective. read more
  • "Hedwig" is a role Nick Sugar can Curley up to Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 2:10AMNick Sugar returns to the stage after a four year absence playing the title role in The Avenue's "Hediwg and the Angry Inch." Sugar figures the role is just about the next-best thing to playing Curly in "Oklahoma!" But he's better known for playing glamorous, androgynous roles like these.
  • Comedy Review: My Name Is Sue, Soho Theatre Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 10:46AMEver wondered what it would be like to have Alan Bennett’s monologues interpreted musically by Victoria Wood? Step this way… Co-written by Welsh composer Dafydd James and Ben Lewis (founder of award-winning theatre company Inspector Sands ), ”My Name Is Sue” comes to London via the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe where it won a Total Theatre Award for Music and Theatre . We are welcomed into Sue’s normal ...
  • 'Cups,' a play about bras, is filling theater seats Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 9:03PMJoni Sheram had approached her theater career pretty much as a one-woman band until a few months ago. That’s when producer Mark Edelman took an interest in her play “Cups.”
  • Koch on Film Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 11:46AM“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” (+) This documentary, made with Joan Rivers’ cooperation, is excellent. In addition to comedy scenes from acts that she has performed over the years (which are very funny), it contains insightful and reflective monologues during which she reveals much of her true self.
  • Summer Lovin' | LOOK'S Patience puts together modern sets and older language in production Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 7:55AMThings I've never seen in a Light Opera Oklahoma production until now: phallic symbols, partial nudity, dope-smoking hippies, copious ass wiggling and references to Harry Nilsson. The company took a number of risks -- not all are listed above -- with its modernized version of Gilbert and Sullivan's... By Holly Wall.