Rock of Ages: A Big-Haired, Heart-Pounding Trip Back to the Era of Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll
What? The off-Broadway musical Rock of Ages is about religion? No, silly. But this show delivers something close to a rock and roll revival: an ecstatic experience where the audience…
THE WELSH: They pine under an imaginary yoke
Image: The poet Thomas Gray Timothy Heimlich (Assistant Professor of English, Duke University, North Carolina) grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and frequently rode his bike to the…
A Raisin in the Sun
Although the show closed at the end of June, City Theatre’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun deserves a standing ovation. A landmark of American theater, this…
Dear Dickies – a Love Letter to a Working Class Brand of Clothing
Dear Dickies is an original comedic one-woman performance worth changing your clothes for. Robin Chotzinoff wrote and performed this hilarious autobiographical show, directed by Kristen Osborn. As a member of…
Frankenstein’s Body
If one person could be said to have created the visual images needed to illuminate the ethos of the Romantic Age, it would be William Blake (1757-1827). Trying to categorise…
A Grammar of Intimacy
The author of this exemplary book dealing with sympathy in Romantic-era literature is Stacey McDowell, associate professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies (Univ. of Warwick). I found the word…
Princess Diana’s Birthday
Today marks Princess Diana’s 65th birthday. The book under review here details how she was entrapped into giving a BBC television interview with Martin Bashir, the very definition of a…
This Land is Your Land
Let’s go on a road trip! Professor Beverly Gage, who teaches U.S. history at Yale, did just that starting in 2023 in preparation for her new book. This article is…
Canadian Stand-Up Comic Takes Austin by Storm
Austin comedy audiences hold their laughter like a confidence — measured, contained, released only when something has fully earned it. Walk into Cap City Comedy Club on a Friday night…
Finest Museum on Route 66
There are several museums along Route 66, stretching from Chicago to Santa Monica, but my favourite is in Clinton, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Route 66 Museum opened 23 Sept. 1995, and…