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She had me at “Fitz fixes feist’s fits. Fat suffices.” It seems like whenever I visit a fantasy site, I find euphoric readers rhapsodizi...

Santa Cruz Shakespeare takes a chance with its third repertoire production of the summer, The Winter’s Tale . It may be one of Shakespe...

He's just past the expiration date to qualify as a hipster. At 54, rumpled, technology-challenged Mel has seen his rock dreams fade ...

Don't believe in fairy tales? You may change your mind when you see Into The Woods , the second production of the summer season at Cab...

Shakespeare meets Austen in Santa Cruz Shakespeare buoyant season opener, Pride And Prejudice The 2019 Santa Cruz Shakespeare season ...

Winds of Change, by James Aschbacher How do I miss thee? How do I not? You pop up in the strangest, most mundane places. There you l...

Women of '60s rock celebrated in Cabrillo Stage's Beehive The '60s are having a moment right now, at least, the music of th...

Band erased from history in sly, audacious Yesterday Imagine if The Beatles had never existed. It was devastating enough for me as a teen...

Displacement fuels poignant, dreamy Last Black Man In San Francisco The vintage hippie anthem, "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flow...

Look at that cast: what could go wrong? Jarmusch zombie comedy needs infusion In some circles, the words "Jim Jarmusch zombie comed...

Aging Shakespeare vs self-delusion in tender, wistful All Is True With summer (finally, almost) here, regional Shakespeare festivals, i...

Castle Moving Day — but where to? In my daily circuits around the house, I keep running into his things. Understand, his things are n...

Googling around the web, I came across this page of instgram/bookstagram pics featuring Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge! It is, I agr...

Going through extreme Game of Thrones withdrawal? Looking for a new series to staunch your post-partum misery? How about a dip — better y...

Okay, here's the thing about Game of Thrones : George R. R. Martin has not even finished writing the sixth and last book of the series y...

Fantasy author's formative years, obsessions, explored in Tolkien When movies are made about real people — especially creative arti...

I wouldn’t exactly call it an anniversary; that suggests something to be celebrated. But I passed a milestone this last week — one year to...

 Happy Spring Rebirth to all, whether you celebrate Easter, Passover, or the pagan fertility goddess Eostara! This is how James Aschbac...