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Shakespeare season is now in full swing in Santa Cruz, with the premiere of King Lear last week joining The Taming of the Shrew and The Boo...

I was clearing out James' toy cabinet when, just like a box of Crackerjacks, I found a surprise inside. Tucked away behind the monster m...

Hold the pepperoni! Pizza may be no more than snack food (or, worse, junk food) to you. But to the six extraordinary craftpersons featured i...

 On Turning 70 Just like Halley's Comet, tearing up the sky every 75 years. Or Cicadas, emerging every 17 years to blanket the Midwe...

Wall-E : Upweirdly mobile  Late in life, when the great Katharine Hepburn was   asked if she ever watched her old movies...

 "Come out here." It was never a command, only an invitation, delivered in a subtle tone of voice that seemed to promise something...

  But all seriousness aside, at my house, the only thing that really matters at this time of year is the (dreaded) Oscar Barbies!   I ma...

 This used to be the time of year when I would post my fearless Oscar predictions — even as recently as (the dreaded) 2020, when the little ...

Behold: the new Beast on the block! Almost three years after the initial release of Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge i n hardcover, the lon...

45 years and 4 months. No, that's not how long we've all been sheltering in place. It's the length of time I've been writing...

Love is in the Air This year I'm celebrating Valentine's Day by sharing some of my happiest memories of my Sweetie, James Aschbacher...

  New Year's shout-out to the Great Plates Program, which obtains grants for local restaurants and catering services to keep their cooki...

Diverse cast, soaring spirit, fuel joyous 'Personal History of David Copperfield'   Anglo-Indian actor Dev Patel may not be the...