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Movie Review: Marvel’s The Avengers
Audiences assemble! The movie event of the year is finally here!
Read More »Book Review: William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur’an by Michael Muhammad Knight
Knight's writing will either offend or inspire you, and in places it might even do both.
Read More »Book Review: No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf by Carolyn Burke
No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf captures the remarkable life of France's beloved musical icon in engrossing, readable style.
Read More »Music Review: The Billy Hart Quartet – All Our Reasons
Excellent new release from this veteran jazz quartet.
Read More »Knick Knacks: Amar’e Blows Cool and Season Away
The problem is that Stoudemire is just another selfish athlete, a basketball brat who didn't get his way.
Read More »Music Review: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus – The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall [Remastered]
If this isn't classic be-bop at its greatest, I'm not sure how it could get much better.
Read More »Book Review: The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer by Gretchen Reynolds
Twenty minutes of exercise can make you healthy and wise, if not wealthy
Read More »Music Review: Ian Tyson – Raven Singer
Ian Tyson embodies Western “roots music” after 78 years of doing it all.
Read More »Book Review: The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr by H.W. Brands
Aaron Burr's correspondence serves as primary source of portrait of enigmatic historical figure.
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