Thanks to Netflix’s relationship with FX, those without cable are fortunate enough to have access to one of the most important television series of all time.Pose(shown on BBC2 in the UK) is centered around New York City’s ballroom scene in the 1980s and the communities and families tha...
However, now that I live in Washington State, that commute to Chicago is untenable and I’m excited to share some fresh news: I’ve been cast on the Upfront Theatre’s performance team. The Upfront is the spot in Whatcom County for improv; I’ve been lucky to guest twice before when...
Maybe it’s the media playing all of them up, but it sure seems there’s a lot more than there used to be. More noticeable is that all forms of media, including mainstream and social, are uniformly angry, negative and divisive. It came as a surprise to me to learn I’ve been a ...
January is *NOT* the New Year…not actually. Not seasonally, not energetically, not for thousands of years according to the LUNAR NEW YEAR. So, stay in your jams and hold off on the resolutions.” LaPorte goes on to explain that our American calendar is a mash-up of the western ...
This is substantially different from deadbeat tenants overstaying their lease and milking the tenant-protection laws for all that they are worth. Landlords and property managers have long had to deal with this kind of tenant. What is a new twist is squatters breaking into and setting up ...
This reminded me of a unique episode of Randolph County history that opens up a window into the cultural life of local African Americans in colonial times. Very little information survives about individual Randolph County’s black population before 1800, but the most interesting fragment is found ...
Harley, devasted by her sister's betrayal, is now further devasted by the critical condition her sister is in. More About This Book Aru Shah and the End of Time Roshani Chokshi Aru Shah is a great storyteller. When some of her more popular classmates catch on that her "stories" about...
Some would say metal is the easiest genre to parody because of its obsessive maximalism. Clearly, any metalhead worth his or her warpaint could immediately name some examples to the contrary. What about some of that minimalist black metal like Ildjarn or Striborg, recorded in one take on a ...
I already have several interested parties and this seems like a good use of money to help add years to the lives of people I care about. If I know you personally, this bet is on the table for you. If you’d like to chat through offering the bet to people in your life, I’d be...
am finding that once permission is given, the intensity of the emotion dramatically drops, but it doesn’t disappear. Following the recognition, comes a question. “What do you need?” The idea that I should welcome these emotions has changed me. I have been spinning and sinking in a deep...