Emily S. Mendel
Emma: A PBS Masterpiece Classic
PBS stations, Sundays, January 24th, 31stand February 7th at 9:00 ET/PC
Starring: Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/emma/index.html
Emma is a coproduction of WGBH and the BBC; adapted by Sandy Welch; directed by ...
Emily S. Mendel
Return to Cranford: A PBS Masterpiece ClassicPBS stations, Sundays, January 10, 2010 and January 17, 2010 at 9:00 ET/PC BBC/WGBH coproduction in association with Chestermead Ltd.Created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin, written by Heidi Thomas and directed by Simon ...
Lewis Whittington
The Jazz Life Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D.G. KelleyThe Jazz Loft Project. Sam Stephensonhttp://www.amazon.com/Thelonious-Monk-Times-American-Original/dp/0684831902www.jazzloftproject.orgThelonious Monk’s life looms so large that legends about him have at times eclipsed his musical legacy. two books revisit Monk’s life ...
Michael Wade Simpson
Brazil (1985)a film by Terry GillamCriterion Collection DVDhttp://www.criterion.com/films/211 When I set out to review *The Criterion Collection*’s 3 disk version ofTerry Gilliam’s 1985 film *Brazil*, I decided to watch the bowdlerized 94minute studio cut of the film- the ...
Michael Wade Simpson
New York Philharmonic on tourGreat Orchestras on Tour series in Verizon HallPhiladelphia,Nov. 20, 2009Program:LISZT: Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3ELGAR: In the SouthPROKOFIEV: Selections from Romeo and Juliethttp://www.kimmelcenter.org/ Muti returns Riccardo Muti’s star power has not diminished in the ...
Lewis Whittington
Liberty Medal presented to SpielbergNational Constitution Center, PhiladelphiaOctober 8, 2009 (Pool/Laurence Kesterson/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)Under a gorgeous autumn sky on Independence Mall in Philadelphia,director Steven Spielberg received the Liberty City Medal in aceremony at the National Constitution Center October 8.President Bill Clinton, ...
Michael Wade SimpsonHouston,
Swan Lake Houston BalletJune 11, 2009Houston, TXhttp://www.houstonballet.org/Sara Webb and Connor Walsh. Photo by Amitava Sarkar.There's nothing quite like finding out your girlfriend's day job is being a swan. Siegfried and Odette, in Stanton Welch's Swan Lake, have the ultimate ...
Emily S. Mendel
Evil Under the Sun (2007)
Developer: AWE Games Publisher: The Adventure Company http://www.dreamcatchergames.com/
The third in the series of Agatha Christie PC games, Evil Under the Sun, again features that indomitable Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. This time, Poirot is ...
Culturevulture Plays [Computer] Games Much to my surprise and delight, I've found the best of the sub-sub-genre of computer "adventure games" to be completely engrossing, mesmerizing, fascinating and just plain fun. So please suspend your disbelief for a ...
