From the Director’s Desk

Not to pigeonhole myself, but it would seem that I have alighted upon another noir with a twist this month.  This book gained a fair amount of press upon publication, partly because it was so [...]

Brick Directed by Rian Johnson, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, Lukas Haas and Emilie De Ravin Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler have given us so much.  Not only did they pioneer and establish the genre of [...]

With all of the renewed interest in Amelia Earhart, we should remember the many other pioneer female aviators like Beryl Markham who wrote "West with the Night" (1942). Most of her adventures in flying took [...]

Sarah Vowell will be at the Colonial Theatre in April, 2010. I already have my front row seat. She's described as an "armchair historian" and "social observer". She's a regular commentator on NPR. Her latest [...]

The first of a trilogy, Genghis: Birth of an Empire is a wonderful piece of historical fiction.  When I learn about history, I personally prefer to have some sort of human element or story to [...]

As Fall gently (or not so gently if you have allergies) asserts itself over our small corner of the world, my thoughts generally turn to things of a magic and pastoral nature.  Maybe it’s because [...]