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My Weekend with Marilyn and The Artist

Feb 21, 2012
My Weekend with Marilyn and The Artist

(:)(:)(:) for The Artist (:)(:)(:)(:) for My Week with Marilyn   This weekend I saw The Artist and My Week With Marilyn.   I was eager to see one of the films.  The other I was willing to see but had zero expectations--guess ...

See In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play Now!

Feb 18, 2012
See In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play Now!

(:)(:)(:)(:) for In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play at Capital Stage in Sacramento Now! I haven't had much time to blog lately, but this play only runs through February 26th so I want you have an opportunity to see it.  It's a f...

Whither the Tower Theater?

Feb 1, 2012
Whither the Tower Theater?

My recent experience of watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in a freezing Tower Theater made me wonder what's up with Tower these days.  A few years ago, I was sympathetic to a push to save Tower Theater because the City Council was proposing ...

5 Snouts up for Black Swan on DVD

Jan 21, 2012
5 Snouts up for Black Swan on DVD

(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Black Swan starring Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers as experienced on DVD on my Mac months after everyone else in the world has seen it.    I'm in good company thinking it was brilliant.  I should start off b...

4 snouts up for Tinker Tailor, 2 snouts up for freezing Tower theater

Jan 20, 2012
4 snouts up for Tinker Tailor, 2 snouts up for freezing Tower theater

(:)(:)(:)(:) for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but sadly only (:)(:) for the extremely cold Tower movie theater.  Look, I was so cold, I almost can't tell you how many snouts Tinker Tailor should have.  I have long defended the Tower (locate...

How to get your kids to like a college

Jan 19, 2012
How to get your kids to like a college

Reed College Most people who know me know that I am an enthusiastic member of the Reed College graduating class of 1983.  Reed, a small liberal arts college nestled in a quiet residential neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, is known for its...

The Rip van Winkle Effect

Jan 17, 2012
The Rip van Winkle Effect

Since I've been back working in and around the state Capitol, I'm experiencing the Rip van Winkle effect.  Remember the Washington Irving story of Rip van Winkle?  He falls asleep and wakes up some 70 years later after the American Revol...

Can I take MLK’s legacy seriously?

Jan 16, 2012
Can I take MLK’s legacy seriously?

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day--the day every year when millions of American do laundry and take down Christmas cards.  Seriously, why isn't this day more important to me?  Every year I resolve to organize something around it and ...

Daddy Squeeze Live in Downtown Sacto January 20th

Jan 15, 2012
Daddy Squeeze Live in Downtown Sacto January 20th

This Friday, January 20th, Southside Park Cohousing is hosting a "house concert" with Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton, a master of the accordion.  Here's a link to his website  http://www.daddysqueeze.com    The concert will...

(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et Des Deux)

Jan 15, 2012
(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et Des Deux)

5 snouts up for Of Gods and Men on DVD now (a 2010 film in French with English subtitles).  I had read about this movie and I had wanted to see it when it was in theaters, but couldn't convince my kids that it would be fun to see a movie...