anding collections, and it’s really a rare opportunity to see both works exhibited on the scale that we’re showing them,” said Alison Amick, associate curator. “To celebrate the centennial, we’re pulling out our best and trying to make the public aware of these great treasures we have.” Both exhibitions “? “Breaking the Mold: Selections from […]
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Little Children
MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”> Specifically, the film “? adapted from Tom Perrotta’s novel “? delves into the attraction between two stay-at-home parents, though not married to each other: Sarah (Kate Winslet) is unsatisfied in her marriage to an older man addicted to online pornography, while Brad (Patrick Wilson) is a pretty boy who feels […]
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How to Tell If Your Boyfriend Is the Antichrist
Patricia CarlinQuirk Books So, your boyfriend speaks Klingon? Has demonic red-eye episodes? Thinks you do look fat in your jeans? Believe me, girl, it’s not you, it’s him, according to the handy guide “How to Tell If Your Boyfriend Is the Antichrist.” Illustrations and bulleted clues in this slim, purse-fitting red book (perfect for mid-date […]
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Borders luring young readers with Spidey, Shrek
If radioactive costumed heroes and obese green ogres can get kids into movie theaters, maybe they can get kids into books, as well. That’s the hope, anyway, as Borders at 3209 Northwest Expressway hosts “Storytime Goes to the Movies” 2 p.m. Saturday. According to Borders bookseller George Niestempski, this Borders location holds “storytime” sessions for […]
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Carpenter Square’s brave ‘Akimbo’ turns malady into comedy
“Kimberly Akimbo”‘s story line certainly doesn’t sound funny. A TV Guide summary might read, “A teenager with progeria, a rare medical condition that causes her to age at almost five times the normal rate, struggles just to get through her high school days.” If you added the other elements of the play “? an alcoholic […]
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Awesome!
Mexico City taxi driver Manuel Quiroz was seeking a sponsor earlier this year for his pursuit of the world raw-chili-pepper-eating contest. Supposedly, he can guzzle dozens of them at one sitting and even harmlessly squeeze their juice into his eyes. In February, Dublin, Ireland, software engineer Michael Killian demonstrated his sideways-traveling bicycle, in which a […]
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The Continuing Crisis
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, which operates mass transit just south of San Francisco, and whose employees stage about three dozen office parties a year, issued 33 pages of specifications in January to invite local companies to bid on a contract to supply sheet cakes. The winning bidder must be versatile enough to offer […]
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Notes on a Scandal
2006 With powerhouse acting talent like Oscar winners Dame Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett, it’s tempting to ascribe deeper meaning and importance to “Notes on a Scandal.” But to do so would deny the lurid, trashy appeal of this fiendish psychological thriller. Dench is riveting […]
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Delta Farce
“MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”> He stars as one of three numb-nuts Army reservists who end up in Mexico and think they’re in Iraq. An unforeseen irony is that Larry and his idiot buddies make better combat decisions than the professional soldiers in “28 Weeks Later,” which opened on the same weekend. “Delta Farce” is crude […]
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Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found
of “bananas” and one woman’s scrawled warning of “if you buy more rice “? i’ll punch you.” Chapters are devoted to old people’s lists (they really do have the worst penmanship, not to mention a predisposition to pills), doodles on lists and party lists. One chapter features a list from each of our 50 states, […]