Take This to the Bar

Take This to the Bar

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Leisure

The baseball playoffs used to be the crown jewel of American sports. Alas, expansion, money and the media have transformed baseball from the national pastime into just another pastry on the TV sports dessert tray. Hardcore baseball devotees now take a backseat to the...
Horsing Around

Horsing Around

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Leisure

The Lipizzaner stallions, an Austrian breed of horse saved from probable oblivion by General George Patton during World War II, aren't your average horses. They aren't even average for show horses—the stallions specialize in extremely difficult maneuvers...

Take or Leave It If You Please

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Leisure

Director Robert Altman’s final film, A Prairie Home Companion, was a meditation on endings and death, and seems, in hindsight, to be the last reflection of a man who knew he was close to the end. But Altman’s final note is by no means reflective of his...
Cinema Dope: On Thin Ice

Cinema Dope: On Thin Ice

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Film

Frozen River ★★★★Written and directed by Courtney Hunt. With Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O’Keefe, Charlie McDermott, and John Canoe. (R)With our nation’s financial system circling the drain in the aftermath of the sub-prime...
Put Up or Shut Up

Put Up or Shut Up

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Food + Booze

The old-fashioned practice of "putting up" your veggies and fruits for winter months is making a comeback. Two weeks ago, a NOFA (Northeast Organic Farm Association)-sponsored canning demonstration was sold out. Although it really is too late to be putting...