Stagestruck: Tropical Tolstoy
The title character in “Anna in the Tropics,” now playing at Barrington Stage Company, isn’t a person, but a book. And she plays a central role, thematically, narratively, even physically. The book is “Anna Karenina,” Leo Tolstoy’s winter’s tale of love – illicit, unrequited, doomed. The setting, though, in Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer-winning play, is a Little Havana in 1920s Florida.
Free Will Astrology: Work hard like Da Vinci, Libra
Da Vinci sometimes positioned himself in front of his painting-in-progress and simply gazed at and thought about it, not lifting a brush.
Staff Picks: Moon Hooch, Enter the Haggis, and The Amidon, Murphy, & Tracy Families Concert
Think of bass heavy EDM and replace all the electronics with live instruments. They are energetic and explosive.
The Halos and Horns of 2019: Advocate staff says who’s been naughty and nice this year
It’s time again for the annual Advocate tradition of giving halos to the good and horns to the bad.
In Memoriam: Those who died in 2019
A tribute to some we lost this past year.
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: A burglar’s Christmas surprise, a bald eagle vs. an octopus, and the Valley’s best public bathrooms
This week in weird news … in audio form.
Bizarro Briefs: In the Socks of Fox
If you ever watch the Fox network and think — are these guys on something? — turns out some of them likely are.
Clueless Parent: My years-long struggle, and solution, to my son’s bed wetting
But one miraculous day, we went to a specialist for a completely different situation with my son.
Valley Show Girl: Don’t Forget to Water Your Leafies
According to their Bandcamp bio, their live shows have been referred to as “Broadway on acid.” I don’t disagree.
The V-Spot: How To Kiss With Consent
As with sex in general, with kissing, too, the Traditional Mood as staged by movies, mainstream, porn, social expectations, and the folklore of gossip actually does many of us a disservice in the consent department.
Cinemadope: Adam Sandler gets serious
Sandler has regularly found critical acclaim in more dramatic roles. His latest seems poised to finally bring him more mainstream notice: the movie is Uncut Gems.
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Pick of the Day 8/12: Sweet Crude at the Iron Horse
If you have doubts about the beauty of all the different ethnic and cultural nooks and crannies in America, this act may well erase them.
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I used to be one of those serial friend-fuckers. I was that girl—the universal sexual link who didn't seem to know the meaning of "platonic." Whether the people in my close circle of friends turned into long-term partners, one-night stands or quasi-regular...
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Stagestruck: Words and music seek to heal a troubled world
Before the shows go off to Edinburgh, the Valley gets a chance to see them in a series of previews, both 50-minute pieces in a single evening.
