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Review: Fantasy Life — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (128+ words) Run Time: 1 hour 31 minutes Stars: Amanda Peet, Matthew Shear, Judd Hirsch Still, even at a fleeting hour and a half, Fantasy Life had me wishing just about every single character would just get on with their lives and, please, leave…...
When Box Office Bombs Become Blockbusters
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (112+ words) Observers predicted failure. What happened was box office gold. Since the dawn of Hollywood, watching for impending box office bombs has been something of a spectator sport. Whether it's wild rumors or mother nature playing havoc with sets or just…...
Green Space: Planting With Direction
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (342+ words) A bit of forethought can lead to a garden that is both beautiful and meaningful. Each spring, that question of direction begins to take shape with the return of native plant sales. Their rows of trays, handwritten labels, and colorful…...
News of the Week: Baseball Begins, Joanie Loves Chachi, and Howard Johnson's at 100 (OK, 101)
1+ week, 6+ day ago (634+ words) In the news of the week ending March 27, 2026, are back to baseball, bad spinoffs, and Howard Johnson's Clamboree. Did you know that'baseball season started this week? I did not. Seems a little early, no? I even cried when the Sox…...
Review: She Dances — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (311+ words) This warm blanket of a movie follows the heartening trajectory of a parent and almost-grown child rediscovering the things they love about each other. Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes Stars: Steve Zahn, Audrey Zahn, Ethan Hawke, Rosemarie DeWitt Writers: Rick Gomez,…...
Cartoons: Vets & Pets
1+ week, 1+ day ago (231+ words) Cartoons: Vets & Pets'The Saturday Evening Post These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request…...
The Woman Who Refuses to Let History Disappear
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1026+ words) Genealogist Megan Smolenyak is a "history detective" who can spend decades piecing together clues to bring a long-forgotten life back into view. When Megan Smolenyak was in sixth grade in Oxon Hill, Maryland, her teacher, Miss Berkowitz, assigned what seemed…...
Vintage Ads: Where Have All the Beautiful People Gone?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (156+ words) Coca-Cola introduced the diet soda Tab to a weight-conscious America in 1963, calling it the drink of beautiful people. Among the many Americans who still recall its taste, or think they can, Tab lacked the sweetness of today's diet drinks. But…...
Tour an Authentic Mir Space Station
1+ week, 2+ day ago (497+ words) A priceless Soviet-era space relic Lives in Wisconsin. At the Tommy Bartlett Exploratory in Wisconsin Dells, WI, you can lift a car with a pulley, frizz out your hair by touching a Tesla coil, and make colorful plastic balls float…...
Women’s Work: Women Who Shaped the American Revolution
1+ week, 3+ day ago (989+ words) Tanya Roth earned her Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied women's history, U.S. history, and world history. She loves teaching high school history at an independent K-12 school in St. Louis, Missouri, because there's always something new and…...