X-Factor #15 By Peter David and Pablo Raimondi MARVEL COMICS Despite consisting only of still illustrations and dialogue bubbles, Peter David’s “X-Factor” manages to bring just the right amount of television sensibility to what could have just been yet another Marvel comic starting with “X.” A veteran writer of television, David finally seems to be telling the cinematic stories he always wanted without being crippled by an effects budget or the limited viewership of a cult audience. Read more...

In Robert Tannenbaum’s Fairyland, the fairies don’t fly, they ride scooters. They don’t wear forest greenery, but they might have hot pink or blond hair. And they certainly don’t bear any resemblance to Tinkerbell ““ unless she was secretly an erotic lesbian. Read more...

You’d think coffee, coming straight from the ground, would be an obviously organic food. Nope. Turns out coffee beans are probably as chemically processed as a Big Mac. Read more...

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They’re finally coming home. For many involved in the Stephen Petronio Company’s production of “BLOOM,” their performances Friday night and Saturday night at Royce Hall will be a homecoming of sorts. Read more...

Center Theatre Group "13" Dec. 22 through Feb. 18 Anyone who survived eighth grade remembers the cliques, superficial gossip and social anxiety that made the last year of middle school one of the most traumatic yet formative adolescent years. Read more...

What’s fresher than the latest club banger from Akon or Jay-Z? Think back to Russia around World War I, when composers Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky became greats because of their innovative contributions to classical music at such a pivotal time in history. Read more...