I am having a lasagna contest and you’re invited. If you e-mail me the best lasagna recipe on campus by the end of this month, I’ll make you a free dessert. Read more...

At first glance, the story behind the opera “Lorca, Child of the Moon” seems to have a fairy-tale ending. A labor of love first developed as a series of workshops, it gained support and grew into a full-scale opera that will premiere on March 17 at Freud Playhouse. Read more...

Every once in a while, you feel fatigued or cranky and you don’t know why. Then you realize something is amiss in your diet, and the world makes sense again. Read more...

Unlike the bewildered woman swallowed by the unruly machine of the modern world in the 1928 expressionist drama “Machinal,” director Jonathan Gellert has been making his own in the world. Read more...

“Hostage” Directed by Florent Siri Miramax Films French director Florent Siri’s American debut film “Hostage” is more than just the next big Hollywood crime thriller. Based on the book by Robert Crais, “Hostage” follows Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis), an emotionally scarred former LAPD hostage negotiator, who recently became the clean-cut chief of police in a low-crime community in Ventura. Read more...

“Robots” Directed By Chris Wedge Twentieth Century Fox “Robots” seems to have all the enjoyable elements of a good, light-hearted children’s film, right down to the necessary jokes for the parents and the voice of Robin Williams. Read more...

When it comes to the writings of novelist A.S. Byatt, reading audiences across the world are captivated by the multi-dimensional nature of her work. From John Milton to Robert Browning and everyone in between, including the Italian Dante, Byatt’s studies as a young woman have led her on a lifelong journey to her current home under the roof of literary fame, where it seems she will enjoy a comfortable stay for the rest of her career. Read more...