Valentine’s Day is neither the litmus test for love nor Hallmark’s devil spawn. There’s no need for all the angst surrounding the frilly pink holiday. If you have a date, enjoy. Read more...

When a holiday that usually entails either a sappy or self-empowering celebration falls in the middle of midterms on a Monday, the idea of indulging in festivities is most likely limited or eliminated altogether. Read more...

Picture a dinner party with Katherine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead and Golda Meir. It’s interesting to imagine their conversation, and Tovah Feldshuh probably has a keen sense of what the evening would be like. Read more...

I bumped into an old acquaintance on campus the other day. Though it had been quite a while since I’d seen the guy, he refused to shake my hand. Read more...

In a strange way, going to see “Golda’s Balcony,” a one-woman show about the life of Israeli heroine and former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, at the Wadsworth Theatre in Brentwood is a bit like going to synagogue. Read more...

When people think of jazz, they usually think of adult contemporary music or the WAVE radio station, or even a musical genre that becomes more appreciated with age. Read more...

“Inside Deep Throat” Directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato Universal Pictures Would you believe that Richard Nixon had problems with more than one Deep Throat? Read more...