A Dear Joe letter

It’s not often wise to feed vitriolic feedback, but one receives vitriol, therefore one is. So what the heck. Here’s Joe, commenting on the Ten Gallon Liberal yesterday: Few things here: 1. It appears that you believe ANYTHING you read as long as it...
All the Park's a Stage

All the Park's a Stage

"It's really like the circus coming to town," says Steven Maler, artistic director of the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. To mount a three-night engagement of As You Like It in Forest Park Aug. 8-10, Maler's troupe will head west from Boston with...
Wiping Up

Wiping Up

Among the most absorbent of hip-hop performers, MC Mr. Napkins raps about common concerns with an earnestness that's far less dramatic than the braggadocio of most gangstas. When he takes on a cop, it's a cop who's stopped Mr. Napkins for not obeying...