I went into winter break imaging something of a hibernation, curling up into my cave and staying there until I had forgotten what school and the world felt like, filling my head with whimsical and totally impractical ideas, and reading books that, while avoiding hedonism, would in no way be applicable to the generation of income. Read more...

I saw the average of my generation, an undistinguished grouping of bodies clamoring for souls in a big, empty hollow, splayed out across the floor in the void of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Read more...

Let’s be frank ““ there is just way too much music out there. 2007 brought a flood of releases and so much good stuff that there is no way 10 selections could capture everything musical that happened this year. Read more...

Nobody has time to see all the good movies in a year. And as new releases come out each weekend, it’s hard to keep track of the movies that seem worth watching. Read more...

Never have I been more proud of my womanhood. Read more...

"High School Musical" is jumping off television screens and dancing onto the stage. Read more...

Halle Berry did it in 2002. Charlize Theron followed suit in 2005. And now it seems Helen Mirren will be using the power that comes with an Oscar for evil rather than good. Read more...