If there’s one thing I think is wrong with the world, it’s celebrities who use their 15 minutes of fame to spread their own political convictions. Read more...

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...