New author hits home with a compelling scene (Spider Vein Treatment)
New author hits home with a compelling scene
I've always believed if you read enough comic books you'll come across a scene from your own life. It's pretty rare that a comic has a run of dialogue that rings so sincere that even the most dense reader can sense the truth, or memory, behind the words.
Overnight adventures
Zoos, museum, ship and prison offer all-night fun
New World opens `Millennium'
Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning, two-part Angels in America is both superb theater and a daunting challenge. As part of the 20th anniversary celebration at Miami's New World School of the Arts, students in the school's theater division are bringing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, the first of Kushner's paired plays, to Miami Beach's Colony Theater for four performances next ...
Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds split
Singer Alanis Morissette and actor Ryan Reynolds, seen recently together in Los Angeles and other cities, officially broke off their relationship.Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette have mutually decided to end their engagement, their representatives told People magazine in a joint statement. They remain close friends and continue to have the utmost love and admiration for each other.Morissette, ...
Indian researcher mimics spider-silk properties
Amazing properties of spider-silk may still be a mystery for scientists around the world, but an Indian nano-technology researcher has been able to produce material that mimics the properties of this nature's wonder.
Movie Preview: Old is new again
With the omnipresent pressure to rake in cash, studios are committed to movies with guaranteed return. And that means sequels, lots and lots of sequels, where people know (sort of) what's coming. But it's more accurate to call 2007 the year of the three-quel. This year, it's Hollywood Part III, as we see third chapters of, among others, "Shrek," "Spider-Man" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Bounding back from the brink
The scuffed and worn Spider-Man legs have seen much better days -- just what Wayne Cottle likes to see. "Look at your legs! All beat to pieces!" crowed Cottle, the director of prosthetics at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Lexington.








