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Arts + Culture
Survivors
The greatest generation may be the one that endured the AIDS crisis The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience by Perry N.Halkitis (Oxford University Press 2014) $49.95; 249 pp. The history of AIDS is vast and can’t be told without the stories…
Arts + Culture
Against the current
At 64, Diana Nyad did the impossible. Now what? ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor When Diana Nyad was the first contestant bumped from the latest season of Dancing with the Stars last month, it was a rare defeat for a woman who seems destined to achie…
Arts + Entertainment
Ask Howard
How to do what’s wrong right HOWARD LEWIS RUSSELL | Special Contributor [email protected] Dear Howard, My stupid, Jesus-freak boyfriend — a pet supplies’ retail wizard by weekday and drag queen by weekend nights — always tells me there are just two…
Arts + Culture
Drive-by tasting
One meal. One visit. One shot to get it right ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor Food trends are the lifeblood, and the bane, of the dining scene. On the plus side, they offer diners (and food critics) the opportunity to compare honey-poached apples to…
Arts + Culture
QUEER CLIP: ‘Finding Neighbors’
Sam’s (Michael O’Keefe, right) career is in the toilet. Once an acclaimed graphic novelist, he’s been gripped by writer’s block that sees his wife becoming the breadwinner and his agent threatening legal action. He knows he’s in a rut, but like most ruts, d…
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Dallas does divas
Two iconic actresses with ties to Dallas— Morgan Fairchild and Lindy Gray — will strut the red carpet at the USA Film Festival ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor When you get a half-hour to chat with Linda Gray — who, for 36 years, has been intimatel…
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Pillow talk
‘Design Santa’ Nate Berkus discussed his new show, a disastrous elementary school home-ec project and his boring conversations with Oprah Home isn’t where the heart is on American Dream Builders — it’s where the drama is. And it’s where you’ll find Nate Ber…
Arts + Culture
Something fishy in FW
Out ‘barihunk’ Lee Poulis makes FWO debut, ratcheting up the sex appeal of ‘Pearl Fishers’ There’s a cliché (we won’t repeat it here) about the opera that, frankly, just isn’t true anymore — at least not the way it used to be. Indeed, maybe we should rewrit…
Arts + Entertainment
Best Bets • 04-25-14
Friday 04.25 H4P&J marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with production of ‘Bent’ As an observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Hope for Peace and Justice is presenting a three-performance production of Bent. The award-winning play, about the treatment of gays…
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Best Bets • 04-25-14
Friday 04.25 H4P&J marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with production of ‘Bent’ As an observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Hope for Peace and Justice is presenting a three-performance production of Bent. The award-winning play, about the treatment of gays…
Arts + Culture
Crossword Puzzle • 04-25-14
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Madison Hildebrand hosts seminar Friday
Madison Hildebrand hosts seminar Friday
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