As in all her TV appearances, Giada De Laurentiis is just as charming, sweet and all around lovely as ever, and the many delectable Italian dishes she concocts often leave me salivating and gastronomically aroused. Yet I am still never able to actually enjoy her Food Network cooking series Giada at Home. The issue is … Continue reading
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The “Divine” Comedy of Sister Act
Judging by the excited chatter of the many people around me as I sat packed into the nearly full Whitney Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, I was one of only a few members of the audience who had never seen the movie Sister Act. Yet there I was, awaiting the Broadway musical … Continue reading
A Horrible Way to Die: Not So Horrible, Just Very Confusing
After watching the film A Horrible Way to Die, I sat and stared at the screen, not quite sure what to think. The credits were a blur as I tried to ponder what I had just watched. And even now, several days later, I have no idea what my feelings toward this movie are. I’m … Continue reading
Mirror, Mirror in the Household; The Simple Creativity of Milburn’s Photography
by Samantha Jo Hendricks I found myself seeing doubles at Bellarmine University’s McGrath Gallery upon facing the collection of ghostly photographs by Stephen Milburn. Although unable to discern just what I was viewing with a simple glance, wonderment and inevitable attraction immediately drew me to these photos. Otherwise mundane pictures of domestic life suddenly look … Continue reading
The Angry Inch: A Band We Wish Really Existed
“Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Hedwig and the Angry Inch Original Cast by Samantha Jo Hendricks It is not just a band or musical, punk or pop, riffed on a guitar or masterfully composed. The original cast recording of Hedwig and the Angry Inch is as much a thought-provoking hybrid of a creation as the … Continue reading
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