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The song, “Beautiful Ghosts,” is performed by Francesca Hayward in the film, and by Swift in the film’s end credits Cats arrives in theaters December 20, 2019 – Universal Pictures announced that global music icon Taylor Swift and legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber have collaborated on a new, original song written for Universal Pictures’Continue Reading

  Frank Browning takes us into human gender geographies around the world, from gender-neutral kindergartens in Chicago and Oslo to femminielli weather casters in Naples, from conservative Catholics in Paris fearful of God and Nature to transsexual Mormon parents in Utah. As he shares specific and engaging human stories, he also elucidatesContinue Reading

by Peter Loewer Some readers will recall the end of last month’s column. In brief: Curmudgeon suggested that the various members of the General Store Membership List might be persuaded to join him for a jaunt around the area, using his Chevy truck for the mode of transportation, promising anContinue Reading

“Even a man who is pure in heart….” Our Halloween cover is homage to Long Chaney Jr’s portrayal of Larry Talbot in the classic horror film The Wolfman. It was released in December, 1941, as World War II menaced, with a modest budget of $180,000. Directed by George Waggner, theContinue Reading

by James Cassara Frequently referred to as a Billie Holiday for our times, vocalist Madeleine Peyroux can best be described as a jazz singer whose heart and soul lies firmly with the blues. While there are some obvious surface similarities to Holiday – and Peyroux is both respectful and awedContinue Reading