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August Wilson's Radio Golf will be read June 24 at the Bowmer Theater in Ashland

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is reaching out to support one of the most beloved African American theater companies in the nation with a reading of August Wilson's "Radio Golf," at 7 p.m. Monday, June 24 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre.

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I'm not sure whether there's a term for the Jewish equivalent of an Uncle Tom but, if there is, it would probably be applicable to Hannah Arendt

However, as Shakespeare suggested in Julius Caesar, "The evil that men do lives after them: The good is oft interred in their bones." Such is apparently the case with women, too, as Hannah appears fated to be forever remembered for a series of articles she wrote for the New Yorker magazine while covering the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.


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Soon, the boundary is irreversibly breached when kindhearted Charlie lets the stranger inside at a moment of weakness

The setting is America in 2022, a disturbing dystopia where the prisons are even more overcrowded than we find them today. Consequently, the overwhelmed authorities have come up with a unique way of dealing with crime, namely, designating one night a year on which the rule of law is suspended, and anything is legal, even murder.


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Rochelle, My Belle

Born in New York on May 17, 1976, Rochelle Aytes is quickly establishing herself as one of Hollywood's brightest starlets with an impressive film and television career on the rise. Rochelle is now starring on Mistresses, ABC's new, nighttime soap opera ...


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'The Internship', 'The Purge', 'Dirty Wars' and more

Reviews of the movies: The Internship, The Purge, Dirty Wars, Evocateur The Morton Downey Jr Movie, Hey Bartender, Much Ado about Nothing  and more


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Film Review: Fast & Furious 6

It's important to note that this edition of Fast & Furious is every bit as funny as it is adrenaline-fueled.


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DVD Review: The Loving Story

Soon after Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving tied the knot in Washington, DC on June 2, 1958, they decided to move back to their tiny hometown of Central Point, Virginia to settle down and start a family.


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'After Earth,' 'The Kings of Summer,' 'Now You See Me,' and more

Weekly previews that make choosing a film fun.


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Film Review: The Hangover Part III

When we last left the wolfpack, the boys were over in Thailand for the wedding of Stu (Ed Helms) and Lauren (Jamie Chung).


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