What a harsh few weeks this has been. First, my beloved Houston Astros, in the most offensively inept performance I’ve ever seen, treated home plate as though it were covered with bird flu during the World Series. Read more...

There are some bands who can do no wrong. Until recently, it appeared that Toronto collective Broken Social Scene was one of them. The band started as a side project, releasing the ambient “Feel Good Lost” in 2001 and became a musical force to be reckoned with the masterful “You Forgot It In People” in 2002. Read more...

“Pride and Prejudice” is the type of book popular enough to have already been turned into a film quite a few times. The love story about Elizabeth Bennet ““ witty, cheerful and not as pretty as her older sister ““ and Mr. Read more...

TV show parties on Thursday nights are so 1990s. A decade ago people had to make sure they didn’t miss their favorite show when it came on TV so that they wouldn’t be left out of conversations discussing what the characters said or did, or be confused during the next week’s episode. Read more...

Tradition suggests that on a first wedding anniversary a couple should celebrate with the exchange of paper goods. But World Arts and Cultures master’s candidate Nehara Kalev and spouse C. Read more...

Expect to meet a revolutionary in Thom Mayne’s Santa Monica office of Morphosis Architecture. There’s nothing strange on the surface of this office ““ some interns ordering a $5 pizza, phones ringing off the hook, and cars piled up in the parking lot. Read more...

Only at Carnival can you pick up an anthill out of the dirt, fling it onto a stranger, and not get beaten up, or wear a bright, beaded hat bigger than a small child. Read more...