If anyone mentions silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin will likely be the first name mentioned along with it. Maybe Buster Keaton. But there are other dominant figures in early film comedy, including a duo that developed a unique style, churned out over 100 films and made a successful transition into talking pictures: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Read more...

Writer, stuntman and fight choreographer Craig Reid, who has worked with Jackie Chan, wants to let people know ““ everybody was not kung fu fighting. “That song shouldn’t have been created,” Reid said. Read more...

Michael Chabon is a storyteller on a mission. He is a man who has brought literary respectability to subjects as varied as bisexuality, baseball, pot-smoking professors and comic books. Read more...

“Cradle 2 the Grave” Starring DMX, Jet Li Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak “Cradle 2 the Grave” is the first good bad movie of 2003. Sure, it’s pure trash, but it doesn’t take itself seriously, and if you go in with no expectations, you should be entertained. Read more...

The trio Sequenza, comprised of violinist Mark Kaplan, cellist Colin Carr and pianist Yael Weiss, aren’t subject to the typical boundaries of chamber music. In some parts of tonight’s performance, Yael Weiss, Sequenza’s pianist, will approach her instrument in a rather unconventional way. Read more...

It was Sunday, while watching the Grammys with my common-law wife, Christy, that I made my latest resolution. “That’s it,” I said, “I’m sick and tired of this garbage. Read more...

Joan Baez, one of the most prominent female folk singers since the 1960s, will perform at Royce Hall tonight, treating students to a voice that has brought sweet chills to listeners for over forty years. Read more...