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Actress navigates racial fault lines of 'Porgy and Bess'
Actress navigates racial fault lines of 'Porgy and Bess'

75 years after its debut, George Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' isn't free from racial entanglements.

'The Mousetrap' is set at Daytona Playhouse
'The Mousetrap' is set at Daytona Playhouse

The longest continuously running play in history -- Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" -- returns to the Daytona Playhouse this weekend.

Game Dork: This 'Bad' is Not Good
Game Dork: This 'Bad' is Not Good

Game flaws detonate beauty of online 'Battlefield'

Time to go Trekkin' again, it's MegaCon
Time to go Trekkin' again, it's MegaCon

The annual pop culture blowout is back! MegaCon 2010 lands in Orlando this week, and it's bringing a lot of science fiction stars with it.

Read an E-Book Week
Read an E-Book Week

Have you tried reading a book yet on your nifty new electronic whatever? Now's the time to try.

  • Actress navigates racial fault lines of 'Porgy and Bess'
  • 'The Mousetrap' is set at Daytona Playhouse
  • Game Dork: This 'Bad' is Not Good
  • Time to go Trekkin' again, it's MegaCon
  • Read an E-Book Week

Cultural Studies

Playing options abound, but gory, cool title still flawed

I am lucky that I've never been one of those people who says or thinks violent thoughts. So why then do I enjoy, in "Aliens vs. Predator"?
March 3, 2010 10:27 AM

Book Events in Our Area

What's going on locally in the world of books? Read on . . .
March 1, 2010 3:16 PM

Tamburitzans bring Eastern European culture

"Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out, " the Beatles sang on "Back in the U.S.S.R." The Tamburitzans, set to perform Feb. 27 in Daytona Beach, take that line to heart.
February 26, 2010 1:00 AM
Trends and entertainment news by Tom Iacuzio
Shock jock has precious little to offer

Is there a more irrelevant person in pop culture right now than the former self-proclaimed "King of All Media," Howard Stern?

More Studies

Photog documented 'Bikeriders'

In the years just before "Easy Rider" would introduce Main Street America to Captain America and Billy, photojournalist Danny Lyon was hanging out with Cockroach, Zipco, Sparky, Cowboy and other members of the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle gang.
February 26, 2010 1:00 AM

Game Dork: Battle demons, censors in game that emulates 'God of War'

Generations ago, Spencer Tracy starred in "Dante's Inferno," a movie that briefly depicted nude women in Hell. That was in 1935, the beginning of a 30-year ban on film nudity.
February 24, 2010 11:30 AM

Bawdy Greek play draws actress out of retirement

In "Lysistrata," that ancient Greek play, the women of Greece decide to withhold sex from their husbands and lovers until the men end the Peloponnesian War.
February 19, 2010 1:00 AM
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C. A. Bridges looks at TV, movies, pop culture and other magnificent time-wasters.
Time to go Trekkin' again, it's MegaCon

The annual pop culture blowout is back! MegaCon 2010 lands in Orlando this week, and it's bringing a lot of science fiction stars with it.