Tony Gilroy movie is smart, funny, complicated ... and sexy. ...more

March 19, 2009

When India.Arie debuted in 2001 with "Acoustic Soul," a CD brimming with messages about self-worth, inner-beauty and positivity, she was seen by many as a strong, self-assured musician who was impervious to the more vain and superficial pitfalls of celebrity. ...more

February 15, 2009

I first saw "A Chorus Line" on Broadway when I was nine years old and loved it - the music, the lyrics, the choreography. Happily, the revival now playing at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center is exactly as I remember and just as terrific. ...more

February 6, 2009

For some new nurses, it was the fear. They feared putting an intravenous catheter into a baby for the first time. They feared talking to their supervisors. They feared failure. ...more

December 10, 2008

For some new nurses, it was the fear. They feared putting an intravenous catheter into a baby for the first time. They feared talking to their supervisors. They feared failure. ...more

December 9, 2008

"Switch," by Carol Snow (Harper Teen, $17) A teen's life is complicated enough without the burden of swapping bodies during every lightning storm. In "Switch," author Carol Snows uses this device to communicate the awkward body ideals plaguing young women. ...more

October 19, 2008

The last time we saw Richard Gere and Diane Lane, in the 2002 guilty pleasure "Unfaithful," they were possibly running off together after Gere's character murdered Lane's hot, young Parisian lover. ...more

September 26, 2008

HEAVY TRASH: GOING WAY OUT WITH HEAVY TRASH (YEP ROC) ** Gotham hipster Jon Spencer's pillaging of Southern music was a real hoot back in the ironic '90s but the shtick hasn't worn that well. When he sings "I had no roots here, no roots to hold me" on this album's more-or-less title track, "Way Out," he might as well be summing up his career. ...more

November 7, 2007

Vowing to think positively about their ambitions, students at the Academies for Educational Excellence buried their insecurities Aug. 31. ...more

September 8, 2007