A Dan Savage uthor Dan Savage is the best sort of gadfly - in his weekly column, "Savage Love," he dispenses advice to the sexually curious with a sort of no-horsecrap cantankerousness that has made him...

If you have seen one puppet show, or if you have seen 1,000, this is a show that you cannot justify skipping. Puppetry aficionados around the country have discovered the artistry of Michael Sommers. Now...

There is an exhibit at the Walker Art Center that has invented a name for itself. In fact, its title contains not one, but two neologisms. See if you can spot them - the show is called Ultrabaroque: Aspects...

J We Fools Storytellers ewish folktales have their share of fools, and, conveniently, they are often located in one city, Chelm. Stories of the so-called "wise men of Chelm" have been longtime favorites...

The most surprising aspect of Duel, Steven Spielberg's first prominent film and his most important early success, is how little it resembles anything the director has done since. Spielberg has come to...

Paranoia is a funny thing. Take the National Rifle Association - please! A group of gun-owners, overwhelmingly white, male, middle-class and politically active, they have access to far more civic and physical...

The 12 Rods' song "Glad That It's Over" was recently included on the movie soundtrack to Orange County. But if there was any justice in the music industry, 12 Rods would be known for much more than a single...

In our current age of PC backlash by both sides of the morality coin, it is worth mentioning that it is still largely inappropriate to make fun of disease. Thanks to liberal doses of progressive thinking,...

I can easily say that I've never been to a play like Galumph Interactive Theater's Seance. I have, however been in theater classes that were quite similar. You see, Seance is what they call an "interactive...