scifi

Phasers On! Classic Sci-fi worth a second look

Science has changed a lot since the 1940s. So has science fiction. Books written about the marvels of the future can sound very silly to the people who are actually living there. That’s why it is so impressive when a …

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Shelf Life: A Young Wife, What Alice Forgot, Killed at the Whim of a Hat

A Young Wife by Pam Lewis Fifteen-year-old Minke Van Aisma goes to 1912 Amsterdam to nurse a dying woman. But instead, she ends up quickly married to a exciting

newbies

Wine for uninitated winos

Everyone has a drink, whether it be Pappy Van Winkle’s 23-year-old Special Reserve Bourbon or a daily can of Throwback Pepsi. But living in a thriving wine valley

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Shelf Life: Singular Exploits, Jefferson Key, Leftovers

The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl by Marc Schuster What happens when an average middle-class mom decides to start a casual cocaine habit? Schuster’s debut novel

fundraiser

Author Steve Berry uses The Jefferson Key to help the Jefferson Library

New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry will be appearing at a luncheon to benefit the Jefferson Library at Mission Mill Museum on May 24. The appearance is

motherhood

A new trend in motherhood: ambivalance

The success of the human race relies on the institution of motherhood: the assumption that most women, once they have identified a child as their own, will make

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The Emperor’s Old Books: hating the best books of the century

There is a point in the life of a particular strain of nerd when they decide that if they can't be popular, they can at least be learned.

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Shelf Life: Man with a Pan, Radical Gardening, Wild Surge of Guilty Passion

Man with a Pan by Jon Donohue This collection of men writing about their experiences feeding their families defies genre. Part cookbook, part memoir, part comic book while being

educating

Participate in Educating Rita

“It’s like you sit there, don’t you? Watchin’ the ballet or the opera on the telly, and... and you call it rubbish, 'cos that’s what it looks like.

auditions

Try out your underpants at Pentacle Theatre

Pentacle Theatre has announced the upcoming auditions for their new comedy, “The Underpants.” Auditions will be Saturday, May 7 promptly at 1 p.m. at the Pentacle Theatre lobby

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