Ovation is published every Sunday
Always stepping off
By LINDSEY HOWALD
of the Tribune’s staff
When William Least Heat-Moon countered my suggestion for an interview over coffee with some Mississippi Fish Shack soul food, I was not a bit surprised.
Hopper, Hoffman gain limelight
‘Man of La Mancha’ writer dies at 94
Woody swings in Poland
VISUAL ARTS
NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN AREA ARTIST
Donna Brunet
By LINDSEY HOWALD
of the Tribune’s staff
There it was, just a few yards away: an obelisking dragonfly. Donna Brunet had been waiting for this very moment for four years, since the last time she spotted a dragonfly curving its abdomen in a small arc, diminishing its own surface area to keep from overheating.
PS: Gallery blows away blahs with colorful new exhibit
By LINDSEY HOWALD
of the Tribune’s staff
If you’re craving a splash of color during the gray dull of January, head into PS: Gallery for the winter exhibit, opening on Tuesday.
Audiophile lists recordings to hear before you die
By DAVID HILTBRAND
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA - Tom Moon isn’t afraid of a challenge.
Otherwise he’d never have taken on a project as daunting as "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die," an ambitious attempt to catalog the most essential albums in history, from Bach to Beck, Marian Anderson to Iggy Pop.
‘100 years of collage’ exhibit mixes up madness, messages
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER
of The Associated Press
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Bruce Conner’s photo montage of a nuclear mushroom cloud wearing a military suit is a critique on nuclear production.
Martin Ramirez used paper bags and other available materials to create drawings with cutout pictures, possibly to hold on to aspects of a fractured identity.
EXHIBITS
MUSIC
Maplewood Barn Theatre
readies strong 36th season
By LYNN ISRAEL of the Tribune’s staff
The new year promises a satisfying season for Maplewood Barn Community Theatre fans: The company has terrific plays in place, boasts new board members and has received generous grants from the Missouri Arts Council and the city of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs.
Playwright Harold Pinter is buried in London
By GREGORY KATZ
of The Associated Press
LONDON - Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter was buried at a London cemetery Wednesday in a small, private funeral attended by family and close friends.
Bringing back burlesque
By JEFF BAENEN
of The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS - One performer is wrapped in a straitjacket, singing "You’re Driving Me Crazy" before she peels to bra and panties. Another keeps her spangled two-piece costume on but hides behind a fluttering fan of white feathers.
LIVE
MUSIC
PERFORMING ARTS
Broadway baby
By MARK KENNEDY
of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - If you want Stockard Channing eating out of your hand - and who doesn’t? - just compliment her pipes.
ON STAGE
Books
Buffalo tale tries
to capture beastly, beautiful symbol
By JIM HIGGINS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Steven Rinella’s "American Buffalo" is both a fascinating piece of outdoor writing and a gonzo meditation on the history of the mighty beast in our national life. Rinella’s passion for his subject, intelligence and moments of craziness bring to mind another wild American spirit: the early, effective Hunter S. Thompson.
COVER TO COVER
"Graham Greene: A Life in Letters” edited by Richard Greene (Norton, 480 pages)
By OSCAR MARTINEZ
The Dallas Morning News
Graham Greene aficionados will love this latest journey into Greeneland because the British novelist himself is the tour guide.
Book based on fabricated Holocaust tale is canceled
By HILLEL ITALIE
of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - A children’s book inspired by a since-discredited Holocaust story has been pulled by the publisher.
Trading sad for sexy
MESFIN FEKADU
of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Heartbreaking, emotional songs like "Love" and "I Remember" helped make Keyshia Cole one of R&B’s most popular stars. But while those songs resonate with millions of fans, the soul sensation says she can’t stand to listen to them anymore.
