Sunday dinners everyday
Ah, autumn! Football season is in full swing, the air is crisp and the leaves are just starting to turn a brilliant array of colors. I spotted the first pumpkins and squashes in...
Tour de force
While giving a tour of her art studio one day, Dolores Poacelli was taken aback by a youngster's words. A teacher, who was a friend of the artist, brought her class to Poacelli's...
Gasping over gas
Since Mollie Kleiman's husband recently passed away, she continues to adjust to an altered life. One change she will make is solely paying for her gas bill, which the resident of the 2300...
In the shame of the fathers
The Rev. Robert Brennan, 67, is accused of molesting 20 boys. The Rev. John H. Mulholland, 66, allegedly had a fetish for human feces and sadomasochism, with the latter detailed in letters to...
Hare-raising adventures
"Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" is the first feature film for animation's very own odd couple. Conjure up images of Gumby, Looney Tunes, Monty Python, Rube Goldberg and Pixar flung...
Fuel fakery
If I read President Bush correctly, we're all supposed to pull together and make up for a fuel shortage, which no one could have seen coming because it was the result of a...
Happy New Year
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins sundown Monday. It celebrates the creation of the universe and, as in many Jewish holidays, symbolic foods are enjoyed throughout the two-day festivities. Challah, the braided...
Curbside confusion
Taking out the trash is not as easy as it sounds for Beverly Trobman. After her store closes at 5:30 p.m., the owner of Maxie's Daughter, 724 S. Fourth St., habitually places...
Coffins and coffers
Staging a comedy 40 years after it won two awards for best play might seem daunting. What was in vogue then may appear ridiculously out of date now, social values have changed and...
