Welcome to Stress U.
When she graduates high school on June 13, Katherine White will let out one big sigh of relief. It's been an intense couple of years for the senior, who decided to take...
A crime to heal
In My Country, directed by John Boorman, is set during South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation hearings in 1996. The proceedings, held in various parts of the country, gave those who had murdered and...
Taste of America
The baseball season starts next week and I'm hankering for some no-nonsense all-American food. America gave the world jazz and baseball but not apple pie. Contrary to widespread belief, our most popular...
Go mild for lamb
Easter, the holiest day on the Christian calendar, arrives early this year. Lamb is the focal point of Easter dinner for many Christians around the world. My Italian and Greek friends always enjoy...
Boy from the ‘hood goes Hollywood
He has lived in Los Angeles for two years, but Rob McElhenney still feels at home in South Philly. Though busy planning a new series for the FX network, McElhenney, 27, returned...
Pleading and praying
They filed out of Monday night's Mass at St. Rita of Cascia Church one by one. Relatives of Richard Petrone Jr., for whom the service was dedicated, gathered in the vestibule and...
Cigarette break
Some restaurant and bar owners across the area breathed a little easier last Thursday, but it wasn't from a lack of smoky surroundings. It was because the smoking-ban bill that the proprietors...
Taking the high-school road
Thomas Middle School soon will receive an $8-million renovation. The facility at Ninth and Johnston streets will move in 400 computers and a central hallway befitting a modern workplace. Thomas also will...
Movies don’t second-guess
Guess Who attempts a lighter approach to Stanley Kramer's groundbreaking 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
But the film's reliance on slapstick and sexual innuendo to appeal to a younger audience...
Rebuilding GM
The Big Three used to own the American auto market; now they own only slightly more than half of it. General Motors could lay claim to 27.5 percent of new car and truck...
