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OPENING “1776, the Musical”: Delegates at the Second Continental Congress argue over the Declaration of Independence in what appears a hopeless attempt at unification. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, Paliku Theatre. $25-$35. More shows through...

Few actors of any generation have exhibited the princely grace of Gregory Peck. Even when playing conflicted, solitary men like General Savage in 1949’s Twelve O’Clock High or downright disreputable bastards - Lewt McCanles in Selznick’s Duel in the...

Here’s something you probably haven’t thought too much about when you’re reading a YA book: the representation of older adults. Part of the reason why you likely haven’t thought much about it is because there aren’t too many in YA books. There are certainly...

Imagining a left-wing Trump Republicans face an excruciating choice in 2016.  Get behind their own party’s mortifying nominee or cede the White House to a deeply despised rival.   What if Democrats were confronted with that same dilemma, and a left-wing...

Every cliché has a story behind it, because irritating clichés are no more than things everyone knows said cleverly, or said in a way that once must have seemed clever. Still, they do persist. For some, the obvious is comforting, and of...