This ought to be a golden age for people who care about the news – that is, anybody who doesn’t choose to be helplessly hobbled by ignorance – because there’s a lot of news and a lot of ways to keep up with it.

There is no question we are living in historical times. As such, I am often asked why isn’t theater producing more work about the current state of the nation?

Fyodor Dostoevsky famously observed that “the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” I’d like to broaden that to include its public lavatories.

You will not find an elite level athlete who hasn’t at some point played hurt. Especially late in the season or when the stakes are high, you almost expect something of the walking wounded.

So, here’s the thing about the Winter Olympics. They can take over your life.

As a pharmacist, I often meet people at the start of the New Year who are looking to make positive changes in their lives. Many want to lose weight, exercise more, or clear their heads by cutting back on distractions and clutter.

The 98th Academy Awards is still over a month away — Sunday March 15th. So you've got plenty of time to catch-up on any films you've missed, or to binge all the nominees. Here are my thoughts on this year's 10 nominees for Best Picture:

The play is difficult to produce. It requires action that takes place almost simultaneously at two different spaces and time periods.

My understanding was that funeral masses at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue were typically reserved for cardinals, mayors and the similarly well-connected.

Not for nothing has singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot garnered three top songwriting awards, including the Kerrville New Folk Competition’s Best New Folk Award, the Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act, and Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.