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Last Call For Cinderella i s the latest release from one of Canada’s best kept secrets, The Grievous Angels. Band leader, primary songwriter and lead vocalist Charlie Angus formed the band somewhere in the mid 1980s. While more country and folk oriented then the previous band he played in, the Toronto based punk band L’etranger, the agitprop/DIY spirit that infused punk has always been an integral part of the Angels’, and Angus’, personally.

It takes skill indeed to fashion a dynamic drama from a split-up couple’s rehashing of their failed relationship. That Marguerite

My family has been torn apart and Chronos is sitting on my father’s throne laughing while we lick our wounds. I can’t even see them and he is free to roam our sacred halls.

What It Is by Lynda Barry, published by Drawn and Quarterly, is a work that defies an easy definition. It is at once an autobiography, an inspirational workbook, and a philosophical reflection on creativity and meaning. This wiggly nature is the perfect method to provoke deeper thinking as Barry addresses such wiggly questions as “How can one form be changed to another?”, “What are we doing when we are looking?”, and “Can you have thoughts without language?”

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden interviewed EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg about her new book, 'Bits and Pieces,' at a D.C. book signing.

Home / Books / Book Reviews / Graphic Novel Review: ‘Self-Esteem and the End of the World’ by Luke Healy from Drawn+Quarterly

Special effects designer and TV personality Adam Savage doesn’t see his role at comic cons as limited to signing autographs and posing for photo ops. He wants to encourage fans to try different things and embrace their curiosity. During his Fan Expo Philadelphia panel, he said, “I feel like one of my jobs is as a permission machine. I want to be the one that goes, ‘That’s a great idea. You should totally do that!'”

Veteran animator Don Bluth ( The Secr et of NIMH, An American Tail ) reached new ground recently in his career: releasing his first children’s book. He showed the book to fans at Fan Expo Philadelphia, providing a teaser about the character of Yuki, the adventurous young orca. Other books will be coming in the Don Bluth Fables series.

Tom Cavanagh ( The Flash ) enjoys opportunities to act and direct. At Fan Expo Philadelphia, he answered questions about those facets of his career, including what’s ahead in Superman & Lois season four.

Home / Music / Music Genres / Classical / Concert Review: The Knights – Gabriel Kahane’s ‘Heirloom’ (NY Premiere) with Jeffrey Kahane, Plus Anna Clyne, Jessie Montgomery, Mozart