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The Belmond City Council briefly discussed the arson fire at the old middle school gym that was discovered early in the morning of Nov. 4. Councilman Jon Swenson asked Nov.

The retired Lakers superstar is a key figure in “Winning Time,’’ played by Quincy Isaiah. "I never watched it because nobody in this world can tell the Lakers story [like it needed to be told]," Johnson has said of the HBO miniseries.

There are some situations when renting is smarter than buying. You're not necessarily throwing your money away when you rent. I moved to Washington, D.C., in 2010, and I was perfectly happy as a renter. Neither of my apartments were luxurious. But in an expensive city with limited housing, I paid below market rate for my first place (my roommate and I had our own bedrooms, thanks to a makeshift wall). Later, when I wanted to live alone, I landed an underpriced studio in a rent-controlled bu...

Take a journey through the arts, and see the connections to psychiatry.

Rep’s new rock musical about Laurie Bembenek lacks depth, but pulsates with energy and attitude.

Gordon Gano wrote the music and lyrics for a production that deftly mixes the serious with the comical, the surreal with the factual.

The new rock musical boldly and bravely chronicles the life and murder trial of

From "To Kill a Mockingbird" to "Dracula," here are a collection of theater, music and dance performances worth seeing this season.

Nearly a decade ago, when composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell started work on an operatic version of Stephen King’s novel “The Shining” for the Minnesota Opera they were dealing with one of the most popular psychological thrillers of the 20th century—as well as one of the scarier movies of the ‘70s. It's having its East Coast premiere at Atlanta Opera, co-presented by the Alliance Theatre.

Arts and psychiatry: better at collaboration than most.