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Standing on the 'stage' area of the short-lived Beneath It All Cafe, where the Violent Femmes first performed together in 1981, I quipped to founding drummer Victor DeLorenzo that it felt a bit like being in the Cream City's own Cavern Club.
I spend the week leading up to Memorial Day reading books with my children about the men and women who have fallen in service to our country. We read several books a night so that our family is primed for a deeper understanding of the holiday when we celebrate the meaning of selfless sacrifice. Some of our favorite books give an idea of the scope and breadth of losses experienced during specific military conflicts. Others, such as Patricia Polacco’s Pink and Say, focus on the details of the life of a single hero.
Magary: I'm the last white person alive to see 'Love Actually' and I have questions FacebookTwitterEmail The prime minister (Hugh Grant) and Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) are caught off-guard (and quite by accident) at a Christmas pageant in Richard Curtis's romantic comedy "Love Actually."Ho/HO Up until this past weekend, I had never seen “Love Actually.” This is unheard of among white people, but it’s true. I had no good reason for skipping out on “Love Actually” for 17 years. It’s not like I avoided it on principle. I like good romantic comedies, and this one was written and dir...