Coming to theaters this week ... “Cosmopolis” Based on the novel by Don Delillo, “Cosmopolis” follows billionaire asset manager Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) as he rides in his stretch limo to get a haircut from his father’s o...
Gourds offer artists an array of possibilities Most people look at gourds and see containers for water. Artists, however, see any number of possibilities. “Your imagination is the limit. ... Pretty much anything you can do with paper or wood...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Gourds: In support of an unlikely medium My first response to the All About Gourds show sounded something like this: “Really? Gourds?” The only experience I had had with gourds was through a friend’s aunt, who likes to spray paint them...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Paducah Symphony reassembles ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ For years, something has been missing from George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” As it turns out, that “something” is the music. More than 50 measures have been cut from Gershwin’s original comp...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
A doctor’s overdose of evidence In August, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration dropped all charges against a doctor who has been at the center of a prescription-drug fraud case because, said prosecutors, they have too muc...
Finding a cure for earworms It started innocently enough: I turned on some Bob Dylan to keep me company as I unpacked boxes at my new apartment. It wasn’t until later, when all the dishes were in the cabinet and I was tucked ...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Flicks Pick: ‘Lawless’ “Lawless” The Bondurant brothers run a backwoods establishment to hide their bootlegging business in Prohibition-era Virginia, and war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago tries to shut th...
Lose the sexism; keep the suits, clothing makes all the difference I’m usually content without the clatter of manual typewriters, or the smog of cigarette smoke that fills nearly every movie that’s been set in a newsroom before the 1970s. But every once in awhi...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Musical shines spotlight on working women Think you’ve had a bad day at work? Wait until you meet the women of Market House Theatre’s latest production. With songs and lyrics by Dolly Parton, “9 to 5: The Musical” takes audiences back t...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
The Go Guide Thursday Ladies Night: 5 p.m., Casa Mexicana, 4793 Village Square Dr. Wine Tasting Celebrity Bartender: Bob Tumbarello: 5 p.m., The Pasta House Taste of Hope to Benefit the American Cancer...