This Week's Arts & Lit: Cactus ad nauseam, Oscar Hijuelos’ gloomy memoir, kids love Mr. Stinky Feet

The ever-growing muse

Art Preview: Painter Eason Eige’s prickly obsession with one of the cacti in front of Old Town’s San Felipe de Neri church.

Book Review: Thoughts Without Cigarettes, new memoir by Oscar Hijuelos waxes nostalgic, depressing and Bukowski-esque.