
Culture Shock
Haiku is fun. The haiku contests at the Alibi are a big hit (look for the 2011 edition in September). It's a chance to show off one's 5-7-5 chops. Until then, why not give villanelle a try?

Aux Dog Theatre
Performance Review
Moor Shakespeare
Othello bodes well for Aux Dog
Aux Dog’s fifth season, called Life and Chances, vows to set a new course for the theater. If its most recent production, Othello, is any indication, that course is a damn fine one.

Book Review
Dead Celebrities
Rolling Stone writer compiles greatest hits (and misses)
Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead is not only a mostly true statement (it worked for Michael Jackson, maybe not as much for Hitler) but also a new book from journalist Neil Strauss.
It reads like the inner workings of a celebrity reporter's mind.