Feb 8-14, 2006
The Ladies LeMay Gussy Up for Another Good Cause; Sanders Passes Out at the Funeral Service of a Vermonter Soldier; Can Community Gardens Weed Out Food Insecurity?
News Quirks 02.08.06
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Kansas City, Mo., accused Virgil Dennis, 22, of ordering three pizzas, then pressing a knife against the delivery driver’s neck and taking the pizzas without paying. Investigators found that the address the suspect had given Pizza Hut was a vacant apartment, but the phone number belonged to an apartment two…
Relatively Young
Sanders passes out at the funeral service of a Vermonter soldier, raising questions about his health.
Astrology 02.08.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Happy Valentine Daze, Aries! As I meditated on what advice would be most likely to energize your love life, I thought of what Clarissa Pinkola Estes said in her book Women Who Run With the Wolves. “The desire to force love to live only in its most positive form,” she wrote,…
Lucy Vincent, Lucy Vincent
(Self-released, CD) Let me get this right out of the way: Vermont transplants Lucy Vincent are ridiculously tight. There’s an overabundance of jam/groove/funk acts these days, but this trio’s turn-on-a-dime musicality, honed in a Monday-night residency at Nectar’s, is noteworthy. The band’s self-titled debut is squarely aimed at the ball-cap and spaghetti-strap set. Unlike some…
Sly Chi, Wave Sound
(Self-released, CD) On first listen, it’s hard to tell: Is Portland, Maine’s Sly Chi a white-funk band or a funky white band? Is there a difference, and should it matter? Although the band’s latest disc, Wave Sound, is somewhat vanilla, it’s hardly Grippo redux. First of all, there are no covers to be found. Various…
TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE****
Johnny Depp stars in the director’s latest experiment in stop-motion animation, the saga of a young man who finds himself betrothed to a dead woman. Also featuring the voices of Helena Bonham Carter and Emily Watson. (74 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/corpse_bride/
THE LEGEND OF ZORRO**1/2
Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones dust off their buckles to swash through this follow-up to their 1998 hit. This time around, the masked man faces pressure from his wife to give up his secret identity and get a real job. Rufus Sewell costars. Martin Campbell directs. (130 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/thelegendofzorro/
SUPERCROSS: THE MOVIE*1/2
Mike Vogel and Steve Howey star in the story of two brothers who go head-to-head in the highly competitive world of motorcycle racing. Sophia Bush and Aaron Carter costar. Steve Boyum directs. (92 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/red_eye/
IN HER SHOES***
Curtis Hanson directs the big-screen version of Jennifer Weiner’s 2002 bestseller about a pair of sisters who have nothing in common except their shoe size. Starring Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette. (130 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/in_her_shoes.html
