I try to not sweat the small stuff. If I flunk a quiz, I resolve to study harder for the next one. If the wait for food is long, I never fume at the workers. Nonetheless, some of the decisions that I weigh heavily others might regard as trivial. Take my desktop background as an [...]

Diwali, Ashoka’s cultural show dedicated to celebrating the Festival of Lights, is at Edison Theatre this weekend. Friday and Saturday evening shows are sold out, but there are a little over a hundred tickets remaining for Saturday at noon. Why anyone needs persuasion to attend is beyond me, but here are the Top Seven Reasons [...]

“Amadeus,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “A Man for All Seasons” and “Casablanca.” “Chicago,” “My Fair Lady,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” and even “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Hollywood seldom hesitates to adapt a play for the big screen, especially after a successful run on Broadway. Recently, while thinking about Chris Kammerer’s “The Stoke Scriptures” and [...]