French novelist and essayist Marcel Proust wrote about love, loss and memory. While much of his inspiration came from anticipating life’s future possibilities, Proust’s greatest muse was the remembrance of things past. So, what does that have to do with the 22nd annual DÃa de los Muertos art exhibition presented…
The days get shorter, the air colder, and the monsters come out to prey this time of year, so be on guard. Zombies, vampires, werewolves and Sarah Palin–they’re all harbingers of doom and gloom, and you’re bound to see their faces around every corner, at least for a couple of…
Lots of people find car shows frightening, but the British Halloween car show combines two frightening things: Dads pacing around cars and Halloween. The British Emporium (billed as “the most British spot in town”) is hosting its annual fall car show, and it will be made even more frightening this…
One of my earliest childhood memories involves being left with a babysitter so that my parents could go see a Tina Turner concert. My babysitter was particularly morose because her idol, Sid Vicious, had just died. The fact that I remember this means that a) I am old and b)…
There are definite perks to being the second richest man in the world. For instance, instead of writing your memoirs, just pick out a writer to write a biography for you. Warren Buffett, investment “Oracle of Omaha” did just that, selecting Alice Schroeder to do the honors. And she’s here…
If you mention “The Wall” in China, no one really asks for further explanation. Perhaps some things are so colossal, their impact so widely felt, that they single-handedly define a term. The same might be said for another of China’s historical landmarks and tourist attractions, the Yangtze, known in China…
Ben Folds is quite the prankster. In a live broadcast via MySpace.com, he set up “audience members” to enact a drunken fall and a faux suicide attempt, and in another incident “leaked” fake songs and cover art from an unreleased album. Not what you’d expect from someone who once made…
Jackson Browne has been through many phases in his long and illustrious career. He started off as a songwriter for, among others, the ultimate West Coast band, The Eagles. Then Jackson ventured out on his own, having chart success as early as 1972. He was the poster boy for the…
The last time we heard from Jason Molina’s Magnolia Electric Co. was in 2007, when the band issued the Sojourner boxed set—a definitive four-CD statement containing the albums Nashville Moon, Shohola and Black Ram, as well as a four-song EP recorded in Memphis’ legendary Sun Studios. Since then, the ever-prolific…
Let me get this straight. Randy Jackson, not the Jackson brother but rather a guy who plays bass for the likes of Richard Marx, Michael Bolton and Blue Oyster Cult, is the authority on street dancing? And to help him choose the best of the pop-and-lock world, he chose J.C…
There are two reasons to go see author Sarah Rafael Garcia at Borders. One is to hear her read from her latest book Las Niñas: A Collection of Childhood Memories, which columnist Gustavo Arellano described as “a Latina Little Women, a real-life Judy Blume saga” before instructing, “If you have…
Sadly, the first time I was introduced to Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, wasn’t in the world religion classes I took in college. Instead, my introduction to this tremendous holiday was an episode of The Office, in which Michael Scott mistakenly believes that Diwali is the Indian equivalent of…
It’s always good to feel good. And it’s even better when you feel good because you’re doing good. And guess what goes well with doing good? Eating well at the Gourmet for Good benefit for the National Osteoporosis Foundation. The event begins with a cocktail reception at Light & Sie…
Art has a number of functions, both on a societal level and an individual level. It makes us think about space and color and form. It helps us relate to the world around us and view it through different lenses. It challenges our notions of beauty and culture. Sometimes, it’s…
Now, there is a Nancy Nichols who works at D magazine and writes about food and taught me a hell of a lot about hockey, once upon a time, but writing about husband-hunting–don’t think so. This Nancy Nichols, the one who is signing copies of her book at Barnes &…
The 1998 film Can’t Hardly Wait is like Kevin Bacon: Everything in the universe can be connected to it in six degrees or less. For example, three of the film’s leading actors went on to star on Six Feet Under together. And you know the Judd Apatow flick Forgetting Sarah…
When some of us here at Night & Day hear “Valley Ranch” we’re thinking more about condiments, not athletics. But hey, it takes all kinds, and we understand there are people who crave electrolytes, not dippin’ sauce. So, if you’re the kind who likes to jog or run there’s the…
Oscar Wilde is certainly one of the most celebrated personalities in all of literature. He’s credited with inspiring legions of glam rockers nearly 70 years after his death, and without him, our sweet, tortured Morrissey would have little to sing about. And that’s a reductionist view, at best–it would take…
Chicago band Mucca Pazza plays a punk- and gypsy-infused brand of marching music, sounding something like the cantina band from Return of the Jedi, or maybe a less cutesy version of local indie marchers Mount Righteous, who share a bill with the Chicagoans this Friday at the Modern Art Museum…
OK, so General Hospital’s Lucky (Greg Vaughan) is signing autographs and greeting fans as part of everyone’s favorite publication Soap Opera Digest’s “Shop Like a Soap Star” tour. Now, this is interesting to us, because we did want to know where soap stars got those iconic outfits–think Erica Kane’s shoulder-padded…
There are few people out there who are as badass as Anthony Hopkins–excuse me, Sir Anthony Hopkins to us layfolk. Right now his résumé reads like every aspiring actor’s wish list: With more than 100 screen and stage credits to his name, the Oscar/BAFTA/Golden Globe/Emmy Award-winning actor has played everything…
Thirteen teams of architects and engineers have teamed up to compete in the 2008 Canstruction Competition and Show. These gourmet gladiators will use their design skills to benefit the poor by building huge structures out of food. Here in Texas, we understand that the poor need food, but they also…
