Music in the Park 2013 is held the first four Sundays in March
The Mayor's Council on the Arts for the City of Gonzales announces a new spring concert series for 2013. The free concerts in Jambalaya Park will be from 2-5 p.m., Sundays, March 3 through March 24....
View ArticleMovie review: Youll want these Side Effects
Money, sex, insider trading, prison time, emotional distress, prescription drugs and their (see title), doctor-patient relationships, ethics probes, murder. This new mystery-thriller from director...
View ArticleMovie review: 56 Up an engaging reality series
Every seven years, since 1964, British TV viewers have been treated to a phenomenon: an insightful, humorous, sobering, life-affirming series of shows, the first of which focused on a group of...
View ArticleThe Readers Writers: Paranormal romance author Lexi George
I dont have a list of favorite romance authors. But if I did, Lexi George would join Victoria Alexander in my top five.An appellate attorney by trade, Lexi grew up in an Alabama rural community where...
View ArticleYouth Oasis Children's Shelter announces Band Fest
Youth Oasis Children’s Shelter is excited to announce they will be hosting their first ever Band Fest Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 6-9 p.m. at the Hilton Capitol Center.The event will feature four local...
View ArticleMovie review: Beautiful Creatures kind of like Twilight, but better
A boy meets a girl, and theyre different from each other, but they dont let that get in the way of romance. OK, stop thinking about Twilight or the much more recent Warm Bodies. This new one,...
View ArticleMovie review: John Dies at the End
SPOILER ALERT! John does NOT die at the end. He dies at about the halfway point. Or maybe its a third of the way in. Hold on, he might not be dead at all.Wow, if that doesnt pique your interest, this...
View ArticleMovie review: Dwayne Johnson cant save Snitch
As I was leaving an advance screening of this new action movie starring Dwayne Johnson, a critic friend of mine said to me, I liked The Tooth Fairy better, referring to an earlier, really bad...
View ArticleMarch brings a new season of 'Free Live Music' to Gonzales Jambalaya Park
The Mayor's Council on the Arts for the City of Gonzales announced a new spring concert series for 2013. The free concerts in Jambalaya Park will be from 2-5 p.m., Sundays, March 3 through March 24....
View ArticleMovie review: Oz the Great and Powerful a vibrant, worthy prequel
A great idea, pulled off to just short of perfection. Its a prequel, of sorts, to The Wizard of Oz, in which were introduced to the young Kansas sideshow huckster who ends up in the magic land of...
View ArticleJim Carrey works his magic in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Jim Carrey can play it all: dark and light, down-to-earth and outrageous. He can jump from The Cable Guy to I Love You Phillip Morris, from The Truman Show to Dumb & Dumber without missing...
View ArticleMovie review: Admission adaptation wont please fans of the novel
Films like this comedy have a guaranteed opening weekend audience just because a big TV star has the lead role and is all over the poster. That would be 30 Rocks Tina Fey. Those folks probably wont...
View ArticleMovie review: Olympus Has Fallen will have you cheering
There are all sorts of lessons to be learned in this violent, exciting, flag-waving chunk of action cinema.One: When a knowledgeable military person radios his chopper pilots with the warning, Be on...
View ArticleMovie review: The Host not as profound as it thinks it is
A few months from now, when you visit Netflix, youll have a choice of two films titled The Host. Therell be the excellent 2006 Korean horror film about a creature that comes out of a river and...
View ArticleThe Readers Writers: Romance author and NASCAR commentator S.D. Grady
On the one hand, S.D. Grady writes the Sitting In The Stands: A Fans View column for Frontstretch.com, an e-zine dedicated to NASCAR fans. Her other persona pens some very interesting romance...
View ArticleThe Farr Side: Talent is promising for The Voice
Im sorry if youre still watching Dancing With The Stars. If you are, it means youre missing The Voice. And let me tell you youre missing out on one great show.The Voice is back for Season 4...
View ArticleMovie review: Evil Dead a worthy reboot
The ads for this reboot of Sam Raimis fright fests of the 80s, The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2, label it the most terrifying film ever made. Well, no, that honor still goes to The Exorcist....
View ArticleMovie review: 42 is a classy look at Jackie Robinson
Im not a big fan of biopics. Theres always too much of the subjects life left in or out. If theyre heroes, theyre usually put up on a pedestal, shown in an almost godlike manner. If theyre at the...
View ArticleThe Readers Writers: Authors Sandra Stixrude and Angel Martinez
Were introducing one author writing under two names in the genres of science fiction and paranormal. Sandra Stixrude pens stories that can be read by the entire family. Angel Martinez, well, lets...
View ArticleMark Wahlberg talks about Pain & Gain
When Mark Wahlberg takes on a role in a film, he becomes that character. Not in any method way of acting. Rather, he preps for the part, then infuses any relatable pieces of himself into whoever hes...
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