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Review: Fine 'Hamlet' at the Guthrie is fitting ode to old building (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - "Hamlet" evokes conflicting feelings, such as you might have if you heard a dirge played at a wedding. Friday's opening of Shakespeare's most iconic tragedy was especially poignant because this production, set in the 1940s with profound clarity and inexorable pathos by director Joe Dowling, is freighted with the weight of all kinds of history. The opening of this play, about a prince visited by

Planning Your Wedding while Planning for the Future (Southwest Daily News) - (ARA) - Your wedding day should be special, with family and friends gathered to help you celebrate, the ceremony reflecting your love and the reception providing a perfect finale.

Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Yasmine’s Song (Scoop.co.nz) - “Yasmine’s Song” tells the story of Yasmine and Ziyad, a young couple who meet in secret and contemplate marriage, but are under cultural, economic and social pressures.

DVD Review: Remembering The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Blogcritics.org) - The original 110-minute TV movie was based on a novel by Ernest J. Gaines, and I saw if when it first came out in 1973 and never forgot it. The story starts out in February of 1962 on a classic southern plantation. In a set of ramshackle old cabins called the "quarters," a simple gathering is taking place to celebrate the 110th birthday of an ex-slave named Miss Jane Pittman. In the middle of

Start Your Marriage on Firm Financial Ground (Ridgecrest Daily Independent) - (ARA) - One of the most popular times of year to get married is finally here. Thousands of couples will tie the knot this spring and summer, most of them spending countless hours planning the wedding and honeymoon. But it seems very little thought goes into something just as important.

REVIEW / Labadie's Mozart both nimble and full-bodied (San Francisco Chronicle) - It isn't every conductor who can conduct Mozart's music with all the fleet dexterity of the period-instrument crowd while maintaining the tonal richness of the modern orchestra. Bernard Labadie, who led the San Francisco Symphony in a delectable all-Mozart...

Review: Matters of Life and Death by Bernard MacLaverty (Guardian Unlimited) - Anne Enright applauds Bernard MacLaverty's latest collection of short stories, Matters of Life and Death.

CD Review: RHCP: Stadium Arcadium (Jam! Showbiz) - Much ink has been spilled about how The Red Hot Chili Peppers' double-album Stadium Arcadium (in stores Tuesday) supposedly delivers the best of both worlds: The hard-pumping funk-punk lunacy of their early days and the stylish pop-rock of their recent discs.

Review: Mission: Impossible III (Canada.com) - Ethan Hunt is in love, and it's not a pretty sight. It's sort of like Tom Cruise being in love, only worse.

Former coach still teaching in police force (Journal Gazette & Times Courier) - By his own choice, Steve Simons recently gave up his day shift with free weekends to work the times most look to avoid. “Some people think I’m nuts,” he said with a laugh.