Critics' Picks: Tuesday 23With a list of past lecturers that includes novelists Richard Powers and Robert Coover, anthropologist and cultural critic Andrew Ross, and noted literary critics Sven   

At Kronos World Headquarters in San Francisco, violinist David Harrington is just finishing a rehearsal for the Kronos Quartet's upcoming tour. On the phone, in the first of several interviews   

Robert Moss is an explorer and journalist. And that's not even counting the work he does when he's awake. Moss, you see, is a dream journeyer, and his dream life plays an integral part of his   

At Kronos World Headquarters in San Francisco, violinist David Harrington is just finishing a rehearsal for the Kronos Quartet's upcoming tour. On the phone, in the first of several interviews   

No parking hassles. No traffic jams. No Chick-Fil-A. Sbarro? Uh-Uh. There's no trip to the mall for me. This Christmas, I'm doing my shopping online. In case you haven't heard, everything th  

"So what are you going to be for Halloween?" That's the question on everyone's lips this time of year. My standard reply: "I'm thinking of going as an elephant, but I need someone in the co  

If you're looking for unique dining and want a break from the urban life, Knotty Pine offers a taste of Cajun cuisine in a country setting. The rustic locale is a great part of its charm, though for  

They call it the rejection notice, the "ding" letter, and it is something all but the most fortunate writers have found in their mailboxes. It's often the painful punctuation to months, sometim  

Truth is supposedly stranger than fiction. But adventurer/historian/author Tim Severin has made a career of proving there is sometimes little difference between the two. In several nonfiction work  

Grab your overalls, urbanites. The Hamilton County Fair is on this weekend in Carthage. And for many of us city slickers, the fair presents a chance to get a taste of country life just by driving