Touring

The Shelf Talker: Butterscotch, and Prairie Home Companion

Kevin Smokler | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media


Kevin Smokler

Never mind TST would watch Lynn Freed read the back of a soup can. Give her 10 minutes and she'd have that soup can speaking Dutch and flirting with a bag of soda crackers. Simply one of the classiest acts in contemporary literature. Makes you feel smarter just hanging around.

The Shelf Talker: Hip-Hop, Watchmen and New Zealand

Kevin Smokler | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media


Kevin Smokler

Nelson George is a one man Harlem Renaissance, more responsible than nearly any other writer for chronicling hip-hop and contemporary black culture's conversion into the lingua franca of our age.

It's a Hard Rock Life: On the Road With the School of Rock All-Stars

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 08.01.2008 | Entertainment


Ashley Van Buren

The School of Rock All-Stars, who represent the cream of the crop at Paul Green's School of Rock, play everything from Cream and Clapton to Zappa and Zeppelin.