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Joe Wright attempts to slap a new facade on an old 'Anna Karenina' barnnew

Does Tolstoy really matter anymore? Directors regularly attempt to plunder the great master's musty catalog, among which the sweaty, love-drenched Anna Karenina ranks as one of the greats.

San Antonio Current | Corey Hall | 11-28-2012 | Movies

Rush comes to San Antonio with a first for the band: a string sectionnew

"I never expected it to be like this," Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said in a recent phone interview. "I had my 59th birthday [on Aug. 27], and [drummer Neil Peart] turned 60 a couple of weeks later. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it feels like it did in 1976."

San Antonio Current | Alan Sculley | 11-28-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Newsmonger: AG investigation into Daughters, Tracking chips and Devil marks, Climate bombnew

Buried in its 38-page report slamming the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the state Attorney General's office hones in on what led to the group's years-long mismanagement of the Alamo...

San Antonio Current | Michael Barajas | 11-28-2012 | Education

I.A.R. 12.3: Is there truth in photography?new

Artpace's current International Artists-in-Residence presents works by three artists who share a common interest: photography.

San Antonio Current | Scott Andrews | 11-28-2012 | Art

Life of Pi's success is visual, rather than dramaticnew

You will not see a better looking film this year. But you will undoubtedly see better films.

San Antonio Current | Jeffrey Meyer | 11-28-2012 | Reviews

The Next Peet's?new

Blue Bottle Coffee was recently purchased by a trio of venture capitalists known for growing small start-ups and then selling them to big companies.

East Bay Express | Darwin BondGraham | 11-28-2012 | Business & Labor

Tags: Tony Conrad

Faces of Deathnew

Canadian author lures readers, and pushes boundaries, by melding demons and du Maurier.

Colorado Springs Independent | Bret Wright | 11-28-2012 | Books

"We've Super-Sized Our Weather"new

Republican and evangelical Christian broadcast meteorologist Paul Douglas is on a mission to communicate urgency of climate change.

NUVO | Jim Poyser | 11-28-2012 | Environment

Tags: Climate Change, Paul Douglas

Flogging Molly finds hope in the darkest placesnew

Flogging Molly frontman Dave King is an Irish Springsteen. He writes songs that celebrate working-class values and the everyman's indomitable spirit. Not surprisingly, the songs are occasionally dark, especially when King recounts his impoverished Irish upbringing ("Life in a Tenement Square," "Screaming at the Wailing Wall"), but even these tunes are hoisted by the vitality and hope at their center.

Charleston City Paper | Chris Parker | 11-28-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

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