Lord Byron

The 1980s. The Peruvian countryside. Architect Antoni Gaudi. Angst-ridden schoolgirls. Inspiration for the runway shows that began here over the weekend seemed to come from just about anything, perhaps indicating the confused state of fashion right...

A Wesleyan geology professor is on to something - like what really made the oracle speak, or dragons spew fire. Or where in the world Frodo fought the last battle in "Lord of the Rings." • • • The target audience for "The Lord of the Rings" movie...

A 10-piece band with a harp and an accordion cranked out a mambo from a stage in the overflowing plaza. A tall man with blue-black hair beckoned my wife over to a long table. "Vino rosso?" he asked, and he poured Bobbie two glasses of a robust red wine....

When Tom Stoppard's artfully arcane "Arcadia" first showed up in 1993, it was met with the kind of over-the-top deference specially reserved for a play almost impossible to fully comprehend. There are so many themes jostling for attention in this heady...

Friday April 28, 1995      "A Pyromaniac's Love Story" practically pants for your approval. It's a strenuous, sweet-natured romantic comedy that never really works its way into your heart--or your head. Maybe it's the fault of the premise--a bakery burns...