[Photo: Cirque du Soleil]
Mixing amazing acrobatics and clashing music and performance styles, Cirque du Soleil has reinvented the circus. And North America loves the dazzling assault on the eyes and mind. Story
Fear and loathing on the front porch
My wife and I were on the verge of going to sleep the other night when somebody rang our doorbell -- frantically.
Word for word: Ghostbuster U
Amid layoffs and an uncertain economy, many people are rethinking their careers, willingly or not. Always on the lookout for opportunity, we submit the Diploma Course in Parapsychology. It's a certification program offered by the American Institute of Parapsychology, headquartered in Gainesville (although the distance-learning course allows you to earn your degree by mail and e-mail).
Baroque brilliance in Florida's horse country
Ocala's Appleton Museum is attracting diverse major exhibitions with its spacious galleries and forceful director. The latest is the drawings of 17th century Flemish stars.
Gathering 'round with music
"I kind of love the idea of a sonic novel," Tori Amos says, speaking from New York about the thematic strands that course through her new album, Scarlet's Walk. "Storytelling by the fire with music, and how you take the stories from town to town, and the stories shift because of what you heard about in the last town."
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TAHITI 80, WALLPAPER FOR THE SOUL (MINTY FRESH) Two years ago, Tahiti 80 came out of nowhere (more specifically, France) to unleash their debut album Puzzle, a beguiling valentine for pop obsessives who believe the greatest music in the history of the world came out of England, circa 1964 to 1967.
