The man behind the man behind the curtain
What magic L. Frank Baum, the wizard of all those Oz stories, wrought 100 years ago today. Before "the movie" there was simply a bedtime story turned legend.

Lady Chablis moves in
The Lady Chablis, a drag queen whose outrageous antics lit up the pages of John Berendt's bestseller, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and who played herself in the Clint Eastwood movie, has moved to southeast St. Petersburg.

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Baryshnikov still rules stage
Though his heavenly leaps have more of the earth in them now, and the rarefied twists, turns and bows of his boyish form speak of a more mature dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov still commands the attention of an audience like an emperor.