Arts & Life

In the wacky world that exists in Mel Brooks's head came a production with such kerfuffery, such skullduggery, such bamboozlement that only the zany entertainers of Judy Russell's could possibly pull it off.

Style-savvy, fashion-forward women can now click their way into better living with Framework Magazine, an online resource created by Duchess Park grad Bria Lear.

With more than 17,000 comic books on hand, a local collector doesn't go for the most popular stories but found his own path of animated adventure.

Tristan Ghostkeeper, 16, local dancer, won the senior modern dance category at one competition and took the title of performer of the year at another.

One of the last century's biggest contributions to literature is the graphic novel. Say what you want about comic books not being real literature but graphic novels are a large part of how people do their reading these days.

One man's journey from a sordid past to an uncertain future is captured on film as local writer/filmmaker social worker Curtis Good debuts My Unwanted Guest Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m. at Art Space.

1. Maus (Pantheon Books) Art Spiegelman's telling of his father's experiences as a Jew in Nazi Germany is very revealing of the horrors of the concentration camps.

Once upon a time there was a lovely lady, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who grew up and married a rugged man and they had four children under the age of nine and lived in a yurt in the woods.

June Gamble, Tracey Edwards and Jody Dakus are hosting a benefit for the employees of Lakeland Mills at the Roll-A-Dome on Saturday, June 9 at 6:30 p.m. "We've been asked so many times," said Gamble.

For one northern artist it's important for people to feel like part of public art in their community.