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Miss Bennet gets a makeover in ACT’s “Christmas at Pemberley”
Poor Mary Bennet. The middle child of the five Bennet sisters, she has been mostly relegated to the sidelines of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” for two centuries, while her older sisters Jane...
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 27-28
Hey, it's the weekend right after Black Friday! Exhausted from the Thanksgiving meal? From frenzied shopping? If not ... why not? What kind of American are you? Only about five weeks remain in this...
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 20-21
Thanksgiving is Thursday, and so I vowed to stuff this edition of Your Weekend Reader with stories that evoked some sense of gratitude -- and that vow lasted until Monday morning, when I read this...
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 13-14
We started the last edition of Weekend Reader with a disturbing report close to home: a New York Times story about death threats being sent to a member of the Corvallis School Board. This week,...
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 6-7
Only a few shopping weeks remain until Christmas -- but if you'd rather blow another couple of days with carefully curated and provocative reading selections, that's a good choice as well,...
About Tuesday’s election
Tuesday is Election Day throughout Benton County, and, granted, this is not the most scintillating election you've ever experienced (unless you're voting for the first time, in which case be assured...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 30-31
Boo! It's Halloween weekend, and the weather out here looks like it'll be a nice night on Sunday for trick-or-treating. In that spirit, this edition of Your Weekend Reader features all treats, and...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 23-24
Let's start this weekend with a provocative new piece from The Atlantic's Pulitzer-winning science writer, Ed Yong, about the future of public health -- a particularly timely topic these days....