John Kelly's Commons: September 27, 2009 - October 3, 2009
Stage Combat: Cell Phones in the Audience
The new Broadway drama "A Steady Rain" doesn't get a very good review in The Post today. But it's already a hit in my book for the way star Hugh Jackman showed his irritation at a cell phone that rang...
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September 30, 2009; 9:30 AM ET |
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Radical Civility
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Don't Go Toward the Light: Subway Suicides
Local film and music critic (and Orientophile) Mark Jenkins sent me a link to an interesting story out of Japan. In an attempt to reduce suicides on its tracks, East Japan Railway is installing blue mood lighting in its stations....
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September 29, 2009; 10:00 AM ET |
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Photo Flashback: Feline Assistant Edition
I've run two dog photos in this feature and now the cat people are clamoring for equal time. How about this one: It ran in The Post on Jan. 2, 1945, accompanying this story: "Minnie," feline rat exterminator of the...
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September 28, 2009; 2:10 PM ET |
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Photos of Washington
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