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We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word -- Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore? The really awesome beer? -- to folks who are much smarter and more sober. The Irish count four No ... More >>

Soundtracking a Soul-Cleansing Trip to Ireland

Flickr/Dargott72​ In the Irish town of Recess, there is a monument that proclaims: "On this site in 1897 nothing happened." I've never visited Recess during what has essentially become biennial excursions to Ireland; I've only passed by during bumpy bus rides from Galway to Clifden and back. ... More >>

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Tamara Palmer​Lafitte is the new restaurant from "Dissident Chef" Russell Jackson, who most recently hosted underground meals under the Sub-Culture Dining banner. More than two years in the making, the waterfront, pirate-named spot opened its doors for dinner on April 6, and expects to begin l ... More >>

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Tamara Palmer​Lafitte is the new restaurant from "Dissident Chef" Russell Jackson, who most recently hosted underground meals under the Sub-Culture Dining banner. More than two years in the making, the waterfront, pirate-named spot opened its doors for dinner on April 6, and expects to begin l ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Ancient Chinese Secret?

Christopher Chan/FlickrTaste the inscrutability.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Grant does Grant: The Bold Italic's Nicole Grant plays tourist in Chinatown, a nabe that intrigued Oscar Wilde in 1882. Grant: These days, it's hard not to think of Chinatown as a larger version of the 30 Sto ... More >>

Easy Virtue

Christopher Chan/FlickrTaste the inscrutability.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Grant does Grant: The Bold Italic's Nicole Grant plays tourist in Chinatown, a nabe that intrigued Oscar Wilde in 1882. Grant: These days, it's hard not to think of Chinatown as a larger version of the 30 Sto ... More >>

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A Good Woman would benefit from a good actor or two

The Nude Bomb

Mrs. Henderson shakes up war-torn Britain with an assault of the flesh

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Flashback to the '80s with shows from the New York Dolls and Trashcan Sinatras

Vile With a Smile

Stephen Fry masterfully transcribes the wit of Waugh to the big screen

Fooling the Audience

A light, elegant, and appropriately deceitful Earnest

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Deborah Hayden's new book, Pox, pulls the covers off famous people with syphilis. That's right: syphilis.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Women playing men who love men and women, set in Victorian mansions around the Bay Area

Carved in Stone

Four famous, dead, gay writers stage a hilarious catfight when a new young ghost arrives in their midst

All in the Family

In this French farce, people get kicked, inebriated, and nearly shot; in short, it's a riot

Fender Bending

Ethics in the neighborhood

Highlands and Lowlands

It may feel set in a different era, but ACT's Glengarry Glen Ross still resonates, with fortunes that rise and fall like stock prices

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Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece

Best Cafe Mocha

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A.E.I.O.U.

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Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

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Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll. Korea.

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Drowning in Memory

A Pure Formality opens the floodgates to a mystery, but never wide enough to allow crucial details to spill out

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