Living

From bulbs to blooms

Spring color and fragrance from bulbs is far from our minds when all we see is the funny dried, brown things in garden stores.

Feminist wine club raises money and spirits

Women now have an easy way to learn about wine, build community and support female winemakers and feminist causes.

Rooftop veggie plots take root in Japan

TOKYO – During his lunch breaks, Hayato Kashiwagi slips out of his office in Tokyo and heads for a nearby building where, on the rooftop three stories up, he tends a garden teeming with vegetables.

T's raise social consciousness

Prime time for wildlife show

There are plenty of reasons to head outdoors to watch wildlife this fall and winter, including opportunities to see feeding elk, spawning salmon and migrating shorebirds.

Bundle up and get digging

Most people cringe at the idea of getting out a shovel and digging - unless they're on a coastal beach and digging for razor clams.

Imagination dominates 'Turn of the Screw'

Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted or written many horror and mystery stories for the stage, including "Murder by Poe" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." He also wrote the play based on the immensely popular "Tuesdays With Morrie."

Quirky favorite sets tone of cinema celebration

Imagine a science-fiction film made by the co-creator of "Saturday Night Live."

Bush, Obama, relationships all fodder for Clinton’s act

Lesbian political humorist Kate Clinton believes comedy can make a difference. Still, her goal is not so much to effect change as to leave audiences laughing.

Too much animation makes ‘Christmas Carol’ creepy

The new Disney “A Christmas Carol” is another epic achievement in motion-capture animation, advancing the art form closer to photo-realism than “The Polar Express” or “Beowulf.” Dazzling, ornate visuals take us to the snowy London of 1837, swooping over its digital rooftops and down its digital chimneys. Faces take on musculature, expression and detail.