Reel-time Drama
By SETH ASHLEY of the Tribune’s staff
After each of his first two years running the True/False Film Festival, Paul Sturtz vowed never to do it again. It’s no easy task to organize one of Columbia’s premier cultural events; the demands always took their toll and left Sturtz too drained to enjoy the fruits of his labor.
● TRUE/FALSE FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN EMERGING ARTIST
George Galbreath
By MARCIA VANDERLIP of the Tribune’s staff
These days, George Galbreath is too busy teaching to make art. That is a problem many art teachers face, but for Galbreath, it’s not such a quandary. He loves teaching.

Photojournalist honored

The Hulk dons a badge

Conan meets his match

PERFORMING ARTS

Usher in a star
By MARK KENNEDY of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - How sizzling is John Lloyd Young’s theater career right now?

ON STAGE

MUSIC

NOTES AND TONES
Keyboardist weaves gold from many strands in newest album
By JON POSES
I am compelled - and happily so - at the start of this column to say that I personally know keyboardist Larry Goldings and have worked with him on tour, as well as in the capacity of executive director of the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series.

Hard-driven
By SHEILA FLYNN of The Associated Press
DALLAS - Phillip Washington stepped on stage and began fiddling with the wires dangling from his laptop computer, his slight frame bent over the machine and adjacent keyboard as chatter among audience members filled the darkened Dallas nightclub.

CHART TOPPERS

LIVE MUSIC

BOOKS

From Dr. King to B.B. King, books explore the black experience
By RON BERTHEL of The Associated Press
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a secretary at the Montgomery, Ala., office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, defied the law by refusing to give a white man her seat in the "colored" section of a city bus. Parks was arrested and tried and convicted of disorderly conduct.

COVER TO COVER
“Canine Body Language: A Photographic Guide Interpreting the Native Language of the Domestic Dog” by Brenda Aloff (Dogwise Publishing, 157 pages)
By RANNY GREEN of The Seattle Times
When you’ve been reviewing pet books for more than a quarter-century, there’s a temptation to become a bit cynical about volumes touting a new perspective on canine behavior. What more can possibly be said?

BEST SELLERS

VISUAL ARTS

Exhibit billows with Windy City talent
By JOANN LOVIGLIO of The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA - When it comes to aesthetic and creative movements, Chicago is often more closely connected with architecture and music than painting and sculpture

Rebel with a cause
By F.N. D’ALESSIO of The Associated Press
CHICAGO - As far as artists’ names go, they don’t come any more ornate or romantic than that of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, and some - but definitely not all - of his works fit the image of his multi-barreled moniker.

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