Review '07, Preview '08
By LYNN ISRAEL of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia’s arts community was shaken up in 2007 by the sounds of hammers and saws at the Missouri Theatre and other locations such as the new Ragtag building. But the rumbling was also reflective of a new feeling on the streets. Art wasn’t taken for granted in 2007

Tribute to Rock Bridge student
Leandra Spangler’s art piece "Bedabbled with the Dew" was dedicated Thursday at Rock Bridge High School as a memorial for Paige Siddall, a RBHS senior who died Nov. 1, 2006, in a car crash on Route K. 

Performing Arts

First Night fans save with early button purchase
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
Celebrate the New Year at the 14th annual First Night celebration downtown and on the Stephens College campus.

Mockumentary moments
By MARK KENNEDY of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - The last person you might expect to bungle the casting of a play is David Henry Hwang.

Fearing not, Bill Bryson defends the Bard
By DESMOND RYAN The Philadelphia Inquirer
In adding to the groaning pile of this year’s Bard lit, Bill Bryson at least offers two qualities William Shakespeare prized and that are in chronically short supply in many books about him - brevity and wit.

ON STAGE

Music

NOTES AND TONES
Maria Schneider’s CD worthy of 2 Grammys
By JON W. POSES
Admittedly, I have more than a passing interest in composer Maria Schneider. I have been fortunate enough to see her perform on several occasions, mostly in New York City, which she has used as home base since moving there in 1985 after studying at the University of Minnesota, University of Miami and the Eastman School of Music.

Dead deities
By JOHN ROGERS of The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Deborah Chesher was culling through her old boxes of negatives one day when a thought crossed the photographer’s mind about how young and alive all of the guitar gods of her youth had been.

Grammy-nominees make good holiday gifts
By KEITH LAWRENCE of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
Looking for some last-minute gifts for bluegrass fans - or something to spend your gift cards on?

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Books

Nuclear fears lost amid gloomy chaos of ‘Doomsday Men’
By JONATHAN KATZ of The Associated Press
Buried at the end of "Doomsday Men" is a terrifying revelation sure to jolt anyone who dozed off along this mile-long narrative of humanity’s quest for the ultimate weapon.

COVER TO COVER
“Three Sisters” by James Doss
By OLINE H. COGDILL South Florida Sun-Sentinel
James Doss’ novels about Charlie Moon, a Colorado rancher and Ute tribal investigator, feel as if the author is sitting around a campfire, spinning a tall tale that engulfs a circle of listeners.

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Visual Arts

NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN EMERGING ARTIST
Jane Matranga
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
When she was a drawing and painting fine arts major at the University of Cincinnati, fabric painter Jane Matranga said she chickened out when it came to taking a sewing class for college credit, even though she had a lifelong love of fashion and wanted to learn.

Mock it, mate
By TOM HUNDLEY of the Chicago Tribune
LONDON - We don’t know his real name, or what he looks like, or where he will strike next.

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