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- Written by: Ted Kooser
Nothing brings a poem to life more quickly than the sense of smell, and Candace Black, who lives in Minnesota, gets hold of us immediately, in this poem about change, by putting us next to a dumpster.
Mr. D Shops At Fausto’s Food Palace
For years he lived close enough to smell
chicken and bananas rotting
in the trash bins, to surprise a cashier on break
smoking something suspicious when he walked
out the back gate. Did they have an account?
He can’t remember. Probably so, for all the milk
a large family went through, the last-minute
ingredients delivered by a smirking bag boy.
He liked to go himself, the parking lot’s
radiant heat erased once he got past the sweating
glass door, to troll the icy aisles in his slippers.
This was before high-end labels took over
shelf space, before baloney changed
its name to mortadella, before water
came in flavors, before fish
got flown in from somewhere else.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2010 by Candace Black, from her most recent book of poetry, Casa Marina, RopeWalk Press, 2010. Reprinted by permission of Candace Black and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2012 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. They do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
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- Written by: Tim Riley
It’s refreshing to find the occasional network honcho who may actually be telling the truth, even when his ambiguous phrasing of a pronouncement seems all too obviously questionable at best.
That was the case at last summer’s TV press tour for the FOX network when President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly proclaimed he would “look at” the return of “Breaking In” when the network revisits its “comedy block.”
When network chieftains tell you they will “look at” a particular program, you must resign yourself to the fact that it has as much chance of being resurrected as does the singing career of Vanilla Ice.
But then, Reilly did more than reconsider the future of Christian Slater in his role of the master of manipulation at an offbeat high-tech security firm.
As became clear at the winter TV press tour, “Breaking In” returns to the Tuesday night lineup, along with “Raising Hope” and “New Girl,” the latter starring the irrepressible Zooey Deschanel, recently nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her FOX series.
Network president Reilly may have been cagey with his answers to the gathering of the nation’s TV critics when he seemed less than forthcoming about the future prospects for the return next fall of “House” and “Fringe.”
If you love “Terra Nova” and think it is great family entertainment, Reilly offered some hope for a second season, but did say that there were “14 dramas on the network schedules this year” and most of them have “come and gone.”
Expensive production costs are an obvious factor for the fate of “Terra Nova,” and the handwriting is on the wall – kind of like a Washington stimulus package typically gone bad.
One of the most promising new shows of the mid-season is the one-hour crime drama “Alcatraz,” a bizarre supernatural thriller in which the most notorious criminals reappear 50 years after they vanished.
When San Francisco Police Department detective Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones) is assigned to a grisly homicide case, a fingerprint leads her to a seemingly impossible suspect – an Alcatraz inmate who died over 30 years ago.
Given that she had family members who worked at the prison, the detective’s interest is immediately piqued, and even more so, when a federal agent (Sam Neill) tries to impede her investigation.
Madsen gets partnered with an amateur Alcatraz expert and comic book enthusiast (Jorge Garcia), and they discover that the Alcatraz felon is still alive and has not aged a day since 1963.
The press notes indicate that the show investigates the shocking reappearance of 302 of Alcatraz’s inmates. Chasing one suspect a week could result in a decent run for this new series.
“The Finder” is a quirky, one-hour procedural centering on Iraq war veteran Walter Sherman (Geoff Stults), a remarkable man with the extraordinary ability to help people find what is irretrievably lost.
A severe injury during the war caused brain damage for Walter, but he acquired a strange power to find almost anything for just about anybody.
Because of his rare skills, Walter suffers occasional social ineptitude, general paranoia and case-related tunnel vision. That makes him a difficult person to work with, which of course is good enough reason for a TV series.
Kiefer Sutherland’s eight-season run on the Emmy Award winning series “24” made him one of the most definitive faces on the network.
Not surprisingly, Sutherland’s return to a TV series is eagerly anticipated in the uplifting drama “Touch,” the latest venture from “Heroes” creator Tim Kring.
Sutherland stars as a single father who discovers his mute 11-year-old autistic son possesses an extraordinary gift, the ability to see hidden patterns that connect people all over the world.
The severely autistic young boy shows little emotion, but he busies himself with cast-off cell phones, disassembling them and manipulating the parts, allowing him to see the world in his own special way.
Just as a social worker tries to intervene in the child’s life, Sutherland discovers his son has a gift of staggering genius but needs his father’s help to decipher the meaning of his discoveries.
Though FOX TV network is celebrating its 25th anniversary, it remains a relatively young network. “The Simpsons” has been on the FOX airwaves almost since day one.
Primetime animation has been an enormous part of the legacy, brand and identity of the FOX network. You can thank Bart Simpson for that.
Not surprisingly, FOX is the natural home for an animated series based on the hit film “Napoleon Dynamite,” the comic adventures of an awkward teenager and his offbeat family.
The original cast from the film lends their voices to their now-animated roles. John Heder is the voice of Napoleon, who faces down bullies and follows his own path while navigating small-town life in rural Idaho.
The teenager Napoleon, convinced he’s destined for greatness, spends his days practicing ninja moves, soul dancing and bragging about his girlfriend in Oklahoma whom nobody has ever seen.
Napoleon’s allies include Pedro (Efren Ramirez), his unflappable best friend who has recently been elected class president, and Deb (Tina Majorino), an incredibly sweet girl who sees the good in Napoleon and dreams of someday being his wife.
Oh yeah, you probably already know this: “American Idol” is back again for its eleventh season. Like it or not, we are stuck with host Ryan Seacrest for another run.
Tim Riley writes film and television reviews for Lake County News.
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The cost is only $35 per month, which includes unlimited Internet exposure at the Main Street Gallery online.
The First Friday Flings which spotlight the works are advertised locally in the news media, and the functions are very well received and attended – often attracting out-of-town guests.
Keeping the gallery filled with art from local artists is indispensable to the function of a healthy art community and with keeping the gallery in the public eye.
For more information contact Judy Cardinale at the Gallery on Fridays, 707-263-6658, or any other time via email,
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A case in point is the female version of “The Odd Couple.”
This production is Simon’s adaptation of his famous comedy “The Odd Couple,” with the main characters of Felix and Oscar changing to Olive and Florence.
The Lake County Theater Co. will perform the play in February and March at the Soper-Reese Community Theatre in Lakeport. Rehearsals now are in full swing.
This version of the play is more modern, a little racier and in many ways funnier according to Director Linda Guebert.
The dynamics are the same: a sloppy person and a fastidious one living together in an apartment that could use a major clean up.
Their female friends come over to play “Trivial Pursuit” instead of poker with drop-in visits from the Spanish brothers who live in an upstairs apartment.
Watching the antics of these characters as the story progresses is a belly laughing experience not to be missed.
Performance dates are 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, and Saturday, Feb. 25, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26; and Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 4, at 2 p.m.
Ticket prices are $18 reserved, $15 general with a $3 discount for seniors, students and Lake County Theater Co. members.
Tickets are on sale online at www.Soperreesetheatre.com or at the theater box office, 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport, on Fridays starting at 10 a.m., and at The Travel Center, 1265 S. Main St., Lakeport, 707-263-3095.
For more information call 707-279-4514.