Two stories

Two stories I loved on NPR in the past week . . . . https://www.npr.org/2025/12/20/nx-s1-5630365/a-look-at-the-musical-two-strangers-carry-a-cake-across-new-york And https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-s1-5498768/ralph-fiennes-nicholas-hytner-the-choral-film

Farewell

Saint Louis Frontenac cinemas are closing this weekend. I had a less-than-satisfactory visit there in December, but I’m still sad to see this local art house go . . . From STL magazine, with the byline Max Havey: After nearly three decades of serving arthouse crowds in the greater St. Louis area, the Landmark Plaza

Wile E.

Wile E. Coyote was going to have his moment in the big spotlight. Alas! https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1236257122/coyote-acme-warner-bros-movie-studios-mothball-films

Fall Break

This week is Fall Break at Webster University. I of course have ended up with a conference this coming weekend, and with much detail work to complete in preparation for that conference. But I’ll also find some time to play with Maisie, to clean the house and do some laundry, to cook, to work on

Jurassic theme

NPR ran a piece on Saturday about the theme music written by the exalted and most wonderful John Williams for the Jurassic Park movie soundtrack from 1993. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104145924/the-theme-to-jurassic-park-hasnt-aged-a-day “In 1993, composer John Williams’ theme for Jurassic Park defied traditional monster-movie musical tropes – instead of horror, Williams wrote a hymn for Steven Spielberg’s summer movie

In the Heights

This looks quite promising!