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The last four weeks have seen thousands of tributes to rocker David Bowie. Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute by Amanda Palmer and her Theatre is Evil collaborator, pop polymath Jherek Bischoff, is both gorgeous and ambitious. It...

Oscar winner Ben Affleck (“Argo,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”) stars in the title role of “The Accountant,” from director Gavin O’Connor (“Miracle,” “Pride and Glory,” “Warrior”). Christian Wolff (Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity...

If you’re able to read this, congratulations!  You’ve made it!  It’s 2017, and you are still alive.  I don’t really need to elaborate on the losses we’ve seen this year on an artistic front because aside from Trump’s electoral victory, they’ve been social...

(In what has become an annual tradition as we near the finish line for our LISTMANIA series, our good friend and long-time NCS comrade BadWolf (aka Joseph Schafer) takes a break from his responsibilities as editor of Invisible Oranges and brings us his...

Middle Grade YA Nonfiction Graphic Novels Adult Books 4 Teens DVD Audio Music Picture Books Cronin, Doreen. Smick! illus. by Juana Medina. 40p. Viking. Feb. 2015. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780670785780. PreS-Gr 1 –A pup named Smick, an ordinary stick...