Tom Hennessy frets in today’s Press-Telegram that too many people are forgetting to remember Pearl Harbor.  I appreciate his reminder — today is the 66th anniversary of Japan’s surprise aerial attack on U.S. warships as they floated like sitting ducks in Hawaii — but not so much his scolding tone. A lot has happened since Dec. 7, 1941. Perhaps [...]

Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. delivered the first atomic bomb
Let’s be honest: you probably didn’t know his name, or if you ever heard it, you probably forgot it–and maybe that’s the way he would have wanted it.

International City Theatre delivers a modernized goddess

For a play that begins with a flitting dream-sequence dance between a lovesick Japanese schoolgirl in traditional kimono and a droning Greek love goddess in flowing robes, Calling Aphrodite is surprisingly down-to-earth, particularly after the atom bomb explodes.
Velina Hasu Houston’s new drama is inspired by the cruel irony of [...]