Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman
Aimed squarely at multiplex audiences (yet still winning the Grand Prix at Cannes), Spike Lee’s powerful and entertaining BlacKkKlansman is quilted together from many pieces. The first piece involves the famous camera-crane, dolly-shot from Gone With the Wind where the screen ends up being filled with thousands of dead and dying Confederate soldiers. Then the clip stops, and the next piece features a white supremacist named Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard (Alec Baldwin) delivering an out-takes diatribe about miscegenation and mongrelization.
Q&A: New literary columnist Michelle Wing talks about writing
Michelle is a writer of poetry and creative nonfiction, and her new monthly column “Off the Page” appears next week. She also has deep roots in community journalism, having most recently finished an 11-year stint with the “Calistoga Tribune.” She serves on the board of Redwood Writers and is a member of the Healdsburg Literary Guild. Michelle lives in Cloverdale with her wife and a menagerie. She is assisted in her creative endeavors by her service dog Ripley, never more than a few inches away.
The War and Treaty – It’s a ‘Lover’s Game’
The War and Treaty, the husband-and-wife duo comprised of Michael and Tanya Trotter, return with Lover’s Game, an all-in spectacle of soul, rock ’n’ roll, and country rhythm & blues that shakes and simmers in just the right spots. For those who have followed...
A Few Good “Rio Nido” Reads from John McCarty
Year-round living on the Russian River really didn’t take root until the 1960s. Before that, residences were summer cabins only, used part of the year as a way to escape the fog-laden and downright cold days of summer that San Francisco typically offers.
