This week’s reviews include Huck Finn retold from Jim’s perspective and revelations from Alua Arthur, a ‘death doula,’ in “Briefly Perfectly Human.” JAMES by Percival Everett Published by Doubleday (March 19, 2024) Hardcover $18.41Audiobook $14.99 By Drew Gallagher We interrupt this review of James by Percival Everett for a public service announcement. As a reader […]
A whole cadre of rockers seems to behind Trump, and Drew has the flip-side on what it’s all about. And please, please, please Mr. Rock, don’t sue us. I recognize that some readers of The Fredericksburg Advance believe that Donald Trump is the best candidate for the office of the President of the United States. […]
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare Presented by UMW Theatre, directed by Marc WilliamsTickets $23.00- $28.00 By Dennis WemmTHEATRE CRITIC So the play happens to be 422 years old, written in a mix of early modern English prose and poetry, sprinkled with songs until it’s almost a musical comedy. It deals with cross-dressing, the mistakes people […]
This week’s reviews include the dystopian fantasy worlds of Emily Lloyd-Jones’s “The Bone House” and Donna Barba Higuera’s “The Last Cuentista.” Finally, a book for the fisher in your life. For Younger Readers By Nathan SekingerBOOK REVIEWER April is the perfect time to celebrate libraries. School Library week is April 7 – 13, and the […]
Basketball, elections? It’s that time of year. March Madness Many months ago, there were some 351 men’s basketball teams starting with the same win-loss record. Any of them could have gone to the “big dance” to win the national title. However only one will accomplish this. In the end, as the final four becomes the […]
The week’s reviews include Freya Sampson’s feel-good mystery “Nosy Neighbors” and Justinian Huang’s debut love story “The Emperor and the Endless Palace.” NOSY NEIGHBORS by Freya Sampson Published by Penguin Random House (April 2, 2024)Paperback $15.28Audiobook $14.99 By Drew Gallagher After three novels, it appears that Freya Sampson has found a formula that works for […]
It’s Drew Time! – You’d think an unpaid humorist wouldn’t work all that hard, but alas, poor Drew is worn-out and turning to AI and Christopher Moore to bail him out. By Drew GallagherHUMORIST I have noticed a few concerning trends lately when it comes to writing, and, in fairness, I think I am working […]
This classic play closes Sunday, so we’re bringing you Wemm’s column early. A classic Shakespearian tragedy that strikes all the right chords is worth your time – young lovers, or their adult leaders. by Dennis WemmTHEATRE CRITIC Romeo and Juliet, by William ShakespeareAdapted and directed by Bill GreenStage Door Productions at the Allstate Community Theatre810 […]
The Advance interviews Sarah Bockel who plays Tina Turner’s long-time friend and road manager Rhonda Graam in this musical playing through April 7 at Altria Theater in Richmond. Broadway In Richmond is bringing TINA – The Tina Turner Musical to the Altria theater for a limited five-day run starting on April 2nd. FBXG Advance talked […]
Reviews of Stephanie Dray’s “Becoming Madame Secretary,” the story of Frances Perkins, the first woman United States Cabinet Secretary, and “Nightwatching,” a debut thriller by Tracy Sierra. BECOMING MADAME SECRETARY by Stephanie Dray Published by Berkeley (March 12, 2024) Hardcover $26.08Audiobook $14.99 Reviewed by Penny A Parrish New York City in the early 1900s was a […]
