JMU Opera raises curtain

Forget "General Hospital." No one cares about "Days of Our Lives." The only worthwhile "operas" are coming to JMU this weekend. Many of JMU’s singers and performers have collaborated to bring opera to Harrisonburg.

Although one week remains until Halloween, a haunting silence will clothe the campus tomorrow evening when droves of rock lovers flock to the Convocation Center to see the demigods of 311.

'Runaway Jury' all-star cast, dramatic camera shots keep viewers wanting more

It might seem like the same old thing to make a John Grisham novel into a movie, but an all-star cast and outstanding directing by Gary Fleder ("Don't Say a Word") makes "Runaway Jury" anything but ordinary.

All Things Literary

The first time I came across Salman Rushdie, if my memory dutifully serves, had to have been sometime during middle school. This was during the period of my youth when books were the furthest things from my mind — a time I, half-jokingly, refer to as the Dark Ages.

Moviegoers who are looking to turn up the heat this fall should head south of the border — or at least go downtown. The Arts Council of the Valley will warm up the screen with the first annual Latino Film Festival, beginning tonight at Court Square Theater in downtown Harrisonburg.

Sex in the Suburbs

Men have been fascinated with women since the dawn of time. Things were much easier back then. Nowadays, it would be judged a serious social faux pas to grunt at a woman and drag her back to your cave. Men have been forced to become more understanding with their romancing tactics.

Noteworthy CD Review

Recordings from rock bands such as Radiohead and the Smashing Pumpkins, where each album is a separate work of art that signifies the band's logical progression as artists, are far from the spectrum of music of The Rapture in its third album, "Echoes."