Popular consciousness seems to absorb a new musical or two every few years. “Wicked” and “Hamilton” are the most recent Broadway shows to enter into mainstream lexicon and, outside of Disney animated fare like “Frozen” and “Moana,” “Pitch Perfect” and “The Greatest Showman” broke through on the big screen with radio-worthy pop hits...
A trio of recently published books shed light on the region’s history and the individuals who shaped it. In the self-published autobiography “My Flight,” Washington State University music professor emeritus James Schoepflin chronicles a life that spans growing up on the family farm in Viola to teaching music at colleges and universities in Tennessee, Iowa, Idaho and Washington...
Benedict Cumberbatch plays a darkly charismatic but brutal rancher in "The Power of the Dog" (2021, R), Jane Campion's western set in 1920s Montana. Jesse Plemons costars as his younger brother who marries a widow (Kirsten Dunst) with a gentle son (Kodi Smit-McPhee), all whom become targets of his bullying...
