Most damaged items are destined for the garbage, or at very least the back of the shelf. However, the University of Nebraska Press puts their “hurt books” on the front shelf — at least two times a year.  ...

Columnist’s note: Known to jump without warning from unnecessary metaphor to non sequitur to entirely made-up word, columnist Michael Todd has stepped up his game this week by churning out a piece of ADD journalism that may cause some to convulse in...

The Internet can be the mother of obsession.  ...

In the days of Shakespeare, it was expected that women would not be seen on a theater stage. But even today, women still struggle to find their place on the stage....

Justin Kredible is credited as being “like a magician, but cooler.”  ...

Oh, timing, you are such a bitch. Six weeks ago, I wrote a column flaunting my ever-so-happy single status. I boasted that I – and all my fellow single ladies – had the freedom to do as we please. And in real life, I was truly enjoying my sing...

Do what you love. It’s an oft-heard piece of advice that usually goes disregarded, consciously or not. But for some, like viola-slinging singer/songwriter Anni Rossi, it’s only common sense that there’s no better way to take advantage of...

In addition to all the academic writing going on this time of year, imagine writing a 50,000-word novel by the end of November. Thousands will attempt this feat during National Novel Writing Month, which takes place every November....

The hundreds of heroes and villains that make up the Marvel Comics universe have drawn in fans of all ages for 70 years, and the target market of everyone is what developer THQ was hoping to hit with its new game “Marvel Super Hero Squad.”...

In 2004, Say Anything released “…is a Real Boy,” which, in my opinion, is one of the best albums released in the past five years....

The one word that sums up Weezer’s new album “Raditude” is fun....

The guitar is a strange and wonderful instrument. From its earliest days, it has been the instrument of shepherds and kings alike. It has been used in almost every musical style from chamber orchestra to folk to jazz to court music to rock ‘n’...

Listening to Devendra Banhart’s newest record, “What Will We Be,” reminded me of an exchange between Doug Funnie and an exchange student named Fentruck. After asking Doug to “letterize” a piece of correspondence for him, Fent...

Student dancers will take the stage at the Sheldon Museum of Art tonight. The event marks the premiere showing for University of Nebraska-Lincoln dance program at the museum....

Tales of the mystical King Arthur pulling a sword from a stone, the legend of Camelot and an adulterous love triangle will take to the Lied Center for Performing Arts’ stage tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the musical “Camelot.” The Broadway sho...

Malcolm Gladwell has been a favorite author of mine ever since I read my brother’s copy of “Blink.” He writes informative nonfiction in clear, easy, conversational prose. Seeing as his last book, “Outliers,” was published les...

Many people have heard of “Freakonomics.” It was a study of incentives, written in plain and understandable English, that came to surprising and controversial conclusions. As a fan of the original, I made sure to grab its sequel, “SuperF...

Chuck Klosterman has always been something of a cultural enigma. Klosterman’s latest book, “Eating the Dinosaur,” once again meets the expectations of culturally bizarre but highly relevant writing. ...

I really like getting gifts. But, I really don’t like what gifts mean. Now that Halloween is over, it’s the Christmas season. Today is also my birthday. And it makes me think about what it means to give....

Over the past 100 years, horror has proven to be the most durable genre of the cinema. It has survived countless failures and relentless critical disapproval, and has continued to sell well since it was popularized in the ‘30s....