It was an event, McMichael posits, caught between a set of climatic events and the devastating plague that ensued. Most of us learned about this devastating plague back in grade school; refresher courses came with Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal...

WSC Avant Bard’s bright, fast production of Albert Camus’s “Les Justes (The Just Ones),” the characters gather and debate on a tight, elevated white platform, with the audience in Arlington’s intimate Artisphere surrounding the stage. David C. Ghatan’s...

Me? I had an anti-Valentine's day at my local bar with the ghost of Albert Camus, an existential crisis, and a decent bottle of wine. Here's what occurred to the four of us while we were angsting out. I've made the point before that our economy seems...

Me? I had an anti-Valentine's day at my local bar with the ghost of Albert Camus, an existential crisis, and a decent bottle of wine. Here's what occurred to the four of us while we were angsting out. I've made the point before that our economy seems...

Never is that more true than with gardening in winter. One traditionally pictures a winter garden as stark and bleak, banked with snow and leaves. Just under the surface, however, a winter garden teems with life. Spring bulbs quietly await their...

Albert Camus' poignant exploration of the absurd in Greek mythology, the mortal Sisyphus is condemned by the gods to roll a boulder to the top of a mountain, only to see it fall down again of its own weight, repeated for eternity. Often, the transition...