Play review
Audience decides 'Drood' ending
By Sally Carpenter sallyc@theacorn.com
      Charles Dickens began writing "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," but died before he finished the book, leaving no notes about how he intended it to end. Playwright Rupert Holmes wasn't stopped by a little thing like a missing ending. He created a musical wherein the audience is asked to vo...
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A day of caring meant a day of sharing
     NEW FRIENDS- Destiny Rivas, 4, of Santa Paula, left, laughs with United Way volunteer Dana Paulinski of Ventura as they make beaded bracelets at the Picnic in the Park at Camarillo's Mission Oaks Park on Saturday. Meanwhile, 9-year-old Oxnard resident Michelle Keyes, below, toasts her eclair over co...
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"In the Valley of Elah"
      The war movie has been a typically American ritual for many decades. It's also been a barometer of America's consciousness, a cinematic dipstick plumbing the depths of our patriotic id.
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Ojai Film fest to include Q & A session with actors
Matthew Perry and Mary Steenburgen to attend four-day event
      The eighth annual Ojai Film Festival will take place from Thurs., Oct. 4 through Sun., Oct. 7. The festival opens with Ron Howard's "In the Shadow of the Moon" at 7:30 tonight at the Libbey Bowl.
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