The Week in Entertainment

Live: A Community Playhouse production of "Willy Wonka", which was a pleasant, entertaining evening.

Film: The Fantastic Mr Fox, which I truly enjoyed - a delightful blend of stop-action, Roald Dahl, and Wes Anderson. (If you find Anderson annoying, as many apparently do, you won't like this one any better, though.)

DVD: Angels and Demons, quite acceptable, even exciting. Up, which is delightful the second time around, too.

TV: Not much... Nova "What Are Dreams?" (I know Dierdre Barrett, who was interviewed). Modern Family, a funny birthday party episode with an hysterical turn by Cam as "Fizzbo the Clown".

Read: Ghost, by Alan Lightman, a good hard-to-describe story of a man who sees "something" and has his life up-ended by it. Began The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry, and have had to realize that Dan Brown is merely following (or perhaps setting) the conventions of his genre. At least Brown isn't boring, which Berry is. So I won't be finishing it. Am now in the middle of The Kiss Murder by Mehmet Murat Sommer, an intriguing mystery set in Istanbul's gay community.