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Suraya Shalash as Mathilda, whose lifelong quest is to tell the perfect joke. Actors Guild of Lexington presents Sarah Ruhl's "The Clean House" Feb. 2-12 at Actors Guild's theater, 4383 Old Harrodsburg Road, Lexington, Ky. Photo by Rich Copley| Lexington Herald-Leader

Review: In 'Clean House,' darkness marries light

A doctor, a housewife, a maid who would rather tell jokes than clean, a cancer patient, and a cheating husband. They all inhabit the clever imagination of playwright Sarah Ruhl, who unites such a disparate spate of characters with impressive thematic cohesion in her Pulitzer-nominated play The Clean House , now at Actors Guild of Lexington.

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There's so much string music on the schedule that one weekend can't hold it

Usually when there is this much string music available in a single weekend, you're sitting in the summer shade during bluegrass festival season. But we have only passed Groundhog Day, yet we have at our finger-picking tips over the next few days a...

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'Big Miracle': Against all odds, it's a delightful movie

John Krasinski is a TV reporter and Drew Barrymore is an activist in Big Miracle.

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For dinner from the heart, check out these Valentine's offerings

If you're looking for a romantic place, or a neighborhood hangout, to take your sweetheart on Valentine's Day, you have plenty of choices. Here are...

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Review: In 'Clean House,' darkness marries light

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Billy Ray Cyrus writing a memoir

Country music singer and Flatwoods native Billy Ray Cyrus is writing a memoir that will be published by Amazon Publishing in the spring of 2013.

Billy Ray Cyrus arrives at the premiere of "Joyful Noise" in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. "Joyful Noise" will be released in theaters Jan. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

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Merlene Davis: Lexington woman, 85, shows that any of us can become artists

A couple of decades ago, as I was flipping through TV channels, I discovered Bob Ross, a mild-mannered PBS art instructor who convinced me, over ...

Adele Prager, 85, took part in an art exhibit at Briarwood Apartments in Lexington last week. Prager successfully applied for a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women in 2010 to establish a free weekly art class for the residents of Briarwood.

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Gamer's Manifesto: Reviewers yearn for would-be sequels

Much like the movie industry, the video game business has come to depend on sequels and series. But not every great series has continued. Here's a look at some games and series that, sadly, haven't seen a sequel or new installment in the past five...