Cocktail culture through the decades Larry salk,"Summer cocktail party with english butler,"1961. (Credit:Jean s.And frederic a.Sharf collection, museum of fine arts, boston)View the slide show As visitors to the norton museum of art new exhibition, culture, are aptly informed, christian dior once called the cocktail symbol par excellence of the american way of life.The norton exhibition modeled on a similar show put on last year at the rhode island school of design seeks to point out, through such diverse media as fashion, photography and film, all the ways in which dior statement has proved true over the course of the past century. Over the the homepage here phone, curator michelle finamore explained the history behind america cocktail romance and described some of the more distinctive objects in the exhibition.Take a peek at cocktail cul ... Read more »

A defiant last stand of the politically false Cheap Pandora Charms Calgary state has been gussied up for weeks.Bars are equipped with rough hewn wooden facades and the windows have been painted with cowboy scenes and anthropomorphized livestock.The glass walkway which causes city hall includes a cartoon image of an old, lighter, mustachioed man in a rubbish hat, the website arrows in his butt.In his hand sits a revolver waving a little flag saying"Beat, It's true, the annual stampede is contrived and unironic in a way that a city with a higher per square kilometre density of hipsters would reject it faster than beer and clamato juice mixer.But this calgary, like it so much or lump it, as ... Read more »

An evening with mustn't An evening with mustn't-See tvwelcome back to hip clicks!I'm now updating this column throughout the day, so keep checking back for new musings. (He likes my bloody valentine and robert mitchum?We're made for each other! )His movie is still playing at two theaters here, so maybe i'll see that instead of the dreamers.Speaking of little people, i think it's a shame that the kid from simon birch hasn't acted since1998.I wonder what he's up to now.And next week'sw ep features john cleese, minnie driver and eileen brennan in guest roles.Good golly.I read vanity fair during will grace, which didn't contain nearly enough scenes with tracey ullman and did a terrible job of hiding debra messing's very-Preggers belly.And since i've decided i only care about the last 15 minutes of the apprentice i'm still perfecting my"You're fired! "Hand movement i made a phone call during the first half.And then i took a bath during the first part of er, which i think wa ... Read more »