Annabelle Massey Helber

She comes on strong, this Rhodessa Jones. It's her voice. Mezzo-soprano, rich, resonant. Passionate, persuasive. Thousands of lines of theater dialogue have been recited with this voice; hours of conversation spoken, philosophizing with friends, mentors, students. Her exquisite command of the language is enhanced by the sound of the words...

As an official boundary sketch artist for the U.S. government, Arthur Schott was a dismal failure. Schott's job in 1850 was to travel the border between Mexico and the United States and render unmistakable landmarks that would prove where each country started or stopped. Schott was only one of a...

Something foul is afoot. Not foul, exactly, but sinister. Well, more phenomenal than sinister. Phenomenal with a slightly sinister undertone. Your friends at the top Dallas art galleries are conspiring to get you out and about this weekend. The big dogs--Dunn and Brown, The Contemporary, Gerald Peters, Conduit, Craighead-Green--are holding...

Deb Reinhart, a veterinarian and avid jogger who lives in Seattle, was recently in town to visit her mother. Heading back from a run on her mom's tree-lined residential street, Reinhart spots an opossum in the gutter, mildly mutilated from an unsuccessful encounter with a car. "If she's a female,...

You read it here first. The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past few weeks, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The re-election of President Bush has prompted the exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be...