Sisters on stage and off
By LINDSEY HOWALD of the Tribune’s staff
When the leading ladies of Stephens College’s “Little Women” collapse in a heap of laughter during rehearsal, you have to wonder whether it’s art imitating life or the other way around.

Winfrey seeks lawsuit dismissal

Gerard Way to become a father

Restaurant takes Sinatra name

Venezuelan dynamo
By MARTIN STEINBERG and SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - With long sideburns and black curly locks hanging over his ears and collar, Gustavo Dudamel looks more like a rock star than the next music director of one of the nation’s leading orchestras.

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CHART TOPPERS

BEHIND THE SCENES
Arts community wracked by pain of weak economy
By LYNN ISRAEL of the Tribune’s staff
The economic tsunami rocking everyone’s boat nowadays includes not just people who bolt fenders to cars or investment bankers who juggle numbers on a computer screen. The recession is roiling Columbia’s artists and dancers, as well as people who run galleries and those who manage not-for-profit groups.

NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN AREA ARTIST
Pack Matthews
By LINDSEY HOWALD of the Tribune’s staff
A few mornings a week, Pack Matthews sits in Orr Street Studios on a platform that looks like a raised living room floor. Made portable with wheels and topped with a scrap of carpet, comfortable red velvet pillow and blanket, the platform supports Matthews’ posture as he sits, cross-legged, a pair of New Balance sneakers discarded on the floor. While he composes music on his computer, he prefers socked feet.

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LITERARY LINKS
"Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze."
Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers a selection from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Cataloging librarian Lisa Meyers compiled this month’s selection.

COVER TO COVER
Professor shares first novel ‘Dieppe Crossing’
A Mid-Missouri author and teacher, Betty Louise McLane-Iles, has written her first novel, a tale about friendship and adventures in Europe during tumultuous times.