We Can Breathe Now: Justice Upheld For George Floyd

Police Officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges. But where do we go from here? By Michael P Coleman In the minutes and hours that led up to the reading of three guilty verdicts for Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who led the 2020 lynching of George Floyd, I held my …

REVIEW: Thunder Force (PG-13)

By Michael P Coleman Fifty four interminable minutes into Thunder Force, one of the new Netflix film’s ancillary characters utters the line “How can you not love Thunder Force?” Oh, I don’t know. But to quote 19th century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, let me count the ways. Starring Melissa McCarthy and squandering Academy Award winner …

Blue Note Napa Shifts Their Summer Shows Outside

As live music fans look forward to an end to COVID-19, Kenny G headlines a can’t-miss concert schedule. By Michael P Coleman Jazz legend Kenny G has a killer album cut on his 1992 multi-platinum Breathless album entitled “A Year Ago.” A year ago, who could have imagined that we’d still be weathering COVID-19. With …