Arts & Culture

This year’s 34 nominees for the award “show the enormous breadth of the Catholic Church across the country.”

The action-adventure role playing game “Mass Effect Legendary Edition” (Electronic Arts) is a masterpiece of narrative design.

Visually stunning, the new feature — “Spirit Untamed” (Universal)– is also family-friendly.

Alligators are a dime a dozen in south Louisiana, but Father Stephen Dardis said he was dutifully impressed by the ambitious journey of a 7-foot gator that ended within a few feet of the front steps of the church.

“A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount) drains away the suspense, analogies and underlying message about family bonds from the 2018 original in order to set up a franchise reminiscent of an immersive dystopian theme-park ride.

Not only does the general public want vaccination proof, mask mandates and social distancing options in sports venues, according to a poll conducted by Seton Hall University, sports fans want them in bigger numbers than the general public.

In our modern, high-tech society, it turns out some students still have good penmanship. And the winners of this year’s Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest, announced this May, have very good penmanship.

In her nonfiction work, Jessica Goudeau examines the struggles and triumphs recorded by two woman once they had made their way to Austin, Texas.