Comings, Goings

August has been a time of transition here at Weekly World
Central, as some longtime writers are exiting stage left—thereby
allowing other talented folks to take their places.

James Reel is stepping down as our freelance arts editor and theater
critic at the end of the month. You can read his explanation on Page
26. Trust me when I say that his regular contributions to the paper
will be missed; he’s been the best theater critic, hands-down, in this
city for quite some time now. He tells me that he’ll still help out the
Weekly here and there—and I intend to hold him to that
pledge.

Taking James’ place as our arts editor will be Margaret Regan. She’s
done the job before, and she’s done it very well. She’s already jumped
in to help find James’ replacement as theater critic; we should have a
new person or two in that slot shortly.

In the opinion section, Catherine O’Sullivan wrote her final regular
column last week; she’s moved to Washington state. She, too, will be
missed.

Longtime readers know that Catherine replaced the amazing
Renée Downing several years ago—and I am happy to announce
that Renée will be returning to her familiar Page 6 slot next
week. Her column will run once every four weeks—as will the
column penned by Randy Serraglio. He’s made regular appearances in our
Guest Commentary slot for the last 5 1/2 years, and he’ll join
Renée and Irene Messina (still running every other week) on Page
6.

This article appears in Aug 13-19, 2009.