Entertainment
Comedians united
It seems like an odd way to start a review for a movie in which Will Ferrell tries to make Zach Galifianakis touch his testicles on stage during a debate, but The Campaign has a clever message...
Reel to reel | Week of August 16, 2012
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. At Chez Artiste and Century. — Landmark Theatres THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Peter Parker gets a new look (and an origin story) in this Marvel remake ...
Pilgrims of the stage
For me, folk music is a drug, a truth serum of sorts. It has the ability to make me see my life for not only what it is but also what it could and should be. I suspect I’m not alone. The side effects of such inward clarity can’t be taken lightly. Too much of the ...
Poetry in motion
With all the effort it takes to get students simply to show up for class, do schools even teach poetry any longer? Does the current crop of K-12 get any exposure to meter and verse that isn’t contained in a rap song? Do they have any inkling who Walt Whitman, Oscar ...
Still playing folk guitar
If Stephen Stills isn’t doing cartwheels across the stage and jumping off of amplifiers this summer on his tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash, he’ll have a good excuse...
Dismemberment Plan play first new songs in a decade, hint at...
Every time a beloved band reunites for live shows, some amount of...
Taylor Swift to release new ‘Red’ album in October
Taylor Swift surprised fans on Monday evening with the announcement that she'll release a new album, Red, on October 22nd – her first LP since 2010's Speak Now. The singer-songwriter revealed the news during a live chat with fans...
Olympics closing ceremony: Spice Girls, George Michael and more
With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London...
Madonna delivers gay rights speech amid violence threats: Watch
Madonna hasn't let threats of violence quiet her down...
Laurie Morvan burns in blue
California blues guitarist Laurie Morvan and her band are in that place right now where they draw two-paragraph mentions in local newspapers, generous but usually short features, CD reviews in small-circ blues magazines, and generally positive festival appearance ...
Hanging out on the fringe
The Boulder International Fringe Festival (BIFF) is a little more than a week away, and Executive Producer David Ortolano has deep, dark bags under his eyes...
