Album reviews: Fiction Family, Trixie Whitley, and Sandra McCracken
Brian Palmer reviews the latest releases from Fiction Family, Trixie Whitley and Sandra McCracken.
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Album reviews: Fiction Family, Trixie Whitley, and Sandra McCracken
Brian Palmer reviews the latest releases from Fiction Family, Trixie Whitley and Sandra McCracken.
UVA’s French department ventures out with a film festival
This weekend, UVA’s French department will show a selection of recent French films at various locations around town. The festival is aimed at both casual filmgoers and academics, and the organizers hope to draw French-speaking and subtitle-reading viewers.
Interview: Black Francis
Enigmatic Boston musician “Black Francis” played a leading role in the ’80s alternative rock scene. Art, darkness and angst defined Francis’ career with The Pixies and the solo years as Frank Black (and Frank Black and the Catholics) as did his unique, ranting howl vocals.
ARTS Pick: Paula Poundstone
Catty lady If you can’t quite place Paula Poundstone, try imagining her with a red brick wall behind her while she dishes out a brilliantly composed cat joke. There’s also a pretty good chance you’ve heard her yucking it up as a regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me.” Poundstone holds the honor […]
ARTS Pick: Anti-Valentine’s Day Party
The evening after In an age where we strive to make sure no one feels left out, it’s important to remember the cynical, love-hating, ne’er-do-wells among us and make sure they get their party as well. The Southern’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Party—an evening dedicated to countering the cloying schmaltz of lovers in love—features local masters of […]
Peaks and valleys: Mountains’ Koen Holtkamp discusses the duo’s dramatic songcraft
Hearing Mountains live can be a revelation, a chance to dissect the discrete elements that make up its dense wall of sound. Though the volume can be overwhelming, there’s very little on stage movement or communication; Holtkamp and Anderegg seemingly share a psychic bond that lets them know where they’re headed next, based on careful listening and years of working together.
Film review: Side Effects
The trailers for Side Effects, director Steven Soderbergh’s new thriller, make it look like an indictment of all things pharmaceutical.
ARTS Pick: SIN: An Exploration of Eroticism Through Art
FIREFISH Gallery presents “SIN: An Exploration of Eroticism Through Art.”
ARTS Pick: The Winter’s Tale
Leaping nimbly from intense psychological anguish to giddy, fool-inspired revelry across a plot that covers over 16 years and two disparate countries, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale blows the game wide open with a complex examination of jealousy and regret on one hand, and farcical comedy resulting in a plethora of marriages on the other,
The fabulous, freaky Flying Karamazov Brothers land at the Paramount
Even by typical 21st century Vaudeville-style comedy act standards, the Flying Karamazov Brothers are unexpected and uncontrollable.