ARTS Pick: The Mantras
The Mantras have been producing a unique mix of funk rock, Middle Eastern, electronic and metal since 2005.
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ARTS Pick: The Mantras
The Mantras have been producing a unique mix of funk rock, Middle Eastern, electronic and metal since 2005.
ARTS Pick: Donna the Buffalo
With its tenth album in the works, Donna the Buffalo’s staying power is a testament to its intrepid spirit, prolific output, and ardent following.
On the clock: Whole Theater leads a 24-hour blitz to benefit Live Arts
“24/7 (2013) flips the paradigm,” Ray Nedzel said, noting that actors and writers typically audition and submit works to critical producers. “24/7 guarantees that new work will be produced, that actors will land their roles. The artists, in turn, commit completely, “and they do it with conviction, guts and expertise each time.”
ART Picks: The Country Wife
William Wycherley’s Restoration farce, The Country Wife, offers a plethora of lewd puns, lascivious innuendo, and outright ribaldry in a classically structured, three-fold plot as it plays out the stories of rakish Harry Horner and his ambitious plans to bed as many of London’s finest ladies as possible with a devious angle.
Film review: Zero Dark Thirty
The torture debate detracts from a different critical narrative; imagine how we’d howl if the movie whitewashed that part of America’s recent past. But forget the politics. This is a movie. As a piece of drama, Zero Dark Thirty is a marvel.
ARTS Pick: Community MLK Celebration
UVA is partnering on Community MLK Celebration events throughout the month, including a day of service on January 21 to facilitate the spirit of the holiday.
Cruise control: The Garage gets big love on Kickstarter
The loose community around The Garage suffered a shock in mid-September, when an elderly driver, departing from the funeral home, accidentally kept her car in reverse and backed through one of The Garage’s brick walls. Thankfully no one was injured, but The Garage now has a gaping, cartoon-like hole where its south face used to be.
Film review: The Golden Globes
In the awards show canon, the Golden Globes have secured themselves a lofty place just below Oscar. How is it that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which once called Pia Zadora “New Female Star of the Year” for her role in the soft-porny Butterfly, is now arbiter of taste and soothsayer of the Academy Awards? […]
Blues Explosion Returns to the Jefferson
Using Exile-era Stones as their sacred text, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion crank the knobs up to 11.
ARTS Pick: Forgetters
The punk band, Forgetters, features former members of Jawbreaker, Against Me!, and Jets to Brazil.