David Alan Harvey thrives on what you bring to him, not on what you take from him. Interpretations of his photographs—moments of intimate family life caught in vibrant, often violent expression—depend on how you perceive intimacy, or family, or violence.
David Alan Harvey thrives on what you bring to him, not on what you take from him. Interpretations of his photographs—moments of intimate family life caught in vibrant, often violent expression—depend on how you perceive intimacy, or family, or violence.
“Smallville”Thursday 8pm, CW I’m a comic geek, so this show frustrates me to no end. It’s not that it changes things from the comics. It’s that all of the changes are stupid. The initial premise was to show Clark Kent’s life as a pre-Super teen and, for the first couple seasons, that made for a […]
Movies playing in town21 (PG-13, 123 minutes) Inspired by the book Bringing Down the House, this fact-based (let’s not go all the way to “true”) story introduces us to hotshot young M.I.T. student Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess, Across the Universe). Our boy Ben’s a math wizard, but he’s too poor to afford tuition. Enter evil […]
The problem with introducing movie-going audiences to a new superhero franchise—something you can expect to witness every summer for the foreseeable future—is that filmmakers are obliged to spend the first flick recounting the age-old “origin” myth. This introductory tale serves to inform viewers how our chosen hero became so damn super in the first place, […]
“Tougher in Alaska”Thursday 10pm, History Channel Forget “Northern Exposure”: Alaska isn’t all quirky neighbors, impossibly beautiful law enforcement officers and wandering moose. This new documentary series explains how life in America’s 49th state is, well, tougher than anything us pansies in the continental United States ever have to deal with. At 6’3", 225 pounds, host […]
The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art boasts a fantastic collection of contemporary art—dazzling pieces from Japan, China and Korea, a wild array of prints.
Movies playing in town21 (PG-13, 123 minutes) Inspired by the book Bringing Down the House, this fact-based (let’s not go all the way to “true”) story introduces us to hotshot young M.I.T. student Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess, Across the Universe). Our boy Ben’s a math wizard, but he’s too poor to afford tuition. Enter evil […]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts column. Read this week’s column here.