Enchanting April
April Johnson-Bynes was considering med school, but when she won the school talent show in fourth grade as a singer, she began to think, “Well, maybe I can do this.”
Arts
Enchanting April
April Johnson-Bynes
April Johnson-Bynes was considering med school, but when she won the school talent show in fourth grade as a singer, she began to think, “Well, maybe I can do this.”
Film Reviews
A Prairie Home Companion PG-13, 105 minutesOpens Friday at Vinegar Hill Theatre Minnesotans don’t like to draw attention to themselves, and the man who’s been pointing that out for over 30 years—drawing oodles of attention to both him and them in the process—plays the emcee in A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman’s cockeyed salute […]
Featured events
Red Stick Ramblers mine the musical history of Louisianaâblues, zydeco, bluegrass and Cajunâand mix it up with traditional ’20s and ’30s jazz as they tour for their fourth album, Right Key, Wrong Keyhole. This young quintet has très strong instrumental and songwriting chops-heir tight Western swing will have you saying, “Laissez les bon temps roulez!” Jolie Fille opens. At Gravity Lounge, Tuesday, June 13. $10, 8pm.
Short film blurbs
The Break-Up (PG-13, 106 minutes) Reviewed in this issue. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 Cars (G, 116 minutes) Now that Pixar and Disney are playing nice, the never-miss computer animation firm revs up the engine on its latest family outing. We’ve got a cocky stock car (voiced by Owen Wilson) who gets sidetracked on […]
Reviews – stage and games
All My Sons, set in the backyard of an emotionally scarred American family a year after the end of World War II, was the play that launched Arthur Miller’s career. Soon after its colossalâand completely unexpectedâsuccess, he felt free to abandon the rigid structure of Greek tragedy and to cease emulating those gurus of strict realism, Chekhov and Ibsen. The result: Death of a Salesman.
Short film review
C-VILLE movie wrap party
Hear C-VILLE’s take on the latest flicks every Friday, 4:40pm on WKTR ESPN Radio 840 on the AM dial.
Rambling bands
You know how it was as a kid when you were sitting around the TV with your grandparents watching Tennessee Ernie Ford on a Lawrence Welk show some Saturday night. You figured grandpa was near comatose. It could be blamed on the accordion, but the truth was that it was a 30-piece band wearing orange […]
Reviews: music, cd
Underground and Independent Hip Hop Festival, featuring Ghetti, Anonamys, Ohmega Men, Echo Boomers, Kaze and Beetnix; My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, Brian Eno/David Byrne
Who let the Dogs in?
Twin beauties Shanandoah Sassafrass and Gypsy Rose high-step onto the stage, twirling parasols as they lead the eight-legged cabaret act known as the Black
and Blue Burlesque. The already overstimulated audience is met with a full-on
burlesqueâa titillating review that balances flash and crass on a floss-thin wire.