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 […]

Featured events

Red Stick Ramblers mine the musical history of Louisiana—blues, zydeco, bluegrass and Cajun—and 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 […]

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 colossal—and completely unexpected—success, 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
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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. […]

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
burlesque—a titillating review that balances flash and crass on a floss-thin wire.