Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • High Rollers

    By on March 26, 2008

    ''Winner, winner, chicken dinner.'' It's more than hungering for a simple meal that drives a group of MIT students to Vegas every weekend, but it's...

  • The X Spot

    By on March 26, 2008

    She'll be 40 in just two months, but Kylie Minogue still can't stop reliving her first time. ''The DJ's got me feeling like I did...

  • Hi Tech

    By on March 26, 2008

    Should you attend any of this weekend's performances by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, you will upon entry be handed an iPod Shuffle. You don't...

  • Hooters Hoedown

    By on March 26, 2008

    When it comes to hooters, one sort is definitely more gay than the other. The kind that comes with burgers, fries and bright-orange hot pants,...

  • Twisted Sister

    By on March 19, 2008

    There are a lot of surprises in store for readers of Christopher Rice's new novel, Blind Fall, not the least of which is that it's...

  • Web Singer

    By on March 19, 2008

    Apparently, cherry blossoms weren't enough. It seems everyone wants his own festival. The Kennedy Center is spending the month of March cozying up with August...

  • White Hot

    By on March 19, 2008

    Once again, Woolly Mammoth courageously enters the realm of black-white relations, this time via up-and-coming playwright David Adjmi's new play Stunning. Much like The Unmentionables,...

  • The Damned

    By on March 19, 2008

    In a recent metro-area school production of Don Quixote, parents were shocked and dismayed when teenage members of the audience greeted a fellow classmate's performance...

  • Good Stuff

    By on March 19, 2008

    Can an aging band find new relevance -- or at least renewed appeal -- after a 16-year absence from the recording studio? Unlikely, no matter...

  • Chamber Pop

    By on March 12, 2008

    After years of fronting New Zealand alternative rock band Betchadupa, 24-year-old singer-songwriter Liam Finn has struck out on his own and fully embraced his musical...

  • Sweet Licks

    By on March 12, 2008

    Kaki King says celebrated producer Malcolm Burn gave her the following instruction as they began work on Dreaming of Revenge (): ''If someone can't be...

  • Making History

    By on March 12, 2008

    Born in 1945 to a father who was a German immigrant baker and a mother who was an African-American cleaning woman, Frederick August Kittel would...

  • Bitch Session

    By on March 12, 2008

    Don't let her name scare you. The Brooklyn-based performer, who has forever written off her birth name in exchange for ''Bitch,'' is actually quite pleasant....

  • Heist Times

    By on March 12, 2008

    The only people who might be disappointed by The Bank Job are those hoping for a car chase-filled, shoot 'em up, high-energy heist movie. If...

  • Illusions of Grandeur

    By on March 5, 2008

    This is not a Penn & Teller magic show. Instead, the Emmy-award winning Teller -- the silent partner in that world-renowned magic enterprise -- has...