Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Simply Magical

    By on March 30, 2005

    It's easy to mistake Big River for just another fluff musical based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. After all, its jazzy ragtime...

  • Operatic Wonder

    By on March 30, 2005

    As we all know, Joan of Arc died hard and Tchaikovsky's Maid of Orleans is for a different sort of die-hard -- the operatic kind....

  • Animal Husbandry

    By on March 30, 2005

    If Edward Albee's goal as a playwright is to expose the lies that organize our everyday lives, then he succeeds brilliantly with The Goat or,...

  • Rock Steady

    By on March 30, 2005

    Named after a song from post-punk pioneers Public Image Ltd. -- and not after the British radio station -- Radio 4 is far from the...

  • Water Torture

    By on March 23, 2005

    This week's multi-million dollar question: Does evil ever really give up the ghost and slink away quietly into the night? If you're living in the...

  • Almost Famous

    By on March 23, 2005

    We call it ''fine art '' because it requires fine skill. Who possesses the skill, exactly how much ability they possess, and how they intend...

  • Cinematic Surge

    By on March 16, 2005

    The boys -- and girls -- in blue are in for some crime-fighting help. Superhero Surge and his blazing-blue ''battle suit '' are headed for...

  • Soundwaves

    By on March 16, 2005

    MISS JACKSON, IF YOU DANCE... They may still generate headlines, but neither Michael Jackson nor Janet Jackson have gotten much ink for their music in...

  • Mass Moby

    By on March 16, 2005

    Moby is as much a marketer as a musician. Six years ago his songs were ubiquitous as the soundtrack to television commercials -- he helped...

  • Embattled Bots

    By on March 16, 2005

    Why does virtually every recent American-made animated feature film -- particularly those of the computer-generated kind (for hand-drawn, you must look to Japan or the...

  • Sunny Side Up

    By on March 16, 2005

    Nestled among the woods of Gilead, Wisc. rests the Spitfire Grill, a cozy little nook where the owner always knows where you want to sit...

  • Pop Rocks

    By on March 9, 2005

    Remember those black packets filled with the sugary-sweet concoction of tiny stone-like candies that you pop in your mouth and they sizzle, fizzle, crackle and...

  • Sam's Song

    By on March 9, 2005

    Sam Harris took a few small steps toward activism last year, and lost some fans in the process. Still, he says the activism song he...

  • Winning Entries

    By on March 9, 2005

    With much of last week's Oscar buzz going to the major categories, it's easy to miss the notable -- and in some cases, noble --...

  • Hit or Miss America

    By on March 9, 2005

    More than 20 years into her career, the voice of Vanessa Williams remains the same marvelous honey-glazed icing that made her shift from defrocked beauty...