Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • The Odd Coupling

    By on October 26, 2005

    We're auspicious allies -- indomitable Americans and Brits. We boast the same language, a shared history, and even gaze through the same looking glass at...

  • Soundwaves

    By on October 26, 2005

    Abel HALLELUJAH FOR ALEGRIA... The dance compilation you've waited all year to buy is finally available, DJ Abel Aguilera's two-disc Alegria Musica. If this set's...

  • Time Travel

    By on October 26, 2005

    Dolly Parton is a consummate marketer of contemporary music, and one of its most cutting-edge. She combined country-pop a decade before country-pop was cool, and...

  • Country Courage

    By on October 26, 2005

    Congratulate Charlize Theron. She's got the Hollywood game figured out. And she's playing it like a pro, mixing the glamorous roles with the serious. You...

  • Resurrected

    By on October 19, 2005

    Taking the stage as the same character for 15 years can take a toll on a performer. Familiarity breeds contempt, as they say, even if...

  • Existential Fodder

    By on October 19, 2005

    In the beginning there is a woman. She is carrying a bottle filled with sand from some distant shore tied to some legendary land. As...

  • Wedding Bells

    By on October 19, 2005

    Dan Savage, purveyor of advice to America's sexually kinked and erotically troubled, is justly famous for his no-holds-barred approach to sex. He's also a frequent...

  • Soundwaves

    By on October 19, 2005

    TAKE COVER FROM COVERS... Soon you'll be hearing a dance cover of Sheila E's ''Glamorous Life.'' And just as with most dance covers of '80s...

  • All Fogged Up

    By on October 19, 2005

    It's not every day I ask for help from readers -- but if any of you happened to catch the remake of The Fog last...

  • Desperate Housewife

    By on October 12, 2005

    At the heart of Marie Ndiaye's Hilda stirs a cold and raw bitterness that pierces the air, the kind of astringent breeze that punctures your...

  • Art With Heart

    By on October 12, 2005

        From tsunamis to earthquakes, hurricanes to mudslides, the past year has been rough. Those in a position to donate may feel tapped out....

  • Spirited Songs

    By on October 12, 2005

    It's a daring move for any performer to record a tribute album, much less an album of songs associated with an icon as beloved as...

  • Resurrected Renegades

    By on October 5, 2005

    It's pretty much a given that everyone dying to see Serenity saw it this past weekend. As it stands, the film only racked up $10...

  • Bosom Buddies

    By on October 5, 2005

    It has all of the gilded trappings of classic musical theater comedy. There's the handsome, zany twosome stuck in the middle of their own harebrained...

  • Acoustic Evolution

    By on October 5, 2005

    Nickel Creek's adventurous third release, Why Should the Fire Die?, finds the precocious trio evolving as artists and exploring a much broader sound. With roots...