Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Icona Pop’s New Single, U.S. Tour Dates

    By on May 31, 2013

    Today the Swedish dance-pop duo Icona Pop, whose irresistible Top 10 hit “I Don’t Care (I Love It)” has now reached ubiquity, released new song...

  • 5 Gay Things to See or Do Before Pride

    By on May 31, 2013

    Got Pride fever already? Well, here’s our pick for five slightly off-the-beaten-path ways to scratch your gay itch before next weekend’s parade, festival and parties....

  • Dancing in Tribute to Peter Rauhofer

    By on May 30, 2013

    You may not have read about it in the New York Times — the Gray Lady has been disquietingly silent on the matter — but...

  • Sin-sations

    By on May 30, 2013

    ''I think it'd be a shame if people missed this show,'' Craig Cipollini says, ''because I think it's one of our best.'' There's actually no...

  • Kick Starter

    By on May 30, 2013

    ''Just watching people try and play kickball in drag is hilarious,'' Karl Muller says. ''The dresses are flying, the wigs are going, and everything.'' This...

  • Friendship in Black and White

    By on May 30, 2013

    A single line by the funky British pop band Hot Chocolate sums up the pleasant worldview of Frances Ha: ''Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the...

  • Sensually Cerebral

    By on May 30, 2013

    One of the things that separate playwright Tom Stoppard from the herd is his near ruthless assumption of his audience's intelligence, his plays racing with...

  • Wintry Mix

    By on May 30, 2013

    There are two challenges to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. The first is protagonist King Leontes's near-instantaneous and murderous conviction that his pregnant queen Hermione is...

  • Amazon UK prices Xbox One at $900

    By on May 29, 2013

    Amazon UK has tentatively priced Microsoft’s Xbox One, revealed last week, at over $900. Worry not, however, as the finished item is likely to cost...

  • Minecraft creator Mojang to launch Scrolls open beta on June 3

    By on May 27, 2013

    Mojang, the company behind the wildly successful Minecraft, an innovative online gaming experience whose 8-bit simplicity defies its underlying depth, emotion and complexity, is rolling...

  • Olney’s Edge

    By on May 23, 2013

    '' were a little concerned that this might not be the kind of show you should take your children to,'' says David Elliott. ''Another person...

  • Long Story Short

    By on May 23, 2013

    ''There's no real local GLBT theater company that's producing regularly,'' says Matt Ripa. ''When you do see theater companies that are doing plays with gay...

  • Microsoft crams three operating systems into One console

    By on May 21, 2013

    The new Xbox One, unveiled today, will run three operating systems. Yes, three. Microsoft, obviously not content with just a standard gaming OS, has seen fit...

  • New Kinect and redesigned controller for Xbox One revealed

    By on May 21, 2013

    With today’s unveiling of the Xbox One, Microsoft detailed the power of their new console. They also shed some light on the console’s peripherals, specifically...

  • Microsoft unveils new Xbox One

    By on May 21, 2013

    As expected, Microsoft today unveiled the latest iteration of its Xbox gaming console — and with it dropped the previous codenames floating around the internet....