Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • And the Oscar Goes To…

    By on February 21, 2013

    There are only three things certain in life: death, taxes and petty arguments about the Oscars. (Well, four if you count Joan Rivers. She will...

  • By Design

    By on February 21, 2013

    Douglas Burton has spent well more than a decade focused on showcasing and celebrating the latest designs and designers. ''I'm passionate about design, and I...

  • Sony Announces PlayStation 4

    By on February 20, 2013

    Sony did it. They managed what Nintendo failed to do last year — make next generation gaming something to be genuinely excited about. In a...

  • Misanthropic Mamet

    By on February 14, 2013

    Round House Theatre does very well by playwright David Mamet with its new production of Glengarry Glen Ross, which many consider to be Mamet's best...

  • The One Who Got Away

    By on February 14, 2013

    If there is a way to think of Margaret, the indefatigable protagonist of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, it might be with the words of columnist...

  • Die Hard Death Knell

    By on February 14, 2013

    Almost a quarter-century after Die Hard premiered, the travesty of John McClane lives on. He's bruised and balder, wrinkled and wearier. Whatever once seemed charming...

  • Oscar! Oscar!

    By on February 14, 2013

    ''With Lena Lett commenting on people's outfits, I think it's going to be better than Joan Rivers,'' says Michael Fowler, co-chair of this year's...

  • Nordic Adventures

    By on February 14, 2013

    Alicia Adams has a dream job. As vice-president for international programming at the Kennedy Center, Adams serves as curator for the center's international festivals, travelling...

  • Science As Art

    By on February 14, 2013

    Tobias Klein is not one of those people who argue that modern society has become too obsessed with technology. ''Our electronic environment is becoming part...

  • Oscar-Nominated Short Films

    By on February 11, 2013

    Once again Landmark’s E Street Cinema, in partnership with ShortsHD, offers two feature-length programs of the short films nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards. A...

  • Local Heroes

    By on February 7, 2013

    A wolf in sheep's clothing, Thornton Wilder's Our Town lulls with its gentle, sometimes humorous, depiction of small-town New Hampshire life in the early 20th...

  • Pool Days

    By on February 7, 2013

    A decade after Mary Zimmerman won a Tony Award for her direction of Metamorphoses, her dramatic interpretation of the Ovid classic is still giving her...

  • Shock and Blah

    By on February 7, 2013

    How does one justify a play with the English language's most vulgar word in its title? Well, that's not my bailiwick here. The best I...

  • Wedding Party

    By on February 7, 2013

    ''About four years ago I took a stab at writing a song,'' says J.T. Hatfield Charles, ''which is by no means anything more than something...

  • Swan Song

    By on February 7, 2013

    This is the end for director Steven Soderbergh. He says he's packing up, retiring from film, moving on to other artistic projects. If he is...