Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Sandy Claws

    By on July 16, 2008

    Between high gas prices and fear of losing your job in this economy should you take a vacation, maybe you've not yet made it to...

  • Slacker Sensibilities

    By on July 16, 2008

    ''I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?'' Singing one of pop music's most unusual and least forgettable lyrical refrains, Beck Hansen emerged...

  • Merry Melodies

    By on July 16, 2008

    Mamma Mia!, how can I resist you? The answer is I can't. And if you're looking for a good time, neither should you. In Mamma...

  • Goddamned Great

    By on July 9, 2008

    ''He's got the world on his back and watch him take it -- on all fours,'' Jay Brannan sings on his song ''On All Fours.''...

  • Hellacious

    By on July 9, 2008

    Sound the alarms, a portal has opened up and all the creatures from Pan's Labyrinth have escaped! You can find them on the set of...

  • Undersexed

    By on July 2, 2008

    Grab your Cosmos -- the girls are back! No, seriously, you're going to need one to take the edge off. To wallow in stereotypes for...

  • Soundwaves

    By on July 2, 2008

    THE CATS' NEW MEOW... Now that summer is really, truly here, you're mind is probably dreaming about the beach and barbecue -- not to mention...

  • Oscar! Oscar!

    By on July 2, 2008

    For native Washingtonian-turned-New Yorker Brad Oscar, The Mystery of Irma Vep is more than just a play, it's a homecoming. ''Ironically, one of my first...

  • Saviors

    By on July 2, 2008

    It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a superhero from hell. At least when he's drinking. And he's always drinking. Meet John Hancock (Will Smith),...

  • Animal Planet

    By on July 2, 2008

    At some point -- and for some the transition passes by virtually unnoticed -- Disney becomes a brand. That is not to say that there...

  • The Other Wainwright

    By on July 2, 2008

    Despite what you might think from her new album's title, Martha Wainwright isn't asking her lover to commit adultery. She's actually professing her abiding love...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 25, 2008

    TUMBLE FOR YA... Boy George's stop at the 9:30 Club next month is now in jeopardy because the 47-year-old allegedly assaulted and imprisoned a 28-year-old...

  • Jokesters

    By on June 25, 2008

    It's been six years since funnyman Mike Myers last said ''Groovy, baby'' in the third installment of the Austin Powers franchise, which is also how...

  • Katy's Shame

    By on June 25, 2008

    Here we are, knee deep in Pride season, and there's a song speaking to us all the way at the top of the pop charts....

  • Springs Gleaning

    By on June 25, 2008

    In major religions, hell may contain demons who torment; thorny, bitter fruit; and, of course, flames. Plenty of GLBT folks may think of Colorado Springs,...