Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Velvet Touch

    By on February 15, 2006

    It's turning out to be a banner year for Will Gartshore. Last week, the actor nabbed two Helen Hayes Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor...

  • Unpretty in Pink

    By on February 15, 2006

    February has never been a good month for movies, but this year the pickings seem awfully, well... awful. Last weekend's three major studio releases included...

  • Cracked

    By on February 8, 2006

    Summer of 2003 changed everything for Lucas Zarwell. The forensic scientist was satisfying his creative side, assembling a one-time variety show with Cherry Red's avant-garde...

  • Nightmare Pursuit

    By on February 8, 2006

    Remember when you were growing up and trying to fall asleep at night as weird and wispy shadows crept across your bedroom walls? With one...

  • Sweet Satisfaction

    By on February 1, 2006

    There is a joy that comes with discovering a piece of theater so brilliant and so gratifying that you leave your seat intoxicated. That's a...

  • The Weinstein Touch

    By on February 1, 2006

    Advertisement Transamerica The Weinstein Company is off to a solid start. Founded by brothers Harvey and Bob, who were recently ousted from their posts-on-high at...

  • London Calling

    By on February 1, 2006

    To a natural-born cynic like myself, the pre-release hype for Woody Allen's latest -- Match Point -- was almost too much to bear. Virtually every...

  • Soundwaves

    By on February 1, 2006

    DANCING WITH THE OLYMPICS... This weekend is Super Bowl Sunday, but with the Rolling Stones strutting around instead of Janet Jackson showing off, a dance-pop...

  • Alt-Rock Idol

    By on February 1, 2006

    Canadian Jason Collett is being touted as one of the best singer-songwriters currently recording. And one listen to his sophomore U.S. album, Idols of Exile,...

  • Sister Christian

    By on January 25, 2006

    Fred Rogers would be proud. The whimsy and wonder channeled through his King Friday and haggy Lady Elaine of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood comes teeming to...

  • Comic Abroad

    By on January 25, 2006

    In Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, comedian Albert Brooks is approached by the U.S. government to find out what makes Muslims laugh. He...

  • Personal Commentary

    By on January 25, 2006

    It's been 10 years since singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik struck it big with ''Barely Breathing,'' the inescapable radio staple from his self-titled debut, and his only...

  • Soundwaves

    By on January 25, 2006

    ERASURE GOES COUNTRY... Erasure lead singer Andy Bell released his debut solo album Electric Blue last summer, and the first single is just now near...

  • Poe Goes Pop

    By on January 18, 2006

    It's fitting that the first three letters in ''poetry'' belong to Edgar Allan Poe. The infamous writer of all things dark and dreary is resurrected...

  • Minimal Effort

    By on January 18, 2006

    Last year's Six Feet Under swan song was poignant and unforgettable not just for what you saw but for what you heard: ''Breathe Me,'' Sia...