Arts & Culture
Dancer and Prancer
It’s that time of year again: trees, lights, stockings, nog, and, of course, surf rock covers of Christmas…
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Tori Amos
When Tori Amos released her debut Little Earthquakes in 1992, she didn’t quite fit the traditional axe-shredding rocker…
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Suddenly, Last Summer
The morbid conceit to SIFF’s “In Remembrance” series of double-features is to honor filmmakers and stars who died…
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Dom Kennedy
SoCal’s Dom Kennedy has a lazy-sounding style that’ll grow on you pretty quickly if you give it the…
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A Pale and Lovely Place
This is the fourth revival of Kevin Joyce’s stylish and creepy one-man cabaret, directed by longtime collaborator Kevin…
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Other Lives
The Oklahoma indie rock band Other Lives is becoming one of the breakout acts of 2011—they released their…
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Sylvia
A.R. Gurney’s enjoyable 1995 comedy unpacks both the humor and the cruelty within a marriage when a man…
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Expo 89
Cairo’s annual arts extravaganza is this year featuring a jewelry trunk show, an art opening, short film screenings,…
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The Last Picture Show
Suddenly all the people who were swarming around Dennis Hopper are now swarming around Peter Bogdanovich, who can…
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Lindsay Fuller & The Cheap Dates
Next year, Lindsay Fuller’s new album You, Anniversary will be released by Dave Matthews’ home label, ATO. For…
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Based on his own series of popular-on-the-Internet short films, Finnish writer-director Jalmari Helander’s 2010 Rare Exports creates something…
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Darrius Willrich Trio
Fusing infectious funk and a rich soulful voice with jazz, singer/songwriter Darrius Willrich delivers music that is melodic,…
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The Juan Maclean
DFA producer the Juan Maclean has been on a hot streak, following the ebullient, self-explanatory anthem “Happy House”…
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Bushwick Book Club
Beacon Hill musician Geoff Curtiss Larson visited a nightclub in Bushwick, Brooklyn (during a temporary 2009 move to…
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Shimmering Stars
The Vancouver, BC-based pop trio Shimmering Stars released their full-length debut, Violent Hearts, on Hardly Art back in…
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White Ring
Second Sight is a monthly night bringing goth, industrial, and rave vibes to the (black) masses, this month…
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Baths
L.A. musician Baths was born from the future bass stew of Low End Theory but has increasingly veered…
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The Grouch
The fifth annual How the Grouch Stole Christmas tour brings with it a familiar cast of awesome characters…
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Bushwick Book Club: The Shining
Visiting New York a few years ago, musician Geoff Curtiss Larson was surprised to see a whole barroom…
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Ted Vigil: A John Denver Tribute
Maybe it was the down vest, the hiking boots, the granny glasses, or the blonde bowl cut. Or…