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At this time of year, a suggestion to head out to a frozen lake might be a hard sell. But this is a trip that is completely worth it. The Art Shanty Projects are now in their...
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It's true that outlets for art criticism around town may be dwindling, but that doesn't mean that art itself is, nor does it mean that there is a dearth of art critics. "The...
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On April 6, 1994, as Hutu militia took to the streets of Rwanda to systematically slaughter their Tutsi countrymen, hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina returned to the Hotel des...
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Spiritual-art organization Spirit in the House showcases work that is as diverse in form as it is in viewpoint. Point in fact: The upcoming show at Patrick's Cabaret features...
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Spiritual-art organization Spirit in the House showcases work that is as diverse in form as it is in viewpoint. Point in fact: The upcoming show at Patrick's Cabaret features...
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The lead-up to the Iraq war will probably remain a particularly indistinct and elusive memory in the years to come, if only because it represented a moment when the national...
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It's exhilarating when an artist as good as Lil Wayne does whatever he wants, even when you don't want everything he does. So Tha Carter III (Universal Motown) has all the...
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This past October, Liz Phair returned to First Avenue; her celebratory tour marked the 15th anniversary of what may be her finest album, Exile in Guyville. That night Phair...
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Acme Comedy Co. Somewhere off the coast of Alaska, at the fringes of Sarah Palin country, comedian Dwight Slade began to despair. "This year was the first year I started...
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At first listen to Davina and the Vagabonds, you imagine the tones escaping from a 300-pound blues musician. It seems unlikely that much power is coming from the slight frame...
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A New York man who donated one of his kidneys to his wife is now asking for her to return it in their divorce settlement.
If she, you know, wants to stay alive, she can just...
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The Walker presents its third annual series dedicated to works that expand our ideas of what film and video can encompass. In these experimental works, filmmakers break the...
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In New York circa the late '70s and early '80s, the Bush Tetras blazed brightly in the sweaty clubs of the Lower East Side. "That first summer when Bush Tetras became the most...
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The local music scene received a hard blow over the holidays with the sudden and unexpected passing of sound engineer Tom Cesario, who worked on and off at First Avenue before...
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Everything about Thunder in the Valley, defunct since 2007, appeared to gleam from within the amber tones of a weather-beaten storybook. Their first two albums always seemed...
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AMI DANG "Live at Shakemore Ah Go Go, July 12, 2008"
It begins as a brushfire of kinked sitar chordage buffered by dull gray whorls, as if a Boeing starship were setting...
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WEDNESDAY 1.14
Best New Bands of 2008
First Avenue
Reliable entertainment whether or not bands survive long enough to provide "I was there" stories, First Avenue's annual...
