The funky fresh electro-pop duo Cherub performed live at The Jefferson April 8 — introduced by opening act Carousel.
Last fall, a group of University students decided to make a film. The product — a narrative short film, done with professional equipment, set to its own original score — they aimed to submit to national, regional and student film festivals — including to the Sundance Film Festival.
Wes Anderson’s debut feature was “Bottle Rocket,” the low-budget comedy he wrote with his buddy Owen Wilson shortly after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin.
If you’re anything like me, the news of a previously unreleased album by Johnny Cash made you hop up from your computer and do a little dance.
Warning, this is a review of the season premiere of “Game of Thrones” and does contain spoilers. It has been far too long since HBO cruelly left distraught viewers alone after the Red Wedding, dishing up great television with a side of post-traumatic stress disorder.
After months of bitter cold and the occasional blizzard, spring has finally arrived at the University.
The heights of heavy metal musical taste can be dizzying. Burdened with the slamming of inferior genres, and less hardcore fans, we often take ourselves too seriously.
The University’s improv troupe The Whethermen duked it out with Duke University Improv Friday. The two groups displayed an amazing range of wit, intuition, creativity and mind-reading prowess as they played a variety of improvisation games.
Of the three albums released by rapper Grieves, “Together/Apart,” released in 2011, was indisputably the most notable.
The University Dance Program and Drama department held their annual Spring Dance Concert Thursday. The program consisted of 12 dances, choreographed in large part by University students themselves.
Newcomb Theater was host to a very different type of movie screening Friday evening. A man and a woman — both wearing corsets, fishnets and heels — greeted people outside of the building. Those new to the production each drew a giant “V” on their foreheads in red lipstick — marking them as “virgins”. Outside of the theater, people milled about in an electric mix of costumes, wigs and make-up.
Distance from the center — especially for a sub-genre which once defined it — usually means a lapse in innovation.
New Jersey-based Real Estate released the long-anticipated “Atlas” last month — the band’s third studio album which managed to exceed everyone’s high expectations following the acclaim for their 2009 self-titled debut and 2011 follow-up, “Days.” Both Pitchfork and Rolling Stone have designated the new album some of the band’s best work to date.
Following the release of his latest feature, The Wind Rises, 73-year-old animator Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement from filmmaking.
Comedian Mike Birbiglia has gained critical acclaim from past standup tours “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” and “Sleepwalk with Me” — the latter of which was transformed into a film of the same name, which Birbiglia both starred in and directed.
With the release of its latest collaborative effort, “Young Money: Rise of an Empire,” the Young Money Entertainment record label has solidified its place in the hip-hop and rap industry.
Television loves bringing the dead back to life — and I am not just referring to the acclaimed “The Walking Dead.” With a new take on the supernatural — this time zombie-free — ABC’s new show “Resurrection,” based on the novel “The Returned” by Jason Mott, stars Hollywood veterans Frances Fisher, Kurtwood Smith, Matt Craven and former “House” star Omar Epps. The show, which takes place in Arcadia, Mo., begins with a close up on eight-year old Jacob Langston waking up in a rice field in China — despite having drowned in a river 32 years prior.
Spring theater season is in full force around Grounds, with the casts of the drama department’s “Museum” and Shakespeare on the Lawn’s “Titus Andronicus” having just taken their final bows, and First Year Players’ “Kiss Me Kate” a few weeks away.
Arts & Entertainment got the chance to sit down with Khalilah Joi, a University alumna (Col ‘01) and recent winner of ABC’s “Make Me a Star” contest.
A lot is going on in the entertainment industry at the moment. Rising stars are emerging at every turn, major motion picture studios are gearing up for summer blockbuster season and Kesha is finally out of rehab, having shed her quintessential $. But if we take a closer look, I’m sure we’ll find many of our beloved celebrities are not doing so well.
