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Quinn’s ‘Unconstitutional’ is part history, part hysterical

February 3, 2014

Film

Officials: Hoffman found with likely heroin packs

A passer-by stops at a makeshift memorial outside the home of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman on Monday in New York.…

February 3, 2014

Visual Arts

Graffiti art highlighted in NYC exhibition

That 1978 work helped propel the illicit graffiti art movement out of the subway and into the mainstream. So it’s…

February 3, 2014

Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Feb. 4

Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd…

February 3, 2014

Film

Woody Allen’s allies come to rescue

In an Op-Ed piece by Nicholas Kristof published on the New York Times website on Saturday, the author referenced a…

February 3, 2014

Film

Stars young and old reflect on Hoffman’s death

Phillip Seymour Hoffman poses Jan. 19 for a portrait at The Collective and Gibson Lounge Powered by CEG, during the…

February 3, 2014

Performing Arts

This is not Disney’s ‘Little Mermaid’

Rusalka, Dvorak’s tragic opera, comes to FLC in HD

February 2, 2014

Film

At the Movies

Kate Winslet falls for wanted fugitive Josh Brolin in “Labor Day.”Dale Robinette/Paramount Pictures/Associated Press It’s the pie scene. If you…

January 30, 2014

Music

The return of movie soundtracks

Musicals and Westerns now come once in a blue moon. Romcoms and horror have lost a lot of credibility from…

January 30, 2014

Performing Arts

Follies just a little ‘Less Miserable’

Snowdown veterans lampoon – predictably – pot, bags and more

January 29, 2014

Music

Simple, complicated Seeger changed American music

Pete Seeger, 92, foreground left, marches in 2011 with nearly a thousand demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests…

January 28, 2014

Music

Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies in NY

A surging crowd, two canes and seven decades as a history-sifting singer and rabble-rouser buoyed him as he led an…

January 28, 2014

Music

Spotify’s Top 10 most viral and streamed tracks

UNITED STATES 1. Tycho, “Montana” (Ghostly International) 2. Manchester Orchestra, “Top Notch” (Seven Four Entertainment, LLC./Republic Records) 3. Beck, “Blue…

January 28, 2014

Music

Max Roach music, records go to Library of Congress

Max Roach performs in 2001 at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.Kevork Fjansezian/Associated Press Roach…

January 27, 2014

Film

Who should be sued over leaked script?

Quentin Tarantino gave it to few people; Gawker linked to it

January 27, 2014

Visual Arts

Jasper John N.Y. art trial ends

Knockoffs were said to buyers to be real deal

January 27, 2014

Visual Arts

Beens here, Beens there

Durango painter gets local spotlight

January 27, 2014

Books

U.S. Best-selling Books for Jan. 28

Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd…

January 27, 2014

Music

At Grammys, Daft Punk, Lorde, Macklemore win

The French electronic duo won record of the year at the awards show, beating hits like “Blurred Lines” and “Royals.”…

January 26, 2014

Film

At the Movies

I. FRANKENSTEIN (Not yet reviewed) 200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein’s creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But…

January 23, 2014

Visual Arts

Theme shows lead to exploration

Exhibits highlight locals’ talents

January 23, 2014

Film

Predictable, but awards season lets us escape

For a set of ceremonies so subjective and self-involved, it is interesting how we tune in to watch what happens…

January 23, 2014

Film

The terror of HIV/AIDS

McConaughey gets serious in ‘Dallas Buyer’s Club’

January 23, 2014

Music

Mustang to wrangle young musicians

Conservatory appoints SMU music director

January 20, 2014