April on Broadway, to mangle a phrase from a showtune classic, is bustin’ out all over with no fewer than 14 new plays and musicals set to open before the April 25 Tony Award eligibility cutoff date. So crowded are the final weeks of the 2023-24 theater season that three days each will see the […]
In her third studio album, “Older,” American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine expertly crafted a hauntingly raw collection of 14 songs — each describing the passage of time, uncertainty and, as per the title, the reality of growing up. McAlpine brilliantly voices the struggles of young people placing undue pressure on themselves to have life all figured This story Review: Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘Older’ is an ode to coming-of-age stories appeared first on Washington Square News.
A flight of imagination born of the trippy 1970s, “The Wiz” can shoulder a lot of interpretation. Sidney Lumet’s shadowy film, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, sets the Black spin on L. Frank Baum’s children’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in a blighted, nearly bombed-out New York City. High schools and community theaters […]
The hilarious debut film feature from Vera Drew, The People’s Joker, packs a lot into its 92-minute runtime—action, animation, DC comic parody deep cuts, some truly vicious and necessary jabs at some of SNL’s current stars, and a healthy scattering of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it asides. There's been a lot of hype surrounding the pop culture parody coming of age film, but it's entirely warranted. by Robert Ham The democratization of...
From the main stage at Willie Nelson's annual music festival, North Carolinian folk singer and songwriter Lou Hazel asked the small audience gathered for his early set: "How's everybody doing?" A lanky, grey-haired man in the front row shouted back, gleefully: "We're in Luck!" Enveloped in near-constant clouds of barbecue smoke and weed, the rest of the onlookers chuckled—it was true. Nelson's ranch, dubbed "Luck, Texas," isn't technically its own town. The property—home to buildings...
Comedian Vera Drew’s debut film is radical, moving, and definitely not affiliated with the DCEU or Warner Bros. in any official capacity.
Festivities for this year's art car parade and festival kick off on Thursday in Houston. The Orange Show's 37th annual Houston Art Car Festival and Parade will take to the downtown streets on Saturday featuring more than 250 meticulously decorated art cars created by artists, individuals, schools nonprofit organizations and corporations.
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In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong finds that to succeed in life and archery, it helps to aim lowerGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI arrive at Sydney Olympic Park Archery Centre for my one-on-one lesson dressed according to instructions on its website: enclosed shoes, a long-sleeved shirt, sunglasses, a hat and with my long hair tied back. I feel like I’m undercover. Soon, though, I will be grateful to be literally under cover.It...
Group tells attorney general’s department that not all doxing is harmful and therefore bad or undesirableFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnti-fascist research group the White Rose Society has warned the Australian government that its push for new anti-doxing laws are a “quick fix” for complex problems that could be weaponised against reporting and have negative consequences for society.In March the...
Writing Thursday morning over at National Review in the Morning Jolt newsletter, senior writer Jim Geraghty went postal on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) over its handling of now-former senior business editor Uri Berliner’s bombshell essay for The Free Press meticulously dismantling NPR for its decades of liberal media bias. Geraghty (correctly) stated it’s been “refreshingly honest” to see how “NPR responded to the revelations and accusations of 25-year veteran Uri Berliner” with...
Writing Thursday morning over at National Review in the Morning Jolt newsletter, senior writer Jim Geraghty went postal on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) over its handling of now-former senior business editor Uri Berliner’s bombshell essay for The Free Press meticulously dismantling NPR for its decades of liberal media bias. Geraghty (correctly) stated it’s been “refreshingly honest” to see how “NPR responded to the revelations and accusations of 25-year veteran Uri Berliner” with...