Badass Lady-Love: Women Of Comics Soars At Metropolis Women Of Comics Soars At Metropolis February is popularly associated with love, and the folks at Metropolis Comic Art Gallery (1102 Mountain NW) decided to dedicate this month’s show [...] Holly von Winckel \ Feb 13, 2014 Read More
Art Scenester: Damned If You Don’t With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, you may be wondering how to impress your sweetheart. If you’re lucky, you’re with someone who likes the [...] Elisa McGovern \ Feb 06, 2014 Read More
My Heart Is In The Trees: And Under A Giant Sea Bird And Under A Giant Sea Bird Temporarily unemployed people fend off boredom in various ways. Some of us learn how to play “Hava Nagila” on the ukulele and bang [...] Gail Guengerich \ Feb 06, 2014 Read More The ten of hearts (Denise Weaver Ross)
In Living Color: Photography Series Breaks Open 1950S Segregation Photography Series Breaks Open 1950S Segregation At first glance, the Gordon Parks’ Segregation Series photographs, now on display at the Richard Levy Gallery (514 Central SW), appear to have [...] Brandon Call \ Jan 30, 2014 Read More
Culture Shock: Chinese New Year, Mexican Revolution, Science! A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course Downtown’s FreeStyle Gallery is ringing in the new year this Friday at an opening reception for their show, East Meets West, from 6 [...] Lisa Barrow \ Jan 30, 2014 Read More “42 Horse” by Ralph Greene
Museum Review: Kichi For Tako It's Time For An Intervention Tako Kichi means “kite crazy” in Japanese. Kichi is a good word to know because it seems the Japanese are kichi for so [...] Gail Guengerich \ Jan 23, 2014 Read More Insect kite, circa 1925 (Courtesy David M. Kahn)
Walking The Line: Bill Burr Talks Trust, Evolution And Fans Bill Burr Talks Trust, Evolution And Fans “Sometimes you feel like there’s walls all around you, and you’re at the bottom of a chimney and you’re thinking, ‘How the hell [...] Genevieve Mueller \ Jan 16, 2014 Read More
Stage Whispers: The Amazing Acro-Cats, Little Shop Of Horrors And Pack Of Lies Meow Fix I always thought my cats were useless, but apparently I’m the problem. My defects as an owner became obvious a couple of years [...] Alibi \ Jan 16, 2014 Read More
Arts Interview: The Voice That Was Already There Ruth Ozeki Investigates Truth In Fiction The memories surfaced by degrees. A sense of déjà vu materialized while reading Ruth Ozeki’s third novel, A Tale for the Time Being, [...] Nora Hickey \ Jan 09, 2014 Read More
Culture Shock: Illustration On Leather, Mexican Cowboys, We’re All One, After The Fire Blackbird Buffaloed When Sunday, Jan. 5, arrives, you might be exhausted from your year-end festivities. Maybe you’ll be tempted to throw yourself wearily on your [...] Lisa Barrow \ Jan 02, 2014 Read More Painting the swan (Lance Ryan McGoldrick)