Theodore Bale
Upon reading the program for the performance by Stephen Petronio Company January 12 at the swanky and newly-opened Institute of Contemporary Art, I thought to myself, “gay, gay, gay!” The entire first half of the program featured Petronio’s dances set ...
Joseph Wozny
Final Fantasy is a saga devoted to telling epic stories with magic, sword battling, and plenty of plot twists. In every game, the user controls a central character. The main character is typically a young boy, who has some special ...
Joseph Wozny
Secret Files: Tunguska comes close to being an excellent game, but it just misses the mark. It’s a shame because there is a lot to recommend about it. Secret Files: Tunguska is a third person point and click game ...
Susan Yung
Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Arvo Pärt’s compositions rank among the most inspirational for choreographers, at least in my neck of the woods. Reich and Glass are beloved for their muscular propulsiveness, their vigorous rhythms, their hypnotic threads. But it ...
Theodore Bale
Upon reading the program for the performance by Stephen Petronio Company January 12 at the swanky and newly-opened Institute of Contemporary Art, I thought to myself, “gay, gay, gay!” The entire first half of the program featured Petronio’s dances set ...
Patrick Wolf releases his fourth concept album “Battle;” a double album that has Oscar winning actress and UK avant garde filmmaker muse, Tilda Swinton, as the “Voice of Hope” narrator throughout the record. The album is released on Patrick’s own ...
Nancy WoznyHouston,
Reveling in Early Music: Shulamit Kleinerman Brings her Expertise and Violin to Revels Houston Revels Houston presents An Elizabethan Celebration of the Winter Solstice for two weekends, December 13-14 and December 20-21, 2008 at Lowe Theater, 2707 Buffalo Speedway (at ...
Peggy Jarrell Kaplan, Portraits of Choreographers Chez Bushwick Presents Salon @ Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Chez Bushwick is the presenter of the future. A cooperative formed by necessity, it has presented young choreographic talent at a loft in industrial ...
China’s restrictions on free speech are proving a hindrance to its emerging musical talents. Artists are unable to pursue controversial topics and have little crossover appeal. However, Chinese Mongolian East/West fusionist Sa Dingding has carefully avoided areas of controversy and ...
Editor’s Note: In years past, Arthur Lazere, the founder of this site, who died in September, would come out with a “Best Movies of the Year” list. This year, I’ve asked culturevulture.net contributors to offer their own “bests” for the ...
