Metro, May 5-9

This week in Metro: a preview of I-House's retrospective of Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa; a preview of the Rosenbach's new year-long Maurice Sendak exhibit (not currently online) and previews of the Lemony Snicket orchestral piece The Composer is Dead at the Kimmel on Sunday and the mother/daughter klezmer team of Elaine and Susan Watts, neither of which have been posted yet. I'll get 'em up here asap.

Citypaper, May 8

This week in CP: a feature on the great young Philly jazz quartet Shot x Shot; Soundadvice mentions for local saxist/psych Ph.D. Michael Pedicin and tenorman Donny McCaslin; a Day Tripper for the NYC gallery showing of photog Peter Beste's True Norwegian Black Metal; a review of the Wachowski Bros' anime sugar rush Speed Racer; a pick for the debut of Philly dancer/choreographer Meg Foley's new company Moving Research; and a preview of this year's Philadelphia Wine festival - more on which later, after we get to tasting on Saturday night.

Metro, May 2

The only piece this week is a preview of Megan Bridge's two-part dance piece at the CEC, Subject in Two Parts.

Citypaper, May 1

This week: a pick for William Parker's evening of music by and inspired by Curtis Mayfield at the Painted Bride; reviews for Iron Man, Helen Hunt's directorial debut Then She Found Me, and the French semi-political comedy My Brother is an Only Child; and an artspick for Peregrine Arts' latest Philly archaeological transformation, nothing but what is therein contained at Girard College's Founder's Hall.

Daily News April Wrap-Up

The usual weekly picks, this month on Dave Brubeck, Karrin Allyson, and Brad Mehldau; and a feature on Terence Blanchard's evening of Spike Lee movie music at the Kimmel, featuring interviews with both and a sidebar with some career highlights.

Metro April Wrap-Up

The month in Metro:

A piece on Chamber Music Now!'s text/music collaborations (not online); an interview with David Kessler, creator of Shadow World, a series of interviews with folks living under the Front St. El, who I've previously written about. He's got an installation based on the website up at I-House. Then there's a piece on collective psych-folk ensemble Dark Meat; and a cut-down piece on Charles Anderson's Dance Theatre X.

Citypaper April Wrap-Up

Between the Film Fest (I think the number ended up being about 60 films seen) and a small getaway to Virginia wine country for my birthday, I've neglected this space for about a month. So I'll do a lightning round of links for each of the usual papers.

As for CP:

April 10: Down from last week's total, a mere three reviews for Film Fest week two: Deep Sea Blues, Fados, and the Germs biopic What We Do is Secret; a regular review for the Ryan Reynolds vehicle Chaos Theory; and a pick for The Tiptons at Chris'.

April 17: A feature on local psych-noise label Fire Museum Records, previewing a label showcase at the Troc and an interview with Theo Bleckmann prior to his vocal supergroup MOSS appearing at the Art Museum; a review of Morgan Spurlock's Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? and an interview with the director; a review of the cloying oldsters-sing-hipster doc Young @ Heart, another for the belated poker mockumentary The Grand, and one more for the latest Apatow product, Forgetting Sarah Marshall; and a pick for the first anniversary of the dance/multi-media performance series paraphrase/NEXUS.

April 24: A pick for the Dylan-as-jazz trio Jewels and Binoculars; reviews of The Life Before Her Eyes, The Visitor and, yes, another poker flick, Deal; a piece on I-House's series of films on, about, or using still photos, Moving Pictures; and a pick for the collaboration of local improviser Jack Wright and Butoh master Katsura Kan.