Friday, December 12, 2008

Metro, December 8-12

Over the past week in the Metro: a preview of the Franklin's "eductional" (ahem) new Chronicles of Narnia exhibit; a piece on the Prince's live radio play adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life; and a look at Penn Museum's exhibit Iyare!, with art and artifacts from the kingdom of Benin in Nigeria.

Citypaper, December 11

In this week's CP, my feature review of Ron Howard's adaptation of Frost/Nixon, a preview of Jason Moran's new commission from the Art Museum based on their Gee's Bend quilt exhibit, featuring Bill Frisell, a pick for Ron Horton's performance of Andrew Hill's Passing Ships, and Soundadvice blurbs for mi3 and the duo of Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Metro, December 1-5

This week, a preview of Doug Varone and Dancers' weekend of performances at Penn, a piece on I-House's series of classic films from the Russian Mosfilm Studio, and an interview with Dan Scofield, saxophonist for Shot x Shot and co-Founder of the Sci-Fi Philly series.

Citypaper, December 4

The string of cover stories comes to an end. This week, two reviews: one for the crudely made but nonetheless engaging doc Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, and the second for Randall Miller's second film of the year, the hyperactive, twist-heavy "thriller" Nobel Son. In music, there's a pick for Rudresh Mahanthappa at the Painted Bride (I'm working on a DownBeat feature on Rudresh that should hit stands in the May saxophone issue) and a Soundadvice blurb for the Chicagoan/Dutch Flatlands Collective.