Avett Brothers' exquisite 'True Sadness' mixes new, classic
Friday, 15 July 2016, 16:55
Last update: about 10 years ago
A quiet, deep sigh opens the loveliest tune on The Avett Brothers' terrific new album, "True Sadness." It might reflect the wistful tale of a romance Seth Avett pines for in "I Wish I Was." But...
Neil Gaiman has a lot to say about a lot
Friday, 15 July 2016, 16:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
Warning: This book may make you want to read a bunch of other books. Maybe even buy a comic. On my list, recommended by Mr. Gaiman: anything by Harlan Ellison, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,"...
Sara Watkins branches out
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 16:54
Last update: about 10 years ago
Sara Watkins describes her latest venture as "a breakup album with myself," but it seems like there might have been someone else involved. The songs on "Young in All the Wrong Ways" have bite to...
Moviegoers to Hollywood: It better be good
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 16:16
Last update: about 10 years ago
As Hollywood girds for a low-key Fourth of July box office weekend and watches its summer season dip 15 percent below last year's, an even more worrisome trend has taken shape: Moviegoers are growing...
'Fifty-Year Mission' is compelling 'Star Trek' time line
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 16:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman have compiled hundreds of interviews to create "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years." The...
Malta International Arts Festival closing events
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 11:32
Last update: about 10 years ago
Please, Continue (Hamlet) In this unique theatre experience, members of the audience will participate directly in the performance, blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality. Please,...
Ivan Grech in a solo concert at Pjazza Teatru Rjal on 19 August
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 11:17
Last update: about 10 years ago
Ivan Grech, frontman of Winter Moods has launched his first solo concert, which will take place at Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta on Friday 19 August. Tickets are available for sale online through...
Tribute to Dennis Brown hails peerless reggae singer
Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 16:48
Last update: about 10 years ago
"We Remember Dennis Brown" is a much-deserved tribute to one of reggae's top crooners, a vocal marvel whose music was widely acclaimed in Jamaica and Britain and merits even broader attention...
How the magic of movies unlocked a boy's mind
Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 16:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
The most heartbreaking moment in "Life, Animated," an absorbing and ultimately exhilarating documentary about the journey of an autistic boy into manhood, is hearing his parents describe...