Oh, what a night indeed! Not knowing what to expect, I walked into The Media Club on Friday night and found myself suddenly plunged into a room so replete with the easy-going air of Vancouver’s West Coast music scene that all of my stresses instantly melted away. The venue was dimly lit and had a […]
Philadelphia’s The War on Drugs reside at the blurred edges of American music: overexposing studio limitations, piling tape upon tape to maximum density, and then — with each song — they pull off the scaffolding to reveal what sticks, keeping only what’s absolutely necessary and dig into what sounds like the best kind of fucked […]
THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE OVER LOSS When David’s mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he resolves to unravel a mystery that has haunted him for years. Why did she, a gifted and successful painter, abandon her art so abruptly two decades ago? Was her decision related to her current condition? Is David destined to share her […]
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – By Stephen Adly Guirgis. Produced by Pound of FleshTheatre; Presented with Rumble Productions as part of the 2012 TREMORS Festival Part court-room drama, part urban re-telling of myth, this searing look at history’s most infamous double-cross places Judas Iscariot on trial for betraying Christ. As biblical and historical witnesses take […]
Well, hello, Dolly! It’s so nice to have you back where you belong!” A self-professed “meddling” matchmaker and recent widow, Dolly Levi’s infectious energy charms everyone she meets. Hired to find a match for the grumpy half-millionaire Horace Vandergelder, Dolly has other plans. Setting her sights on Mr. Vandergelder (and his money) for herself, she […]
Oh, what a night indeed! Not knowing what to expect, I walked into The Media Club on Friday night and found myself suddenly plunged into a room so replete with the easy-going air of Vancouver’s West Coast music scene that all of my stresses instantly melted away. The venue was dimly lit and had a […] 