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I feel like we may have promised not to cover the downfall of Western civilization as embodied by Britney Spears.
Andrea Fineman
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Postbacs reveal paintings
Though the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts saw its first event at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, a theater performance titled "Collaboration in Progress," the opening ceremony began at 5 p.m.
Throw Me the Statue bring their brand of lo-fi pop to the stage
I really like Throw Me the Statue's album, Moonbeams. A lot. So it bothers me to say that, based on the band's performance at the Middle East Upstairs last Tuesday, they need some practice.The band consists of Scott Reitherman, a Seattle lo-fi artist who began recording in 2004, and four recently acquired musicians on guitar, bass, drum machine, glockenspiel, what-have-you, to record Moonbeams and to go on the group's first tour, which began Feb.
M.A. student shows works
"The exhibit, Turbulence and Tenderness, is a reflection of our times, portraying the tensions of chaos along with the comfort and protective cradling of the familiar," reads Carol Prost's G'08 artist statement.
Lekman brings Scandinavian charm
"Tonight feels special," Jens Lekman said archly to the audience upon taking the stage. From the beginning, Lekman and his five-person backing band exuded the charm that audiences have come to expect.
Can Tom really cook? We think so
Waltham pan-Asian restaurant Tom Can Cook is nothing if not an exercise in contradictions. That is, when it comes to aesthetics: Despite a rather "Confucius say" name, the restaurant is decorated in a strange mix of '90s-era bright colors and Mexican influences, such as earthenware plates and lanterns with paper decorations.
Chen and Zhao bring a taste of China for "Chinese Modulations
As Chinese musicians Yangqin Zhao and Jiebing Chen walked across the stage at Saturday night's "Chinese Modulations," Slosberg's always somewhat geriatric audience got something of a pleasant surprise.
Next stop: Boston for many bands
While the weeks leading up to Passover break may be an explosion of tests and papers in students' lives, the next couple of weeks will also bear witness to a number of Boston-area spring concert tour stops.
Quality of films varies
SunDeis 2008 began in Shapiro Theater with three moviegoers-four if you count this reporter. Without any introduction, the first film debuted: a submission from Emerson College about a young lesbian who is attacked by a man she meets at a bar.
MFA pales before the Middle East
"Dear MFA,Please buy some new audio equipment.Love, Andrea."This was the introduction I wrote upon leaving the Museum of Fine Arts on Friday night after the first of the Mountain Goats' two area-shows last weekend.
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