Ragu Comedy
Italian-dinner theater should be served al dente.
Walk a Mile in My Heels
Gender-bending RhondaK befriends a man who dresses as a woman, and spends a night as a man.
Portrait of the Artist Portrait of the Artist
More realism than magic in Frida
From Hippies to Hip-Hop
WMNF’s brass tunes up for a more diverse sound.
Abroad Spectrum
New countries are adding splash to the wine industry
Letters
Bushwhacking I'd be more convinced if Ms. Renford came up with 10 reasons to vote for McBride instead of this scribbling this lengthy dis of the incumbent. That's the problem with the Corrosive Left: nothing positive or constructive to say. Of course, this may simply be your Halloween issue, and Renford is doing a print…
Circus Maximus
The artful Cirque du Soleil performs Quidam
Orbitals
Corbett Wins Again Another court has come down in favor of Tampa businessman Dick Corbett and against Weekly Planet's attempt to force disclosure of a development agreement for the public land where the 1-year-old International Plaza shopping mall was built.The Second District Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed a trial court ruling that the Planet wasn't…
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From Darkness Into Light
Gospel music according to the Blind Boys of Alabama
Books
The Curious Case of Benajmin Button, Apt. 3W
Outtakes
8 MILE (R) There's a brief moment in 8 Mile when we glimpse a TV playing Imitation of Life, Douglas Sirk's dated but still-juicy melodrama about a light-skinned black attempting to pass as white. In 8 Mile we see that phenomenon, having come full circle, attempt to mutate into some other, more interesting shape. This…
Sex Sells
And we’re the fattest pimp in town
Spins
I've been riding around in my car the last few days listening to the Grateful Dead. I assure you this is not like me. It strictly has to do with Go to Nassau, a terrific concert document made up of highlights from two nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. The two-disc set, which…
With Enemies Like These
Your Friends Enemies get palsy with elements of late-’70s no wave.
Patty Waggin’
Biting into burger standbys El Cap and Jimmy Mac’s
