Tuesday, May 5

Calendar: Theater & Arts

Odalan Bali Royce Hall March 26, 8 p.m. This night of traditional Balinese music and dance features a 25-member ensemble in addition to onstage dancers. If nothing else, the stage at Royce will be crowded. Read more...


Calendar: Film & TV

“Guess Who” AMC Avco March 17, 8 p.m. If the rumors are true, then Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are soon going to have another mouth to feed; that’s just another reason to support Kutcher’s new film about a white guy looking to marry outside his race, to the displeasure of his bride-to-be’s sarcastic father. Read more...


Going places

As we all know what happens to even the best-laid plans of mice and men, sometimes things don’t quite work out the way you want them to. Read more...


Soundbite

Radar Bros. “The Fallen Leaf Pages” Merge Records Slowcore is an excuse for rock critics to praise molasses-paced music. With the exception of the genre-defining band Low, “slow” tends to be a euphemism for the word “boring,” making the useless “core” addendum irrelevant. Read more...



A long shelf life

At first glance, the story behind the opera “Lorca, Child of the Moon” seems to have a fairy-tale ending. A labor of love first developed as a series of workshops, it gained support and grew into a full-scale opera that will premiere on March 17 at Freud Playhouse. Read more...


Screen scenes

“Mail Order Wife” Directed by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland First Independent Pictures “Mail Order Wife” starts off as any other inconspicuous documentary. Adrian, a doorman from Queens, gives his testimonial to the camera about receiving his new wife from China. Read more...