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HampdenFest celebrates The Avenue and local musicians

The fervor of Howard Street's infamous Ottobar ran rampant up and down The Avenue on 36th Street last Saturday afternoon. Hampden Fest 2007 took place on September 15 and the turn-out was fantastic. Food, jewelry, crafts and clothing vendors set up shop and hawked their wares.… Post the First Comment

Energy at Ottobar show rests on Man Man

It has long been said that Baltimore, particularly Hampden, is the campy capital of all things kooky. But last Saturday, at the Ottobar's 10th anniversary celebration, Philly natives Man Man proved that the locals may be a bit out of touch with what constitutes edginess.… 1 Comment

Sight Unseen probes the role of the artist

Playwright uses biographical elements to weave an intricate plotline and complex characters
There is plenty of playwright Donald Margulies' biography that crops up in his 1992 high-culture drama, Sight Unseen. Margulies, for instance, spent a year and a half of his early college days studying visual arts. Likewise, his play's protagonist - an acclaimed painter named Jonathan Waxman - is shown at crafting his first undergraduate canvases in the script's concluding flashback.… Post the First Comment

2 Days in Paris takes on too much for one movie

The average movie set in Paris entails romance, long walks along the Seine and an endearing caricature of the French. 2 Days in Paris, written, directed and starred in by Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise) challenges all of these traditional assumptions, resulting in an enjoyable but confusing film.… Post the First Comment


Chaos reigns supreme in Death at a Funeral

From Harvey to A Fish Called Wanda, Some Like It Hot to Meet the Parents, the art of disastrous comedy has been honed through the progression of modern cinema to dull perfection. Have we yet reached the summit of this kind of humor? Has it been overused, fated soon to go the way of slapstick, toilet jokes and Adam Sandler movies? We turn to Frank Oz, whose previous directorial work includes such disastrously comedic masterpieces as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and What About Bob?, and his latest film, Death at a Funeral, for an answer. Post a comment

Hairspray is even better the third time around

Remakes are a strange breed of movie, and oftentimes they barely measure up to the original. The original 1988 film Hairspray was a John Waters cult hit that was transformed into a Broadway musical in 2002. This summer it returned to the big screen as a Hollywood blockbuster with lots of big names, big music and, most importantly, big hair. Post a comment

Get in touch with Apple's newest tech toy, the iPhone

Apple's announcement of the iPhone at this year's Macworld convention led to unprecedented media coverage on the device. Designed with new multi-touch user interface, a 3.5" widescreen display, Cover Flow, and visual voicemail, it looked like Apple was going to be a dominant force in the already saturated mobile phone market. Post a comment

Baltimore Struts Its Stuff

"I hope you biked here," designer/Whamcity member/general hallucinogen of creative expression Michael Farley said in introduction to Sustainable Fashion night of the Baltimore Fashion Week. A makeshift runway spanned the belly of St. John's Church on 2640 St. Post a comment

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