Category: Arts and Entertainment

March 25, 2008

Jasper John’s Shades Of Gray Revealed

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 25 Mar 2008

At The Metropolitan Museum of Art

February 4 to May 4, 2008

 

By Evonne Fitzgerald

Chronicle Staff Writer 

 

Now for the first time ever, the Metropolitan Museum …

The Doc’s Lab

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 25 Mar 2008

By: Dren AhmetajChronicle Staff Writer Home theater purchasing can be a tough decision due to so many models from so many companies out there. In this edition of the Doc’s lab, I will be looking at the Pioneer PDP-5070HD, which is …

Leerone’s “Imaginary Biographies”

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 25 Mar 2008

Though called imaginary, it’s actually quite real.By Adam DistlerA&E Editor With an album titled Imaginary Biographies, you can easily assume that Leerone has compiled a musical anthology; thematically, each track has a story of its own to be discovered by the …

The Good, The Bad, The Hip-Hop

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 25 Mar 2008

By Tanay HudsonChronicle Staff Writer If Lupe Fiasco rhymed back in the 90’s with what he is saying today, he’d be considered a legend.Back then, artists like Common and Black Moon told a story with their words. Most of Black Moon’s …

February 19, 2008

Featured Artist: Mary J Blige

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 19 Feb 2008

By Elizabeth HutzlerDespite allegations of steroid use, Mary J. Blige is standing strong. Mary Jane Blige, famously known as Mary J. Blige, was born on January 11, 1971. Despite her age, Mary J. Blige continues to make strong songs with …

THE DOC’S LAB: Blu-ray Vs. HD-DVD

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 19 Feb 2008

[Editor’s note/update: Soon after this article was published Tobisha (HD-DVD’s creator) ceased manufacturing HD-DVD disks and players, effectively killing the platform. This decision followed a number of studios and stores deciding to use Blu-Ray over HD-DVD. And so this format …

Young Frankenstein (a review)

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 19 Feb 2008

By Adam Distler
A&E Editor

Usually I’m not the Broadway type, but for Mel Brook’s musical adaptation of Young Frankenstein, I would definitely make an exception. Being raised on this movie, (my parents force fed me), I was a bit skeptical about …

In the Light of Poussin: The Classical Landscape Tradition

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 19 Feb 2008

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 08, 2008 to April 13, 2008
By Evonne Fitzgerald

In what is a small but extraordinary showing of 16th and 17th century landscape paintings, the Metropolitan has again compiled an exhibit that boggles the mind in …

December 14, 2007

Studio 61

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 14 Dec 2007

New York Institute of Technology
Faculty Exhibit
By Evonne Fitzgerald

Outstanding is the word that comes to mind when I think of the latest exhibit in New York Institute of Technology’s Gallery 61, which in case you don’t know, is on the …

Abstract Expressionism

Filed under: Arts and Entertainment - 14 Dec 2007

The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Evonne Fitzgerald

Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman’s amazing collection of expressionistic art has returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection, unveiled on September 18 and on display until February …

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