Arts & Culture


Peepshow in the Exchange

Early this fall the Exchange District BIZ (Business Improvement Zone) launched a new program, Pop-up Art, turning unoccupied store fronts into temporary art galleries. The…


Essentially a Playlist

In the last Essentially A Playlist, we took a trip to the moon courtesy of Pink Floyd and the deluxe remastered editions of their complete…


CD Review: Bjork, Biophilia

Biophilia is the eighth full-length studio album from avant-garde darling Bjork. Ten tracks released with accompanying individual apps for each of the songs turn the…


Sound Off

Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose different artists the same series of crucial questions. In his second studio album under the…


Point / Counterpoint

Point / Counterpoint is a platform in which two parties discuss pertinent cultural issues from opposing sides. It’s a real debate, and like any honest…


Ten great things

Tis the season for tales of terror! But I have to admit that scary movies just don’t do it for me. Long before corn syrup was…


Places for Peanuts

I looked up at the walls of the Edge Gallery, awestruck. Small postcard-sized drawings were everywhere, covering the walls like tiny freckles. The Edge Gallery…



Book review: MetaMaus

It’s been more than 20 years since the original release of Art Spiegelman’s two volume holocaust epic, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, and in that time…