Arts & Entertainment

The Starlight Ballroom was designed for dancing. As you walk into the place, a disco ball throws deceiving patterns of colored light on the wide dance floor, informing you that you didn't come here to stand still.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

Thursday, 1/31: Public Enemy and The Roots The Trocadero, All Ages Go down to Chinatown and catch the Artists For Heat benefit concert, featuring hip hop legends Public Enemy and The Roots and a special DJ set from Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

I'm all about vagina empowerment. In my vocabulary, the word "feminist" is neither dirty nor derogatory.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

Recently, Street had the pleasure to interview the writer/director of Teeth, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and producer, Joyce Pierpoline, who graduated from Penn.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

It's really too bad that The O.C. was cancelled before Columbia-grads Vampire Weekend arrived on the scene.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

Jellyfish Spilt Milk 1993 A brute force of power pop, the glam rockers of Jellyfish were overshadowed by flannel-clad grunge bands popular at the time of their '93 release of Spilt Milk, a symphonic gem that features heavily layered guitars, organs and Queen-like harmonies.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

This Sunday marked the conclusion of the Sundance Film Festival, the biggest event of the year for American independent film.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

With the Comcast Center (now the tallest building in Center City) nearing completion, Philadelphia continues to lose its quaint charm in favor of a new-found love for the grandiose.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

How many movies do you know that open with a title warning that none of the footage you are about to see is actual documentary footage?
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

Street: Can you tell us a little about vagina dentata and how it originated? Persephone Braham: The vagina dentata has many manifestations, from the classical Greek figure Scylla (a beautiful woman from the waist up, with the slavering jaws of three dogs for genitals) to Eve and Mother Nature --- with her grottoes, caves, quicksand bogs and amphibious serpents.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

Thursday, 1/31: Public Enemy and The Roots The Trocadero, All Ages Go down to Chinatown and catch the Artists For Heat benefit concert, featuring hip hop legends Public Enemy and The Roots and a special DJ set from Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

4 Stars For a cover song to merit existence, it should enhance appreciation for the original and bring an entirely new manner of seeing, feeling and hearing the song.
January 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

Daniel Day-Lewis is so selective about the films he appears in, he's only starred in four in the past 10 years.
January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

Cover albums are usually the efforts of aging musicians - the Barry Manilows and Michael McDonalds of the world - looking to make one last cash grab.
January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

Bedouin Soundclash Sounding a Mosaic 2004 Sounding a Mosaic, the 2004 release from Canadian reggae-rockers Bedouin Soundclash, flew far below the radar when it dropped, especially in the United States.
January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

Haven't been paying attention to music for the past year? Don't worry, we have. From rehab to reunions, digital downloading to living legends, 2007 was an exciting time to be a music fan.
January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

In a world of metavisual consumption, it's fitting that one of the strongest television advertising campaigns is for... televisions.
January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

Thursday, 1/24: Dave Elkins & Kevin Devine North Star Bar, all ages Head out to the North Star Bar for a night of acoustic jams with singer-songwriters Dave Elkins (frontman of the band Mae) and Kevin Devine.
January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

We all get competitive. Whether it's GPAs, sports or the Academy Awards, there's always a fight to be won.
January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

Charlie Wilson's War: ? If only politics were still this entertaining. Sweeney Todd:? For anyone who hated Borat, you can watch Johnny Depp slit Sacha Baron Cohen's throat. There Will Be Blood: ? A movie about big oil screwing over the common man; in other words, every Whartonite's dream. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A blinking, quadrapalegic writer exhibits better tear-duct control than every audience member.
January 24, 2008 at 12:00 am