Published Thursday, October 2, 2008
Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival
Richard King pushes music envelope at Roots ’N Blues
By CHRIS BOECKMANN
Special to the Tribune
Richard King has a lot of experience booking shows. For about 30 years, the owner of The Blue Note and Mojo’s has brought hundreds of performers to Columbia.
Vocalist Bettye LaVette enjoys raising a little hell
By CHRIS BOECKMANN
R&B vocalist Bettye LaVette has been performing professionally since the
1960s, appearing on Broadway and recording critically acclaimed works for
Atlantic Records and Motown, but it wasn’t until the 2000s that she received
her dues.
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Spelling whiz gets ‘MADE’
By PETE BLAND
of the Tribune’s staff
You remember Sidhant Misra, right?
GAME OVER
‘Mega Man 9’ caters to old-school crowds
By PAUL DZIUBA
"Mega Man 9" has had, since its announcement, some colossal shoes to fill. Its release comes more than 20 years since the release of the original "Mega Man" on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987 and 10 years since the series’ last installment. Add to this pressure that "Mega Man" stalwarts have high standards in regard to recent releases - the X series in particular has taken a verbal beating - and the expectations only mount. Was the team at Inti Creates up to the task of creating a new, old-school "Mega Man" game?
MUSIC
‘Jazz, Wine and Beer’ Pub Crawl
There is something to be said for a tradition that combines sociability, a nice
glass of red wine and great music.
The odyssey continues
The Odyssey Chamber Music Series celebrates its fifth concert season tomorrow with a strong lineup of guest artists who will fill First Baptist Church with the glorious sounds of such composers as Giovanni Bonaventura Viviani, Johannes Brahms and Hans
Brehme.
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FILM
Chase Thompson’s ‘filmentary’ places focus on soul legend
By CHRIS BOECKMANN Special to the Tribune
Throughout the filming of his first feature-length documentary, local
filmmaker Chase Thompson shot scenes in several local businesses — a diamond
store, a record shop, a restaurant.
War-weary
The most technically ambitious film in Spike Lee’s long and eclectic career, "Miracle at St. Anna" is wildly unfocused in terms of tone and, at two hours and 40 minutes, it’s unjustifiably overlong. Lee didn’t write the script - that’s the work of James McBride, who based his screenplay on his novel of the same name - but he didn’t rein in his writer, either, perhaps because he feels so strongly about the subject matter.
Thou shall laugh
Fearless as a fatwa and subtle as a Second Coming, "Religulous" is a revelation. For his documentary on the dangers of world religion, comic cultural gadfly Bill Maher traveled from the Holy Land to The Holy Land Experience, questioning true believers of many faiths and mocking all.
Sam Rockwell’s latest role, story may induce gag reflex
By SCOTT A. MAY
High expectations fall with a resounding thud in "Choke," the first big disappointment of the fall season. Gag is more like it.
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Find drama, chills at Stephens play
For those mystery lovers in Columbia, don’t miss the eerie drama "Snake
in the Grass," a play exploring murder and blackmail, while asking the
question: Whose body will be hurled down the well?
‘Priceless Souls’ photo exhibit opens at Stephens
The Stephens College Davis Art Gallery will host Denise McGill’s
"Priceless Souls" photo exhibition, which includes an opening
reception from 4 to 6 p.m. tomorrow at the gallery at the corner of Ripley and
Walnut streets and a lecture at 8 p.m. Charters Lecture Hall, 1405 E. Broadway.
