PRINTED MATTER: Arts + Entertainment, May 20

Photo | James Haskins David Strathairn stars in the Wilma Theater's production of Leaving Here's what you'll miss if you don't pick up a City Paper this week: FEATURES! - A.D. Amorosi examines former Czech Republic President Václav Havel's first new play in 20 years, Leaving, which lands at the Wilma on Wednesday. Its tone is elegiac, but don't let that fool you into thinking this is Havel's swan song. - CP film critic Cindy Fuchs chats with Alex Gibney, director of the Jack Abramoff documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money. - Dance-party impresario Dave P. guest-writes a top-10 list of his favorite moments of Making Time, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this Saturday. COLUMNS! - For this month's edition of Full Exposure, John Vettese reviews Ruth Humpton's photography exhibit at 3rd Street Gallery. The pros: Humpton uses hand-coloring to "bring the scene alive"; the cons: One image "looks like prog rock album art." - In Aid or Invade, Rodney Anonymous gives Portugal some help despite Ana Moura's "monotonously competent" new album. REVIEWS! - Sam Adams gives Looking for Eric a B+ in this week's Flick Pick. The film, directed by Ken Loach, is a throwback to his best work, "winning stories of working-class life whose politics were integrated rather than smeared on top." - Movie Shorts on Casino Jack (A), Mother and Child (B-), OSS 117: Lost in Rio (B-), Princess Ka'iulani (C-) and Shrek Forever After (C+) AND THEN THERE'S ... - Kaleidoscope quick hits on American Idol, Riff-Raff, the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival and Found*ling jewelry - Arts Picks on Momix, The Screwtape Letters and more - Music Picks on Visqueen, The Mural and the Mint and more - Album Reviews on Damien Jurado, David Cross and Kurt Vile, plus an Erykah-centered One Track Mind - Agenda goodies like Icepack, a Gong Show tribute, tons of Picks, DJ Nights and Josh Middleton's LGBTQ column, Queer Bait. PREVIOUSLY >> PRINTED MATTER: Arts + Entertainment, May 13

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PRINTED MATTER: Arts + Entertainment, May 20

POSTED: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:41 PM

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Photo | James Haskins

David Strathairn stars in the Wilma Theater's production of Leaving

Here's what you'll miss if you don't pick up a City Paper this week: FEATURES!

A.D. Amorosi examines former Czech Republic President Václav Havel's first new play in 20 years, Leaving, which lands at the Wilma on Wednesday. Its tone is elegiac, but don't let that fool you into thinking this is Havel's swan song.
CP film critic Cindy Fuchs chats with Alex Gibney, director of the Jack Abramoff documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money.
Dance-party impresario Dave P. guest-writes a top-10 list of his favorite moments of Making Time, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this Saturday.

COLUMNS!

For this month's edition of Full Exposure, John Vettese reviews Ruth Humpton's photography exhibit at 3rd Street Gallery. The pros: Humpton uses hand-coloring to "bring the scene alive"; the cons: One image "looks like prog rock album art."
In Aid or Invade, Rodney Anonymous gives Portugal some help despite Ana Moura's "monotonously competent" new album.

REVIEWS!

Sam Adams gives Looking for Eric a B+ in this week's Flick Pick. The film, directed by Ken Loach, is a throwback to his best work, "winning stories of working-class life whose politics were integrated rather than smeared on top."
Movie Shorts on Casino Jack (A), Mother and Child (B-), OSS 117: Lost in Rio (B-), Princess Ka'iulani (C-) and Shrek Forever After (C+)

AND THEN THERE'S ...

Kaleidoscope quick hits on American Idol, Riff-Raff, the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival and Found*ling jewelry
Arts Picks on Momix, The Screwtape Letters and more
Music Picks on Visqueen, The Mural and the Mint and more
Album Reviews on Damien Jurado, David Cross and Kurt Vile, plus an Erykah-centered One Track Mind
Agenda goodies like Icepack, a Gong Show tribute, tons of Picks, DJ Nights and Josh Middleton's LGBTQ column, Queer Bait.

PREVIOUSLY >> PRINTED MATTER: Arts + Entertainment, May 13

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