Arts

This Sunday’s Stories & Beer promises to be one of our best. Read on to find out why.

College of Business Associate Dean leads an impassioned double life — as producer and backbone of CU Ballet

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling give powerful performances as a couple struggling to come to terms with their floundering marriage.

Alyssa goes in search of dance curricula in elementary schools.  A report on those programs and people getting the kiddies to move.

Caleb chats with visiting poet John Gallaher about music, politics, mistaken identity, and of course, poetry.

An in-depth look at one of the images in an upcoming indi go exhibit.

With the 2nd Annual Early Spring Literary Festival done and over with, Daniel recalls one of the more interesting panels, and writers, we’ve had in town for some time.

The movies and celebs coming to C-U in late April have emerged from behind Roger Ebert’s paywall, into the glorious light of day.

An in-depth and personal look at the means and meaning behind Sonia Warfel’s burlesque show Voulez-vous Brûlée? 

Susanna asks Kevin Stein about his life as a thief, his desire to become a celebutante and what it means to be Illinois’ Poet Laureate.

Local mystery writer’s persistence leads to a “fairy tale” deal with Penguin.

Want the complete rundown on this week’s Early Spring Literary Festival? Caleb has left no stone unturned.

Stories & Beer helps kick off the Early Spring Lit Fest at Indi Go.  Come on by and drink some cheap beer on us (or bring your own swag).

Tracy begins Mardi Gras week with an unconventional, erotic play, and leaves unoffended and … quite translated.

Lindy has a new installment for all the pretentious readers out there.

Jason Patterson discusses 23 Portraits, his most recent installation opening at the YMCA on campus tomorrow night at 7.

Daniel reflects upon the visual, musical and lyrical virtues of the Station Theatre’s Eurydice

Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart play a loving couple spiraling in grief, as they struggle to cope with the accidental death of their five-year-old son.

Opening this week at the Station Theatre, Eurydice has something for everyone.

2011 Oscars telecast on ABC, Sunday, February 27. It promises one of the more interesting ceremonies in recent history. Read on to find out Suzanne’s picks.

Dylan continues to delve into the graffitti scene in an interview that discusses local taggers and the man who documents their work online.

Mark takes a look at a local art program.

Don’t miss Mauritius as it enters its final week at the Station Theatre.

Can we save our schools and our children?

Dylan reviews

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, part of the Art Theater’s documentary festival.

Check out Last Train Home, a look inside Chinese society, as part of the Art Theater’s documentary festival.

The Secret to a Happy Ending doesn’t offer any Dalai Lama-esque advice, but it might encourage indie bands to keep on rolling when the road gets tough.

Mark talks with Sanford Hess about the upcoming Documentary Festival and the agony and ecstasy of running the best theater in Champaign-Urbana.

Mark talks with local author, John Griswold.

Dylan recaps his night on the town with a local graffiti artist who goes by the name Paradox.

Mark speaks with the curator of a moving exhibit that highlights a Polish culture that is long past.

Mark reads Rufus Hannah’s memoir, and comes away with a deeper understanding of humanity’s astonishing ugliness, as well as its remarkable ability for redemption.

In which a billion year old pebble forces a man to examine the value of his life.  And arm.

A current art exhibit at indi go examines the human body in non-traditional ways.

Have you had your fix of Potter yet? What did you think?

Aaron chats with Stories & Beer reader Andy Devine (and his team of literati) in preperation for this Sunday’s reading.

A former local law professor has published a tribute to those unknown trailblazers to whom LGBTQ people owe a great debt.

So much wasted potential.

Beth expected magicians and demons to be interesting…

Daniel follows up on Beth’s review of The Search with some thoughts of his own.

Beth learns that when it comes to enjoying a film, patience can be a virtue.

Unmistaken Child follows a Buddhist monk through the valleys of Tibet and Nepal as he attempts to find the reincarnated form of his former teacher.

Matt waxes ecstatic about the Station’s most recent production.

A conversation with the author of A Democracy of Ghosts, a novel about the Herrin Massacre of 1922

Wondering what’s playing at next week’s Asian Film Festival? Beth has all the answers.

Our Pretentious Book Reviewer is back to take a stab at Mary Shelley’s immortal monster novel.

Shakespeare performances from the University of Illinois’ Department of Theatre Series never disappoint, and this season’s Macbeth is no exception.

Local author’s book tackles racism by bringing light to a growing trend in the public schools. Newest editor Jeremiah Stanley dives in deeper with this telling interview.