Garbage Day

I’ve written about the wild world that was Hong Kong’s cinematic golden age before with my article on The Boxer’s Omen, but there’s just too much great stuff in there…

50 years to a Millennium

It was a rainy afternoon in 1969 when Music Millennium first opened its doors. Music Millennium celebrated its half-century at 3 p.m. on March 15—exactly 50 years after the store…

Garbage Day

About halfway through Kuei Chih-Hung’s 1983 fever dream The Boxer’s Omen, an evil wizard eats a bunch of animal guts, pukes them up, eats the gut-puke again then spits it…

Events Calendar March 12–18

Tuesday, March 12 Art “Immerse” Stephanie Chefas Project Tue–Fri: Noon–6 p.m. through March 22 Free Yellena James uses multiple layers of resin to create grandiose pieces that channel “chimerical landscapes.”…

Sexy Events Calendar Feb. 12–18

Tuesday, Feb. 12 Art “Human Nature” Erickson Gallery By appointment until Feb. 28 Free Holly Osborne’s latest collection is colorful yet classic, depicting humans doing what’s in their nature. Music…

A Modern Take on Silent Films

The 1929 movie adaptation of German play Pandora’s Box was met with live music in conjunction with the showing at its Jan. 26 showing at the Clinton Street Theater. For…

The Oddest of Odd Jobs

Fun fact: Underneath her massive Malibu mansion, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award winner Barbra Streisand has an entire shopping mall—a treasure trove of her endless belongings, modeled after a…