Arts & Entertainment

The black comedy is a delicate genre that often toes the line between hilarity and offense, usually landing squarely on one side or the other.
January 20, 2011 at 11:54 pm

January 11 was a good day for music — Britney Spears dropped her new single “Hold it Against Me,” and Kanye West and Jay–Z released “H.A.M.” A few days after, 'Ye tweeted, “Yo Britney, I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you be #1, but me and Jay–Z single is one of the best songs of all time.” Sorry, Kanye: while we might have agreed with you on the whole Beyonce/Taylor Swift thing, we’re not as persuaded by your latest effort. “H.A.M.” is the first official single off the rap heavyweights’ joint EP, Watch the Throne, and stands for “hard as a mothafucka.” The track has all the bounce of Jay–Z’s best work, but Kanye’s verse is among his worst: his lazy flow sounds like a failed freestyle and features themes he’s covered better elsewhere.
January 20, 2011 at 11:48 pm

The Decemberists show few signs of life on latest full–length
January 20, 2011 at 12:39 am

STREET: What is the meaning of the title of the film? Derek Cianfrance: It’s an homage to Tom Waits.
January 20, 2011 at 12:35 am

A new year and a new semester means a time for change, and Street thinks your dorm decor is so last semester.
January 20, 2011 at 12:27 am

The newest show at Bambi gallery explores exactly what raw talent means to an experienced photographer.
January 20, 2011 at 12:24 am

How dare they remake the film that earned John Wayne his only Oscar! Such is the resounding cry of film scholars and devoted fans of the Duke alike.
December 22, 2010 at 5:46 pm

Joke Issue: We all hail from Philadelphia, dear readers, the most glamorous and industrious city on the Eastern Seaboard!
December 9, 2010 at 3:43 am

Joke Issue: Friday, December 10: Big Daddy Charles and the Charlatans, with the Back Alley Sextet, Le Chat Noir, 5 cents Big Daddy Charles hails from the Mississippi Delta, where he learned to play the gobble–pipe with the coolest cats on the Bayou.
December 9, 2010 at 3:40 am

Joke Issue: Cruising around the Big Apple in his flivver for hire, Lenny the Cabbie has seen his fair share of odd birds.
December 9, 2010 at 3:35 am

Joke Issue: I LIKE BIG BANDS By Bubba "Hands" McNulty Hey fellas. Depression got you down?
December 9, 2010 at 2:52 am

Joke Issue: By Rack 'Em Rack Willie Oh freight train. I remember when you used to come 'round these parts.
December 9, 2010 at 2:50 am

Joke Issue: While we’re still years away from any comprehensive child labor legislation, one little girl is toiling away, and her hard work is paying off.
December 9, 2010 at 2:49 am

Joke Issue: Back during the Great War, while most of my pals back home were drinking and carousing, listening to that “jazz” music, I was stuck, cowering in a trench in France.
December 9, 2010 at 2:47 am

Joke Issue: Dear Gloria, My daughter Mildred has just turned 16, and I’m worried stiff about her future.
December 9, 2010 at 2:37 am

Joke Issue: By Floyd Alistair Wallace Times sure ain’t peachy out there. Falling stocks, Dillinger’s violent escape from the Hotsquat and Dust Bowl winds that make the blizzard gusts in The Gold Rush look like hogwash are sure to make you want to crawl up in bed after collecting faggots for the fire. But don’t be a total pansy.
December 9, 2010 at 2:34 am

Joke Issue: Let me tell you something: there ain’t a straight–shooter in Hollywood more ace than Charlie Chaplin! I was no butter–and–egg man before the crash.
December 9, 2010 at 2:32 am

Joke Issue On the eve of The Black Cat’s release, Street caught up with Bela Lugosi, who has been a Hollywood sensation since his 1931 performance as Count Dracula.
December 9, 2010 at 2:23 am

MUSIC Friday Dec. 3: The Antlers with The Luyas, First Unitarian Church, $13 Brooklyn–based trio The Antlers started as the solo project of Peter Silberman, who recruited Michael Lerner and Darby Cicci to back him on drums and keys, respectively.
December 2, 2010 at 4:36 am

This monthly art block–party is more than just an excuse to pilfer cups of wine from the galleries lining Second Street.
December 2, 2010 at 4:34 am