2008 Woodie Awards
The 1708 Gallery, LaDifférence International Furnishings and Style Weekly sponsored event, "Wearable X: Wearable 10, A 1708 Annual Fundraising Event," popped off this Saturday, showcasing some of the most bizarre and fresh creations of the art scene. Students and professionals submitted costumes that were adjudicated and awarded based on their colorfulness, originality, style and keeping with the theme, "X.
The Writer's Guild of America strike that officially started Monday, Nov. 7, will leave TV watchers of all ages with a black screen for what could be months to come. Already a majority of shows are starting to shut down, and the damage stretches across the board through all four major networks: - NBC has halted production of its popular worker-drone satire "The Office.
VCU trumpet professor Rex Richardson's latest release, "Jazz Upstairs: Live at the Bar-Guru-Bar," is a testament to his versatility and stylistic genius. Composed of some of the finest swinging Greeks around, Richardson's dazzling quintet recorded live in Athens during four nights in March 2006.
Peter Parker and company return for a third go-around in the Marvel Comics fan-favorite "Spider-Man 3." Loaded with action, special effects, humor and almost as many subplots as there are screaming women, director Sam Raimi's latest attempt at fleshing out Parker's life is a noble attempt - albeit an annoyingly overstuffed one.
