If sex is power, and war is a power struggle, then it may not be too farfetched to think that refusing to copulate might just be powerful enough to stop a war. Read more...

The Von Bondies played a riveting show Friday night at the Troubadour. The band’s riff-driven music is equal parts hard-hitting rockabilly and garage rock ““ and it’s churned out fast and loud. Read more...

The trio Sequenza, comprised of violinist Mark Kaplan, cellist Colin Carr and pianist Yael Weiss, aren’t subject to the typical boundaries of chamber music. In some parts of tonight’s performance, Yael Weiss, Sequenza’s pianist, will approach her instrument in a rather unconventional way. Read more...

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Marina Goldovskaya likes to tell a story about a conversation she had while filming her 1992 documentary “Shattered Mirror.” While waiting in a three-to-four hour line at a Moscow gas station, she began filming as part of her video diary. Read more...

If anyone mentions silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin will likely be the first name mentioned along with it. Maybe Buster Keaton. But there are other dominant figures in early film comedy, including a duo that developed a unique style, churned out over 100 films and made a successful transition into talking pictures: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Read more...

Writer, stuntman and fight choreographer Craig Reid, who has worked with Jackie Chan, wants to let people know ““ everybody was not kung fu fighting. “That song shouldn’t have been created,” Reid said. Read more...