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21. Night & Day

    Wag the Frog

    By Caleb Goellner

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Frogs are dropping like flies. An infectious fungal disease known as chytrid, combined with the usual suspects of pollution, deforestation and climate change, is threatening to...

22. Night & Day

    Darkside Jams

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Not since Bill Murray crooned about "that nutty Star Wars bar" on Saturday Night Live has a musical act paid such lovingly hilarious tribute to moviedom's holiest space saga....

23. Night & Day

    Genius No More

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: February 28, 2008

    A correction to every other piece you're likely to read about Steven Eubank, the young director, choreographer, actor and all-around musical-theater life force: He's not a...

24. Night & Day

    Don't Die, David

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Talk about meta. Nearly a decade into E.M.U. Theatre's existence, the workaholic troupe has found a new muse: itself. David Butterfield Must Not Die tells the star-crossed tale...

25. Night & Day

    Last in Black

    By McKay Stangler

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Today is the final day of Black History Month, lengthened this year to 29 days by that quadrennial idiosyncrasy of the calendar known as leap year. Before slipping into the...

26. Night & Day

    Dialing it Back

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Musician Fred Mascherino's more famous band, Taking Back Sunday, evinces plenty of sensitivity. That is the root of romantic angst, after all. But with his side project, the...

27. Night & Day

    Clutch Grooves

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Clutch has been the quintessential hard-touring American rock band for the better part of two decades. Counterparts such as Queens of the Stone Age may have more hits, but...

28. Night & Day

    Spirit of Uganda

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Have you ever noticed that the most joyous music often comes from the most troubled places? Such is the case with Uganda, where musicians spread a message of hope that flies...

29. Night & Day

    Doggie Style Bowtique

    Published: February 28, 2008

    New pet accessory store and bakery. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 2007

30. Night & Day

    Hejinian's Verses

    By Kenton Schuster

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Lyn Hejinian, a fellow of the Academy of American Poets, pioneered "language poetry," which began in the early 1970s as a fusion of literary techniques. The movement emphasizes...

31. Night & Day

    Purple Glove

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Tonight, DJ Bill Pile is gonna "Michaelize and Prince" the dance floor at Blonde (100 Ward Parkway, 816-931-2525). Yes, Pile just turned Michael Jackson's and Prince's names...

32. Night & Day

    The Droids You're Looking For

    By McKay Stangler

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Since before Deep Blue's victory over chess legend Garry Kasparov, the technophobes among us have lived in fear of a robotic uprising. Luckily, area high school students have...

33. Stage

    Barry Williams is just too normal In Married Alive!

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Three surprising things that I have lived to see Barry Williams do: (1) imitate Chewbacca; (2) rap, kind of; (3) move an audience simply by being — or, more to the point,...

34. Art Capsules

    Art Exhibitions

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Abstract No. 2 Tomoko Takahashi's work embraces chaos, order and paradox. Her large-scale installations typically focus on the things that pile up around us: bikes, toys,...

35. Art

    The artists in Locate/Navigate find their way everywhere

    By Dana Self

    Published: February 28, 2008

    I love the fabric of personal and intimate information. You want to tell me something personal about yourself, I'm in. Recount that story in a way that adds cultural,...

36. Stage Capsules

    Theater

    Published: February 28, 2008

    A Marvelous Party A full-on, piano-stomping revue featuring the blazing stars of 2 Pianos, 4 Hands and celebrating the songs and wit of Noel Coward, this premiere production...

37. DVDish

    Move Along, Kids

    By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Justice League: The New Frontier (Warner Bros.) Based on Darwyn Cooke's comic-book miniseries — a masterpiece starring all of DC Comics' major-leaguers at the dawn of...

38. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Barbie: Mariposa and Her Butterfly Friends (Universal) Comanche Moon (Sony) Day Zero (First Look) Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (HBO) Family Affair: Season Five...

39. Game On

    Text Adventure

    Words get in the way of an otherwise stellar Lost Odyssey.

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Lost Odyssey wants to be Microsoft's answer to Final Fantasy — not that that's such a good idea. Like Star Wars, Final Fantasy survives as a power brand thanks to the...

40. Martin

    No one feels sorry for Councilman Terry Riley as much as Terry Riley

    By David Martin

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Councilman Terry Riley is upset. He says he's been done wrong. "All you guys do is fuck me every time we interview," he says. Riley shares this feeling with me before a...