http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/ en robin@misstropolis.com Copyright 2010 2010-02-04T03:08:42-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/valentines-day-special-screening/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/valentines-day-special-screening/#When:03:08:42Z We hope you can join us for a preview screening of Gary Marshall’s much anticipated ensemble film, VALENTINE’S DAY. Monday, February 8th at 7pm at the AMC Loews Boston Common, 175 Tremont Street. Read on to learn how to win passes for you and a friend! VALENTINES DAY follows the intertwining storylines of a group of Los Angelinos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine’s Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love. arts 2010-02-04T03:08:42-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/miami-art-fair-insider-review/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/miami-art-fair-insider-review/#When:21:53:22Z Emily Greenspan, collector, advisor and consultant to the art savvy in New York and around the country, shares her thoughts on this year’s Art Fair in Miami. “Art is back” she says. Her picks will inspire you to bring art back into your life as well.This year in Miami, the overall feeling was that art is finally making its comeback. Although there were fewer fairs, the caliber of the art was much better. Below are some of the artists we especially liked this time around. arts 2010-01-19T21:53:22-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/tickets-for-the-lovely-bones-preview-screening-tonight/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/tickets-for-the-lovely-bones-preview-screening-tonight/#When:18:29:50Z We have 100 passes to THE LOVELY BONES preview screening at the Loews Boston Common Theater tonight, January 12 at 7pm. Read on to find out how to win your tickets and possibly a special LOVELY BONES prize package!We have 100 passes to THE LOVELY BONES preview screening at the Loews Boston Common Theater tonight, January 12 at 7pm. Read on to find out how to win your tickets and possibly a special LOVELY BONES prize package! arts 2010-01-12T18:29:50-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/marche-de-noel-christmas-old-europe-style/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/marche-de-noel-christmas-old-europe-style/#When:07:03:50Z Naz Sioshansi recalls the simple pleasures of the French Library’s annual Marche de Noel event. Re-published in time for the holiday.One of my travel dreams, and I have way too many, is to visit the Christmas markets of old Europe. I can already see myself sipping hot mulled wine, wrapped up in a huge scarf, buying handmade ornaments from gentille French vendors who have been selling to tourists like me since before I was born. While I haven’t managed to make it to old Europe yet, I have been enjoying Le Marche de Noel at the French Library in Boston for years. arts 2009-12-24T07:03:50-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-hangover/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-hangover/#When:21:50:51Z Plunk a few guys down with a few beers and plenty can go wrong. There’s no exact science to it, but with each beer the maturity level winds back about five years. There is only the freedom of the moment; until the next day when there is only “What the *&!% happened?“ Here we go. A perfect stocking stuffer for the girl or guy in your life with a raunchy sense of humor, The Hangover is just as good on dvd. Mature men behaving badly, or more to the point, incipiently has long been a source of bawdy farce in current cinema. Pack ‘em up for a golf getaway, college reunion or worse, a bachelor party, and watch the wheels come off. For each beer, the maturity level regresses five years and invariably nakedness, projectile vomit and a run in with the law ensue. You know the lot, the studly jock and instigator, the nice guy who’s the group’s connecting hub and the social misfit or two who overcome their shortcomings and rise to the occasion when the chips are down. arts 2009-12-18T21:50:51-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-journey/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-journey/#When:05:04:48Z One of the written word’s oldest forms of expression is enjoying a new breath of life with the popularity of poetry slams and mass-appeal modern-twists like Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam and Brave New Voices. But new or old, poetry appeals because of its power to challenge the status quo and push the reader toward truth and authenticity. “The Journey” by Mary Oliver is slamming all right, read it and you may never be the same. (published in February of last year, thought it was a great time to bring it out again. Have another read and enjoy.)Ferlinghetti in his manifesto Poetry as Insurgent Art wrote “Through art create order out of the chaos of living.“ and “Be subversive. Constant question reality and the status quo.“ This week we look at poetry as an inspirational guide to the truth of our own lives. Call it Spring Cleaning. The opaque protective layers of winter are melting away to reveal fresh earth. Let it be the same for your self. If there are changes you’ve been needing to make, ties you’ve been wanting to sever, needs you’ve been waiting to fulfill, clear away your guilt and fear and do it now. arts 2009-12-02T05:04:48-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/swine-art/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/swine-art/#When:17:04:07Z With panic about the H1N1 virus spiraling out of control around the world, it’s hard to tell fact from fabrication, data from delusion. In guerrilla fashion on the streets in Mexico and sartorial subversion in downtown Detroit, artists are confronting the fear and reminding people that sometimes in a crisis, laughter can be effective medicine. Originally published in May 2009.“Terminal Illness” and “Snoutbreak” (which come in gift boxes reading “Nice Package”) do not lie quietly against a collared shirt or get thrown over the shoulder during lunch. These ties speak loudly, they can stop oncomers in their tracks. arts 2009-11-25T17:04:07-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/barello/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/barello/#When:02:15:35Z Emily and Teddy Greenspan have been collecting contemporary art by emerging artists for over two decades. Their success has been chronicled in the press and admired by friends. After being asked for advice on acquiring art for years, they started their own consulting business, Tag Arts. Recognized by the New York Times among others, Tag specializes in finding artists early in their career and continuing to buy them as they develop into the mid-career stage. In this piece Emily shares a recent find: the artist Julia Barello who works with discarded x-rays and MRI film.Barello has been using X-ray and unusable MRI film as a material since she was a graduate student in the early 1990s. The idea came to her when one area hospital agreed to provide her with the medical images that were destined for the trash due to errors in processing. But there was one condition: she was required to delete the patient’s name from the top of the sheet of film to comply with the HIPPA laws protecting patient privacy. Hence, her act of dissecting and cutting was born. arts 2009-10-09T02:15:35-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-september-issue-the-real-devil-wears-prada/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-september-issue-the-real-devil-wears-prada/#When:18:29:47Z If you thought you had an idea what it’s like dealing with fashion immortals Andre Leon Talley, Grace Coddington and Anna Wintour in order to release a 4 pound magazine destined to impact the entire 300 billion dollar fashion industry, think again. And then go see this film.If “fashion is a religion and Vogue is its Bible” wouldn’t you love a look inside the Goddess’s empire? The September Issue is the much anticipated, limited release documentary about Goddess in Chief Anna Wintour and the seemingly immortal Vogue staffers who produce fashion’s preeminent glossy. Thanks to director R.J. Cutler’s unprecedented access, the film does for fashion what the documentary The War Room which he produced, did for campaign politics, taking the viewer deep inside a world they only thought they knew. arts 2009-10-08T18:29:47-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/discovering-my-inner-carpenter/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/discovering-my-inner-carpenter/#When:18:55:17Z Sanding the dull grey paint off the floor in the Waltham Mills loft she shares with designer Larry Sampson was more than just renovating for Rebecca Dorr, it was a metaphor for busting through layers of stubborn old fears and learning to love working with her hands.To see the progress Rebecca and Larry have made on their studio, visit them at this weekend’s Waltham Mills Open Studios where they will be showcasing work from their film company Devilfish Films, alongside 70 other talented visual artists. Ann Marie O’Dowd’s paintings, featured in Misstropolis in May, will also be on display. arts 2009-09-21T18:55:17-05:00