Posted on Sat, Mar. 13, 2010
Music
For 20 years now,
Black 47 has been delivering its own
brawny and bracing brand of Celtic rock. With a song called "Celtic Rocker" on
its new album, the New York band takes an affectionately humorous poke at the
musical style it has helped to popularize. After 2008's Iraq, a powerful
grunt's-eye view of the desert war, the new album, Bankers and Gangsters,
presents a more familiar mix of Larry Kirwan-penned material, distinguished by
his gift for cinematic storytelling and an ability to shift nimbly between heavy
and light subject matter. There are New York street tales, stories of Irish
historical figures, outlandish adventures, and ballads steeped in sadness and
loss.
6:30 p.m. Sunday at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.
Tickets: $17. Information: 215-222-1400, http://www.worldcafelive.com/.
Family
Lego will sponsor a
Lego building contest Wednesday at
3:30 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Clubs' Wilson Park Unit for the release of the
film Toy Story 3. Children will build panels of the film's Green Aliens at the
club at 2500 Jackson St. The event will spotlight the active role of the clubs
in the lives of city children, and their piece will be part of a mural to be
displayed at the film's premiere in Los Angeles. Information: 215-684-0014.
Film
New this week:
Green Zone **1/2 (out of four stars) Matt Damon brings his Bourne gravitas
(and box office) to this frenetic Iraq war movie, set shortly after the 2003
invasion. He stars as an intrepid Army officer on the hunt for WMD - and sorely
disillusioned as he discovers all his intelligence on the problem is bad. R
(violence, profanity, adult themes)
- Steven
Rea