Druthers
Hiatus picks the the Week’s Best Bets
"Strange Culture"
MCASD / April 24 / 7 p.m. / $5
Lynn Hershman-Leeson offers an off-the-cuff stab at
experimental documentary “Strange Culture,” detailing the shocking and tragic
arrest of artist Steve Kurtz. The night of his wife’s death (portrayed in
flashback by Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton), Kurtz finds himself accused of
bioterrorism by the FBI on account of his offbeat and somewhat controversial
artwork. What follows is a seamless hybrid of actor reenactments and
interviews, chronicling Kurtz’s tragic tale — which included the government
impounding of his work, house, even his wife’s body — and the subsequent trial
alongside friend and collaborator Robert Ferrell. “Strange Culture” makes its
Diego
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M.I.A.
4th and b / April 28 / 9 p.m. / $26
What can you get for 26 dolla? Anything you want, if it
includes seeing world-beat Londoner Maya Arulpragasam on Monday night. Coming
off the agit-glitch heels of Arular, Maya finally gets a proper visa and heads
to the West Coast to school us in her brand of dance-mash globalization. Her
sophomore banger Kala visits every continent in a quest to blend Aborigine
Australian kid-rap, urban grime and Bollywood in one conveniently sexy package.
“Bird Flu” even brought pop poultry into fashion. And who can forget the
sound-effect chorus of “Paper Planes” that killed us with gunshots, a cash
register and snappy fingers. You can see her Saturday in the baking-hot desert
with 50,000 other people at Coachella, or you can chill with her at 4th and B
and give her all the attention she deserves. (CK)
Exit Strategy
This Week on Campus
“Kids”
Price Center Gallery A
April 24,
FREE
“There Will Be Blood”
Price Center Theater
April 24, 6 & 9 p.m.
$3
Ethel
Porter’s Pub
April 24,
FREE
SIlent Comedy & Crash Encore
Che Cafe
April 25,
$5
Ivan Choe
Espresso Roma
April 28,
FREE
“Over Her Dead Body”
Price Center Theater
April 29, 6 & 9 p.m.
$3
“made In L.A.”
Center Hall 105
April 29,
FREE
Ultima Vez
Mandeville Auditorium
April 30,
$18
