THRU Magazine Archive
The delusion we have of expectation and reality is that they ever meet. They are strangers and star-crossed lovers at best. Even if the details of our day go almost exactly as we’ve planned them, some minor discrepancy will splinter the mold, no matter how loose-fitting we make it. Unforeseen interactions can take us from […]
Bridgetown Comedy Festival begins tonight and runs through Sunday. With so many difficult stories, so many trying moments in our lives, news of riots and disasters, climate change and war, the heart can become weary. But for the price of one hour on the couch with a psychologist, you can watch comics from all over the world […]
The more one lives life, the more they realize that it is not an experience that can very easily be tied up in a pretty bow. Things get dark, weird, confusing, and very rarely offer the privilege of a pretty conclusion; that however, does not mean our documentaries can’t be like that! Crescendo! The Power […]
Bridgetown Comedy Festival comes around for its eighth year this Thursday with a program that runs the gamut of laughter-inducing art forms, some cutting edge and some timeless. Jonathan Katz, this year’s festival headliner and creator of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, falls into both categories. In 1995, Katz was an innovative humorist with improvised dialogue and stand-up comedy […]
Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III screens on Friday, May 1st at 7 PM at the Whitsell Auditorium. Stories told through a logic of unrestrained chaos are often maddening and seemingly unnecessary experiences. Nothing alienates an audience further than the feeling that an artist is splashing paint on a wall; allowing “the powers that be,” […]