Spring Break
The Chronicle's Sports Blog
editor's note
by Jordan Axt and Baishi Wu in Recess
Charles Dickens once wrote, "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else."
The Sandbox
in Recess
We'll tolerate most barbs, but don't you dare demean Bruce Springsteen, because The Boss is ours.
recess picks: the discs that got away, 2008
We all have regrets. As the year ends, our critics list some of them.... Better late than never.
by Kevin Lincoln and others in Recess
frightened rabbit
The Scots have great accents; this we know. But who could've foreseen Frightened Rabbit, a couple of brothers from Selkirk, making the year's most emotional and stirring album? Although their 2006 debut, Sing the Greys, certainly showed Scott and Grant Hutchinson's capabilities, Midnight Organ Fight capitalizes on the band's strengths as only an experienced group can.
Street meets effete in tag show
by A.O. Hibbard in Recess
Graffiti has come a long way since its roots as a deviant art form of the '70s and '80s. Tagging and hip-hop have given rise to an important aesthetic in the art world, evinced by Drips Caps & Flicks, the latest group show on display at Golden Belt, a new arts complex in downtown Durham.
films you missed
by A.O. Hibbard in Recess
WALL-E, Heath Ledger's turn as the Joker and Gus Van Sant's Milk (see review on left) made 2008 a great year in film. But the year provided more interesting material than summer blockbusters and Oscar bait. Following is a list of four smaller films-mostly foreign or documentaries-that are some of the year's best.
australia
by Leslie Griffith in Recess
Native Aussie Nicole Kidman takes on a British accent in this visually engaging but seemingly unending film, playing the aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley.
This Sporting Life
by Charlie McSpadden in Recess
Each year of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a filmmaker curates a themed series.
milk
by A.O. Hibbard in Recess
A biopic, Milk tells the story of slain civil rights leader and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to major public office.
Duke Dance Revolution
by Jordan Axt and Jessie Tang in Recess
These four ensembles may not be the household-or dormroom-names that their competitors are, but they're taking the dancefloor less trod-and trying to take Duke by storm.
