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|  Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
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|  Stanley Jordan at the Jazz Kitchen. A groundbreaking guitarist returns to the stage.
"Expressive Bodies" at the Herron Gallery. Adults-only work from the Kinsey Collection.
"Home of the Giants" at Heartland Film Festival. A surprising thriller with a Conseco Fieldhouse climax.
Bob Dylan/Elvis Costello at IU. Two music legends arrive on campus.
"Freedom's Struggle," at the Indianapolis Art Center. Slavery seen through the lens of photographer Willie Jackson.
This Week's Contest: Win a pair of tickets to see "Mamma Mia!" at the Murat Theatre. Plus a poster. Plus a T-shirt. | |  |
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|  |  Stanley Jordan, Oct. 21 at the Jazz Kitchen
If you saw just about any other musician playing two guitars at once, you'd have a right to think: Gimmick. Stanley Jordan, though, is no novelty act. Bursting onto the jazz scene in the mid-80s (his "Magic Touch" disc was on the Billboard jazz chart for 51 weeks), Jordan is noted for development of his "touch," or "tapping," technique, which allows for two-guitar playing but also for a unique sound to come from a single instrument. With his focus now as much on music therapy as it is on touring, this is a great opportunity to see a true jazz innovator. Oh, and he plays one mean "Stairway to Heaven." For more details, click here. To listen to him play, click here.
"Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Photography from the Kinsey Collection," Oct. 19 to Dec. 2 at Herron Gallery
One of the world's oldest artistic subjects is the focus of this exhibit, drawn from the Bloomington-based institute. A number of the works included are by artists best known for their forays into popular culture, including Erwin Olaf (who has shot ads for Nokia and Microsoft), Pierre Et Gillis (whose subjects have included singers Marilyn Manson and Kylie Minogue and supermodel Naomi Campbell), and Herb Ritts (who shot Madonna's "True Blue" album and Cindy Crawford's "Playboy" images as well as directed videos for Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Michael Jackson). Do I have to tell you that the exhibit contains very mature subject matter? For more details, click here.
 "Home of the Giants," presented by the
Heartland Film Festival, Oct. 20 at AMC Clearwater, Oct. 21-22, 24 at AMC Greenwood Park, Oct. 23 at Regal/UA Circle Center
There's a lot of good stuff on the lineup for this year's Heartland Film Festival (which opens tonight with a screening of "August Rush.") But of the films I previewed, the one I'm telling the most people about is "Home of the Giants."
Given the generic title (please change it before it's too late), the Hoosier high school basketball milieu, and the film's very presence at this positive-values fest, I think I can be forgiven for expecting a very different kind of film. My expectations happily went out the window, though, as I became caught up in this intense, superbly crafted thriller that's worth a place in the hearts of anyone who loved "A Simple Plan" or "The Grifters."
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| Haley Joel Osment (who is expected to be on hand at the Saturday screenings, along with the film's director) plays a teen who gets caught up in the larcenous activity of his basketball-star pal. I will tell you no more, except that it's great to see a post-Tarantino crime film that avoids cinematic self-referencing in favor of straight-ahead storytelling and believable, individual characters. An edge-of-the-seat pleasure. Oh, and a good basketball movie as well. For reviews of most of this year's Heartland Film Festival films, click here. For more information on the Heartland Film Festival itself, click here.
Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan, Oct. 19,
IU Assembly Hall
These aren't just two music legends. These are two performers who have relentlessly reexamined their music. For full preview, click here. 
"Freedom's Struggle," Oct. 19 to Nov. 26,
Indianapolis Art Center
When is an art show a historical exhibit and when is a historical exhibit an art show? For full preview, click here.
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| This week's contest: "Mamma Mia!" and more
 You and a friend can catch "Mamma Mia!," featuring the music of ABBA, when it returns to the Murat Theatre Nov. 6-11. All you have to do is click here and fill out a simple form. Go on. Try it. We'll pick one winner at random. The lucky winner will also receive a poster and T-shirt from the show. While you are there, just for fun, tell us what popular (or once-popular) band or performer you'd like to see celebrated in a Broadway musical. Feel free to explain your choice. We'll feature our favorite responses next week.
For more information on "Mamma Mia!" and other Broadway Across America-Indianapolis offerings this season, click here.
By the way, last week's winner, Tammi Duis, scored four tickets to see The Whirling Dervishes of Rumi at the University of Indianapolis. For that contest, we asked respondents to create a new performing group whose name follows the same format as the WDofR. Find our favorite responses here.
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